[Paraview] picture-transfer in paraview <--> pvserver

[Jens]

Hi Berk,

thanks for your answer. I will put this in my paraview-client-server-FAQs :)

Greetings
Jens

Berk Geveci schrieb:
> If the geometry size is below the remote render threshold, geometry is
> transferred and rendered on the client. If the geometry size is above
> the threshold, rendering happens on the server and the resulting image
> is transferred. No OpenGL commands travel over the network.
> 
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 5:38 AM, Jens <jens-devel at gmx.de> wrote:
>> Hi Utkarsh,
>>
>> thanks for this good news :)
>>
>> Perhaps you can answer me one more question about client-server:
>> If I ran
>>  1.) the pvserver(pvdataserver+pvrenderserver) on our cluster and
>>  2.) the data gets rendered on the opengl-hardware of the nodes
>> will pvrenderserver only transfer a 2D-picture to my client or will it
>> transfer any 3D-opengl-commands?
>>
>> I just ask to know if the linux-clients need any 3D-acceleration or can
>> I just use the open-source-driver without 3D (only software-3D).
>>
>> Greetings
>> Jens
>>
>> Utkarsh Ayachit schrieb:
>>> Jens,
>>>
>>> When operating in client-server mode (connected to a pvserver), ParaView
>>> can only open data files located on the server side (option c). The
>>> "Open File" is indeed browsing the server side directory structure when
>>> connection to a server node.
>>>
>>> Utkarsh
>>>
>>> Jens wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone tell me how file-transfer is done if paraview(client/server)
>>>> is used?
>>>>
>>>> a) does paraview(client) always sends the whole data (for me a lot of
>>>> GBytes) to pvserver,
>>>> b) or do I have to have a directory, which is mounted on the client and
>>>> server at the same position,
>>>> c) or is there even a way to select a file stored on the pvserver-node,
>>>> through paraview(client)
>>>>
>>>> "c" would be the best, but I cannot see anything like this in the "Open
>>>> File" dialog.
>>>> If "b" is the way to go - will this lead to network traffic?
>>>>
>>>> Greetings
>>>> Jens
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