QCA Training July 25&26 at Siggraph 2010 - Los Angeles

Location:
Wilshire Grande Hotel
930 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 688-7777

This 2 day course will be taught by Eric Salituro. Eric was a founding member of PipelineFX and continues as a consultant and Qube! trainer. Prior to joining PipelineFX in 2002, Eric served as a Technical Consultant to Big Idea Productions on their debut film Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie. Eric has served as Senior TD at Square Pictures, contributing to Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and the short film The Animatrix : Final Flight of the Osiris for the makers of the Matrix. He has also previously worked in film and animation production at PDI in Redwood Shores, CA on both Antz and Shrek.

"I've been using Qube for a number of years now, and I can say that I know it quite well. But even for an administrator like me, I found the QCA training to be quite informative and a really good forum for picking up things that I missed in the past and discussing different ways of implementation and optimization. I would recommend the QCA to anybody who wants to start learning Qube and even to those who have already been using it for a while. I'm sure that you, like I did, will pick-up some new insight while you're there! Thanks PipelineFX!"

- Jason Navarro

Qube! Certified Administrator Training

PipelineFX is proud to offer certification training on Qube! render farm management software. The Qube! Certified Administrator (QCA) certification validates the ability to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot render farms used in digital media production. The curriculum is designed for technical support staff, render pipeline engineers, Qube! reseller implementation and pre-sales engineers, IT consultants implementing Qube! for render farms, R&D engineers, render wranglers and IT personnel charged with deploying and/or managing a render farm. Training includes extensive hands-on lab time.

Training Agenda

Day 1: Installation and Use

Qube installation
- Introduction to Qube!
- Qube! features and terminology
- Site preparation for install
- Qube! installation and initial configuration
- Testing and troubleshooting Qube! installation
- Support procedures and resources
Using Qube!
- Using the Qube! GUI
- Submitting jobs
- Monitoring and controlling jobs
- Monitoring and locking hosts
- Troubleshooting job execution

Day 2: Advanced Qube!

Basic administration
- Using the Qube! GUI for administration
- Supervisor configuration
- Worker configuration
- User and group permissions
Advanced administration and configuration
- Resource configuration and reservations
- Cross-platform path translation
- Mounting and accessing server shares
- Qube! optimization strategies and best practices

Training Schedule

* July 25 & 26, 2010 - Wilshire Grande Hotel, Del Mar Room, Los Angeles, CA - Contact Rachael Appleton - rachael<@>pipelinefx.com

Pricing per person:
Commercial & Government - $1,600
Education faculty and staff - $800
Students - $400