The Manager tab contains a number of items for setting Backburner Manager behaviour relating to job processing. This includes setting what information is logged, the maximum number of jobs permitted on the network, how many times the manager will resend a job to the same server, and what happens to jobs once they are completed.
The following table summarizes the contents of the interface.
Area | Field | Description |
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Logging and Notification | Logging Level |
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Default Mail Server | The smpt mail server through which all email notifications
for this manager are sent. Note that this can be overridden for individual jobs. See Viewing Job Details and Job Tasks. |
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Server Assignment | Max Concurrent Jobs | The maximum number of jobs Backburner will send out for processing on the render farm at the same time. |
Task Failures | Retry Count | The number of times the Backburner Manager attempts to
restart a job on a server that has failed to complete its processing. A failed job may be returned by Backburner to the job processing queue. Set to zero (0) to have job processing halted on the server after its first failure. Default is 3. |
Time Between Retries | The time before the Backburner Manager attempts to re-start
a job on a server that has failed. Works in conjunction with Retry Count. Default is 30 seconds. |
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Job Handling | On Job Completion | Specifies what happens to a job once it has successfully completed: |