Final Cut Server 1.5 and QMaster 3.5.2?

I have a need to setup our Final Cut Server (XServe 10.5.8) to be the Qmaster Services and Cluster Controller with seven workstations to be clients submitting jobs and providing services to the cluster. The current Final Cut Server Qmaster is 3.0.5 on a 'server' subnet and the workstations will soon upgrade to Final Cut Suite 3 with Qmaster 3.5.2 on a different subnet.
What should be the solution for our environment considering the following issues if they are correct?
• Qmaster is 3.0.5 cluster and clients need to be on the same subnet?
• Qmaster 3.5.2 clients cannot service a Qmaster 3.0.5 Services and Cluster Controller?
• Final Cut Server 1.5 will not run with Qmaster 3.5.2?
We have just acquired Episode Engine to enable us to export Flash movies. Does Episode Engine provide some solutions for the above or just complicate clustering?

If you are running Final Cut Server 1.5.x, then Qmaster should be at 3.5 or higher.
Qmaster 3.0.5 was the correct version for Final Cut Server up to version 1.1.1 only.
~D

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    Your other observation is also right, that only one item is encoded at a time across the cluster rather than working on all of them at once across the cluster. So what you get with a fast cluster is shorter encode time, not parallel encodings that all finish at the same time.
    If you have the spare machines to dedicate to cluster work, I strongly endorse setting up that way. I would not recommend Quick Clusters for Final Cut Server encoding duty. Either set up a dedicated Managed Cluster that FCSvr can use or none at all.

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