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System requirements

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    1. 1. Linux requirements

    You can run the current version of Burn on render node hardware purchased from Autodesk and running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or on third-party nodes running CentOS, as long as they meet the minimum requirements below. Installing Burn on Visual Effects and Finishing workstations is not supported. Install Burn only on dedicated render nodes.

    Hardware requirements for nodes not purchased from Autodesk

    Component Minimum Recommended
    CPU Two single-core, or one dual-core 64-bit processor, such as AMD Opteron or Intel Xeon Two quad-core 64-bit processors, such as the Intel Xeon E5472 CPU at 3.0 GHz
    Memory 8 GB or higher Same amount of memory as the Visual Effects and Finishing workstation
    Hard Disk 120 GB or higher SATA, Ultra-SCSI 320, SAS, or IDE drive. The system disk must be a single, physical hard disk drive. It cannot be a logical volume from an array of disks.  
    Network card On-board Gigabit Ethernet adapter InfiniBand card, if you want to run Burn and Autodesk Incinerator on the same render node
    GPU-accelerated Graphics Card None. Nodes without a GPU-accelerated graphics card cannot render jobs that require a GPU, such as floating point jobs. A card from either of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 or better, or NVIDIA Quadro 4000 or better

    Linux requirements

    To see which Linux version a system has installed, open a terminal and run: cat /etc/redhat-release.

    Linux requirements

    Hardware Platform Linux Version
    HP ProLiant DL160se G6 Custom Autodesk distribution of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.3 with Workstation Option
    HP ProLiant DL160 G5 or HP ProLiant DL140 G3 Custom Autodesk distribution of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4, Update 3
    Nodes not purchased from Autodesk On new nodes, use CentOS 5.3. On already-configured nodes, you may keep using Fedora Core or CentOS 4.6 on already configured nodes.