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Use the Manager tab to set options related to the Backburner network, such logs, server assignments criteria, job retries, and tasks performed when a job finishes.

Field Description
Logging Level Sets the type of events shown in the log files.

Error: Fatal errors that halt the rendering of a job.

Warning: Non-fatal warning information. These are events that do not cause the application to stop rendering a job.

Debug: Detailed information about TCP/IP packets and the current state of Backburner Manager and the Backburner Servers.

Debug Extended: A more verbose listing than Debug.

Default Mail Server The Backburner Manager can send job success/failure notification to the address submitted with the job (or assigned to the job once it is in the queue). Use this field to indicate the server where the smtp mailer daemon is running.

Changing this field affects all email notifications for the selected manager—not just those associated with your own jobs.

Max Concurrent Jobs

Sets the maximum number of jobs the manager sends out simultaneously. The optimal setting depends on the processor speed of the manager workstation, general job size, and overall network speed. Generally, the default value of 4 is adequate. You can change this value in the following situations:

  • Decrease this value when rendering jobs are large and/or Backburner is struggling to keep up with jobs.
  • Increase this value when rendering jobs are small and/or Backburner has no trouble keeping up.
NoteAvoid increasing this value substantially. Too high a value may cause an increased number of node timeouts, because the jobs are sent faster than the nodes can handle them. In such cases, decrease the value.
Retry Count The number of times the manager attempts to restart a failed task.
Time Between Retries The time between each retry.
On Job Completion

Specifies what happens to job parameters once the job has successfully completed.

Leave: Leave in the job list.

Archive after n days: Remove from the job list and place in the job archive after the specified number of days. Set to 0 (zero) to archive the job immediately after its completion. Archiving saves a job’s parameters; it does not, however, save rendered frames or source material.

Delete after n days: Remove from the job list after the specified number of days. Set to 0 (zero) to delete the job immediately after its completion.