Hello robin,

We have seen this same issue with Maya 2011.  We haven't installed

the Maya 2011 patch yet.

robin@uberware.net wrote: > Has anyone else seen this with Maya 2011? > > I'm doing a test render on our farm. The render is fast, taking about 7 - > 15 seconds per frame. Rendering on about 15 nodes, half way through the > render, Maya seems to wipe out the workspace.mel file, screwing up the > project settings, and causing the second half of the render to be saved in > a different place than the first half. > > Making the workspace.mel file read only seems to ensure that it doesn't > happen. Rendering more frames at a time on each node helps as well, I > presume by reducing the number of times the file is accessed > simultaneously. Similarly, using the "Stagger Start" feature in Smedge > also reduces the problem, though it does lose efficiency for such a fast > render. > > I have verified that no one is messing with the workspace when this > happens. I can even have all 3D artists shut down their Maya and still see > it happen. > > I have never had this kind of problem before with any previous version of > Maya. Did something about the Maya 2011 workspace management change? > > Anyway, something to keep an eye out for if you do upgrade to Maya 2011. > If anyone has any more information, I'd love to know more about what may > be going on. > > Thanks, > -robin > > Robin Scher, Smedge Master > robin@uberware.net > +1 (213) 448-0443 > > _ > StudioSysAdmins-Discuss mailing list > StudioSysAdmins-Discuss@studiosysadmins.com > http://mailman.studiosysadmins.com/mailman/listinfo/studiosysadmins-discuss > > >

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