[Paraview] Data Server / Rendering Server Split

[James Ahrens]

LANL and Kitware are working on a mode for ParaView in which there will 
be a visualization/data server (that will run on the supercomputer 
where the simulation data is created and stored), a rendering server (a 
visualization machine/cluster and/or tiled display) and a client (the 
current client GUI). This will eliminate the need for data movement 
from the supercomputer where the data is created and stored to a 
visualization resource. The visualization/data server will create 
geometry, this geometry will be sent to the rendering server and GUI 
for display. Brian and Joel, I think this will solve the problem Joel 
was experiencing in terms of "getting the polygons to the graphics 
cards".  An initial prototype should be available soon (on the order of 
month or two).

--Jim