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Mental Ray for Maya Satellite has been introduced with Maya 6.5. It is a  separate application that allows other computers to assist in all  Mental Ray rendering tasks, such as rendering with Mental Ray inside  Maya, batch rendering with MR, IPR rendering with MR, texture baking  with MR etc etc.

Mental Ray Satellite is like a mini renderfarm that only listens to  Maya. Mental Ray Standalone can accept custom written MI files, and  scenes from most apps that have a connection to Mental Ray. Mental Ray  Satellite doesn’t really have any manual operation, it just assists Maya  with whatever it can.

What’s the limit on Mental Ray Satellite then?
The limit is based on the number of CPUs, not the number of computers.  For users of Maya Complete, Mental Ray Satellite will utilise up to 2  external (being not on the machine with Maya) CPUs for assisting  rendering. So that means 1 dual processor computer, or 2 single  processor computers can assist with rendering.

For users of Maya Unlimited, Mental Ray Satellite accepts help from up  to 8 external CPUs.8 extra CPUs helping with all your rendering tasks is  a pretty nice boost!!

Is Mental Ray Satellite good? What do I need to use it?
Yes, I think Mental Ray Satellite is very good. Rendering is the slowest  part of CG and all the (free!) speed boosts we can get are great. In  order to use Mental Ray Satellite, you need Maya 6.5 or greater, Mental  Ray Satellite itself and at least 2 computers (the one with Maya and the  one that will assist) that are networked together. Having a fast  network (100mbit+) is fairly important because a lot of files and data  are transfered around (especially at the start of a render).

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