[Paraview] memory load on client when running on server

[Burlen Loring]

> The server seems to load the dataset properly but no image is shown on 
> the client.
OK, so is this the crash or a new issue? If there's no image how could 
you tell the server loaded the dataset correctly?


On 06/19/2014 12:53 PM, jean mensa wrote:
> same result. I disabled multicore and I was already using 0MB remote 
> rendering threshold. I have tried with paraview on both linux and 
> macosx. The server seems to load the dataset properly but no image is 
> shown on the client.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Burlen Loring <bloring at lbl.gov 
> <mailto:bloring at lbl.gov>> wrote:
>
>     Ug. you're using the multicore option to start the servers! I
>     believe that this forces remote rendering off. That would explain
>     your issues. Could you try duisabling the multi core option and
>     start your servers manually?
>
>
>     On 06/19/2014 12:29 PM, Burlen Loring wrote:
>>     OK, one possibility is that it may be related to remote rendering
>>     settings. Under menu Edit->Settings->Render View->Server there is
>>     a remote render threshold. I always set this to 0 bytes to ensure
>>     remote parallel rendering. What's yours set to?
>>
>>     On 06/19/2014 12:18 PM, jean mensa wrote:
>>>     Sorry, I didn't explain it properly. I have already tried to
>>>     connect to a pvserver from a GUI running on the client (without
>>>     an ssh connection then) but it also drains the memory on Xorg.
>>>     What is the load supposed to be on a client-pvserver connection?
>>>     Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Burlen Loring <bloring at lbl.gov
>>>     <mailto:bloring at lbl.gov>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         Jean,
>>>
>>>         What you describe is expected. X forwarding doesn't work
>>>         well for visualizing large datasets. The point is : don't
>>>         use X forwarding. The links show how to configure the client
>>>         server connection without X forwarding. Make sure that there
>>>         is no -X on the ssh command line.
>>>
>>>         Burlen
>>>
>>>
>>>         On 06/19/2014 11:46 AM, jean mensa wrote:
>>>>         When I do that Xorg process on the client drains the memory
>>>>         up until it crashes. The connection I think is properly
>>>>         established since it works fine for smaller datasets. What
>>>>         should the load on the client be in that case?
>>>>         j
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Burlen Loring
>>>>         <bloring at lbl.gov <mailto:bloring at lbl.gov>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>             Yes, this is expected. The OpenGL calls get piped to
>>>>             your local system. This includes data like vertices and
>>>>             colors as well. X forwarding doesn't give good
>>>>             performance and with large data it may not even be
>>>>             feasible.
>>>>
>>>>             You need to set up client server connection.
>>>>
>>>>             http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Reverse_connection_and_port_forwarding
>>>>             http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Server_Configuration
>>>>             http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Setting_up_a_ParaView_Server
>>>>             http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView_And_Mesa_3D
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>             On 06/19/2014 10:33 AM, jean mensa wrote:
>>>>>             Hi all,
>>>>>             I have a rather large unstructured pvtu dataset (about
>>>>>             4 million points) which I am visualizing on a remote
>>>>>             server. I am running the paraview GUI (with the
>>>>>             multicore option) on the server and I connect to it
>>>>>             via ssh sharing the X server. In this way I can
>>>>>             control the GUI running on the serve. I thought that
>>>>>             with this configuration I would only receive a
>>>>>             screenshot of the window and no actual data from
>>>>>             paraview but the client seems to share at least some
>>>>>             of the load of the visualization. Is this the expected
>>>>>             behaviour? How can I avoid loading data on the client
>>>>>             side?
>>>>>             Thanks in advance,
>>>>>
>>>>>             -- 
>>>>>             *Jean A. Mensa*
>>>>>             /Graduate Assistant/
>>>>>             University of Miami
>>>>>             RSMAS - MPO
>>>>>             4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
>>>>>             Miami, FL 33149-1098
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         -- 
>>>>         *Jean A. Mensa*
>>>>         /Graduate Assistant/
>>>>         University of Miami
>>>>         RSMAS - MPO
>>>>         4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
>>>>         Miami, FL 33149-1098
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     -- 
>>>     *Jean A. Mensa*
>>>     /Graduate Assistant/
>>>     University of Miami
>>>     RSMAS - MPO
>>>     4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
>>>     Miami, FL 33149-1098
>>
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> -- 
> *Jean A. Mensa*
> /Graduate Assistant/
> University of Miami
> RSMAS - MPO
> 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
> Miami, FL 33149-1098

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