Autodesk Z800 - Manual (Page 10)

Typical Configuration Overview for Autodesk Lustre
A Lustre system consists of a number of different hardware and software components. This section describes
each of the hardware components in a Lustre installation, and the software associated with each component.
You may or may not have all of the components listed here in your Lustre setup. The type of workgroup,
as well as the feature set you purchase for each of the workstations in that workgroup, determine the
components in your installation.
Lustre Workstations
There are three kinds of Lustre workstations: the Master Station, the HD Station, and the Lustre Station.
Every Lustre installation is built around either a Master Station or an HD Station. The optional Lustre Station
offers a way to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of a pipeline by offloading tasks that do not
require the full feature set of the Master Station or HD Station.
Master Station
The Master Station is designed for GPU-accelerated sessions where the colorist works together with the
cinematographer. It includes an extensive creative toolset for elaborate visual design and grading, using up
to 4K resolution and 16-bit files and for completing tasks like dust busting, conforming, rotoscoping, and
capture/playout. It also includes SD and HD I/O, dual link and HSDL video formats, and the film workflow
features, which consist of infrared channel dust removal and support for all standard input and output
resolutions and bit-depths.
The Master Station can support up to three panels of the Autodesk Control Surface and, with an additional
license, a Slave Renderer.
HD Station
The HD Station is a cost-effective GPU workstation for conforming, preparing, grading, and mastering
short-form and long-form HDTV projects, as well as HD film projects, and mastering to different formats.
It does not include the film workflow features. File input is limited to 10-bit 2K resolution, and file output
is limited to SD and 10-bit HD resolution.
The HD Station can support up to three panels of the Autodesk Control Surface and, with an additional
license, a Slave Renderer. Dual link and HSDL video formats are available with the purchase of a separate
video I/O license.
Lustre Station
Tasks that do not require the direct intervention or supervision of the colorist can be efficiently handled by
a Lustre Station. Multiple Lustre Stations can work in parallel to increase throughput and can be used for
tasks such as dust-busting, preparatory work, fine-tuning creative sessions, conforming data from EDLs,
updating editorial changes, and mastering to different formats using the real-time deliverables function.
The Lustre Station includes the film workflow features, and the ability to create geometries and masks.
Primary colour grading on the Lustre Station requires a separate license. The following features also require
an additional license: SD and HD I/O, dual link and HSDL video formats.
The Lustre Station does not support the Slave Renderer.
Other Components
You can expand the features of your Lustre system and improve the efficiency of your workflow by adding
any of the following components.
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