Render Farm managers should take note that ThinkBox Software has jsut released Deadline6 for Windows, Linux, and Mac based render-farms.
The latest version of the render queue management system features an incredibly flexible and efficient User Interface across all platforms, combined with a new highly-scalable database backend. The new User Group Management system allows users to be split into groups, with different permissions assigned to each group. Farm administration is made easier with the ability to stream the render log from remote machines.
GraphicsSpeak has a few more details on what the new version includes such as Amazon EC2 support, new graphic charts of your data, and real-time viewing of slave node logs.
You can get a free 2-slave version for testing, and contact Thinkbox directly for pricing and trial licenses of bigger tests.
