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System Requirements

Deadline Client Applications

Deadline Client Applications run on Windows (on top of the Microsoft .NET 2.0 platform) and on Linux (on top of the Mono runtime).

  • Windows: 2000, XP, 2003, Vista (32 and 64 bit)
  • Linux: Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS, SuSE, OpenSuSE, Debian, Ubuntu

The requirements for today's 2D/3D applications go far beyond the requirements of the Deadline Client software, so if a machine is powerful enough to be used for rendering, it is more than capable of running Deadline.

Deadline Repository

Deadline coordinates network rendering via reading and writing files to a shared directory on the network. Because of this, the repository can basically be installed to any type of share on any type of operating system. Note that it is not necessary to have the Client Software installed on the machine which hosts the repository. Common repository choices include:

  • Windows 2000/2003 Server
  • Any x86-based *nix OS with Samba (we recommend FreeBSD if one has a choice)

If installing the repository on Windows 2000, XP, or Vista, note that in standard configuration these operating systems will not allow more than 10 incoming connections without purchasing additional user access licenses from Microsoft. Microsoft explains the situation in these knowledge base articles:

License Server

Deadline ships with Windows (32 bit and 64 bit), Linux, and Mac versions of the FLEXlm license manager.