When you talk about a thin client, are you referring to just serving Maya from a network filesystem mount and running it as a local user process? Or are you talking about thin clients where it is actually running on a server and the user is receiving a streamed virtual application?
On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 10:25 AM AK Eric <[email protected]> wrote: > We're researching using a Maya 'thin client' distro: Running Maya off a > server instead of standalone installs. I'm tired of finding out someone is > 3 versions behind (or never installed the updates / patches) and *that's* why > they're having so many bugs... > > The only major problem we've hit is startup times: Maya 2016 will have > the UI launch in around 20 seconds, and it's fully usable in 30 (stops > being herky-jerky in the perspective view). > > But the thinclient takes 45 sec for the UI to launch, and remains super > herky-jerky for *another minute*: Basically, unusable for about 1:45 > from launch. > > It's even more polarizing in batch mode: Standalone Maya will boot and be > usable in 7 seconds. But the thin client still takes a min thirty. Ouch. > > IT has been trying to tune the server, but for all I know this is what > one should expect... or not: Would appreciate anyone's thoughts on this > that has a similar setup. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/6f4d0368-6526-449c-b40b-bc2fb14ebc59%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/6f4d0368-6526-449c-b40b-bc2fb14ebc59%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAPGFgA0fu76FxZAJSodPkCirFVAfu-Lve3KLcNjTsTx7_jqgpg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
