SquidNet Software's Cross-Platform Network Render Manager allows just about any distributed processing application (Maya, Blender, Lightwave, research-based, etc...) with a command-line based interface to evenly distribute job "slices", segments or frames amongst one or more network processors. These network processors, called Tipnodes, pull and process outstanding job requests from a centralized virtual queue. This virtual queue contains jobs requests that are submitted from SquidNet users via the SquidNet Management Console (SMC) which  provides a GUI-based interface into the network.

Documentation links:

• SquidNet Website
• Latest release notes
• Getting Started Guide
• Windows Installation Guide
• Linux Installation Guide
• SquidNet User's Guide

SquidNet supports the following features:

• Submittal of jobs requests based on application templates (Maya, 3DS Max, Blender, Generic, etc...).
• Cross-Platform support (WINDOWS, LINUX).
• Region Rendering
• Platform Path Translation Manager. Issue a single path/file destination in cross-platform job requests.
• Manage remote network installations from embedded Network Installation Manager.
• Assignment of Job Priorities (0-highest, 24-lowest).
• Centralized interface that provides users advanced flexibility and management options, including the ability to tap CPU power on desktop workstations during off-peak hours.
• Support for multi-core processor systems.
• Independent views into each subsystem  (job queue, work queue, tipnodes, etc...)
• Streamlined digital pipeline from one or more independent locations.
• Monitors all render nodes on a network, and includes real-time CPU, memory and network traffic views.
• Ability to specify the number of network tipnodes that a job will use.
• Automatic restart of job slices if their processing times exceed a specific time period.
• Priority Boosting --- automatically increase priority of specific jobs every N minutes.
• Selectable thread processing priorities. (Idle, Normal, High and Real-time).
• Execution Script. Process job slices within criteria of O/S dependant batch file or shell script.
• Job states: Queued, Processing, Interrupted, Suspended, Resumed, Error and Completed.
• Increase/Decrease/Change job priorities.
• Real-time log for system monitoring.
• Real-time job log.
• Real-time job slice log.
• Rendered image capabilities.
• Tipnode activation and de-activation.
• Tipnode start/stop processing.
• Email notification on specific job processing events.
• Pool Management. Assign any tipnode to one or more network pools.
• and more...