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Description
Effortlessly synchronize on-premises asset files with Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) to guarantee cloud availability. Connect seamlessly with local servers, oversee data transfers prior to the rendering process, and categorize accounts and instances for precise billing. Acquire software licenses based on usage, utilize your own licenses, or combine both approaches to develop third-party digital content. Take advantage of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Spot Instances to achieve savings of up to 90% compared to traditional on-demand pricing. Establish a render farm in just a few minutes, allowing for the execution of multiple projects simultaneously while enhancing cost management. Create either a hybrid or cloud-centric render farm that can scale to thousands of cores in mere minutes through the AWS Portal. Construct, customize, and implement render farms using the Render Farm Deployment Kit (RFDK) in well-known programming languages like Python. Employ the Jigsaw tool to accelerate the rendering of ultra-high-resolution images by distributing the workload across numerous machines, significantly improving efficiency. This integrated approach not only simplifies the rendering process but also optimizes resource utilization and cost-effectiveness.
Description
xCAT, or Extreme Cloud Administration Toolkit, is a versatile open-source solution aimed at streamlining the deployment, scaling, and oversight of both bare metal servers and virtual machines. It delivers extensive management functionalities tailored for environments such as high-performance computing clusters, render farms, grids, web farms, online gaming infrastructures, cloud setups, and data centers. Built on a foundation of established system administration practices, xCAT offers a flexible framework that allows system administrators to identify hardware servers, perform remote management tasks, deploy operating systems on physical or virtual machines in both disk and diskless configurations, set up and manage user applications, and execute parallel system management operations. This toolkit is compatible with a range of operating systems, including Red Hat, Ubuntu, SUSE, and CentOS, as well as architectures such as ppc64le, x86_64, and ppc64. Moreover, it supports various management protocols, including IPMI, HMC, FSP, and OpenBMC, which enable seamless remote console access. In addition to its core functionalities, xCAT's extensible nature allows for ongoing enhancements and adaptations to meet the evolving needs of modern IT infrastructures.
API Access
Has API
API Access
Has API
Integrations
AWS Marketplace
AWS Thinkbox Sequoia
Aiven for PostgreSQL
Amazon EC2
Amazon S3
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
CentOS
IBM PowerVM
KVM
MariaDB
Integrations
AWS Marketplace
AWS Thinkbox Sequoia
Aiven for PostgreSQL
Amazon EC2
Amazon S3
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
CentOS
IBM PowerVM
KVM
MariaDB
Pricing Details
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Free Trial
Free Version
Pricing Details
Free
Free Trial
Free Version
Deployment
Web-Based
On-Premises
iPhone App
iPad App
Android App
Windows
Mac
Linux
Chromebook
Deployment
Web-Based
On-Premises
iPhone App
iPad App
Android App
Windows
Mac
Linux
Chromebook
Customer Support
Business Hours
Live Rep (24/7)
Online Support
Customer Support
Business Hours
Live Rep (24/7)
Online Support
Types of Training
Training Docs
Webinars
Live Training (Online)
In Person
Types of Training
Training Docs
Webinars
Live Training (Online)
In Person
Vendor Details
Company Name
Amazon
Founded
1994
Country
United States
Website
aws.amazon.com/thinkbox-deadline/
Vendor Details
Company Name
xCAT
Founded
2024
Website
xcat.org