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Can I do rendering on a HPC Windows Cluster with nodes. I know and I do render using my render farm (100 computers Cinebench >500), but I'm not sure of that about a Cluster.

The issue is the cost of a After Effect License which must be bought by seat or computer. Using a cluster, I'm "using" only one computer, even it aggregates several nodes.

Thanx a lot for the reply, sorry if my question is stupid.

Kharles.

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Adobe Legal isn't staffed with fools who would fall for such a cheap trick. Anyway. with a cluster you wouldn't use just "one" computer, but many, you usually just have a head node which distributes the tasks to the nodes. But in the end, this is a licensing question and therefore off-topic here per the FAQ. – SvW Sep 3 '12 at 13:53
As I'm working alone,I only need one computer to do the job, and then only one license is useful to me. You don't really answer this stupid,according to You, but "easy" for someone who knows question. – Kharles Sep 3 '12 at 14:01
possible duplicate of Can you help me with my software licensing issue? – Michael Hampton Nov 7 '12 at 23:22

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I would consider a render farm a specific form of a cluster. For licensing reasons, there will be no difference. If you need n computers to do the rendering, you will need licenses for at least n computers.

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Oups, Adobe solve the problem ! – Kharles Sep 3 '12 at 14:40

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