Monitoring machine health - PRODUCTION

The panels in the diagnostics section allow you to

Monitor hardware data
Switch between main and backup machines using an external Videohub router

Want to check the network health? Learn more about how to Check the network health

Monitor hardware data

Monitoring machine data in real time can be essential for identifying failing hardware.

Our health panel shows you the current state of relevant hardware data on all connected machines.

Hardware data

Frame rate
CPU frequency
CPU utilization
GPU frequency
GPU memory usage
GPU temperature
GPU utilization
RAM usage
Video card temperature (if available)

States

	Not running	Normal	Warning	Critical

To get this real time data from your hardware, our Pixotope diagnostics service needs elevated permissions. Windows' User Account Control needs to be confirmed

for every monitored machine
on every restart (unless User Account Control is deactivated)

Set up health monitoring

Go to PRODUCTION > Diagnostics > Health
Click "Start local diagnostics service" and confirm the User Account Control dialog
- This starts the Pixotope diagnostics service
If visible machines are missing data
1. Access the Director on this machine
2. Go to PRODUCTION > Diagnostics > Settings
3. Click "Start local diagnostics service" and confirm the User Account Control dialog

Learn more about how to Start local diagnostics service on startup

Adjust the amount of machines displayed in a row

Go to PRODUCTION > Diagnostics > Settings
Change the number of machines displayed in a single row

Adjust thresholds

The default thresholds for when a Warning or a Critical state should be displayed might differ depending on your hardware or the levels you run. To adjust them

Go to PRODUCTION > Diagnostics > Settings

Parameter	Default threshold Warning	Default threshold Critical	Used for automatic failover
CPU frequency	3200 Mhz	2700 Mhz
CPU utilization	50%	60%	Yes
GPU frequency	1500 Mhz	1000 Mhz
GPU memory usage	80%	90%	Yes
GPU temperature	85°C	95°C	Yes
GPU utilization	75%	95%	Yes
RAM memory usage	50%	70%	Yes

Switch between Main and Backup machines

Learn more about how to Set up render machine backups (failover)