Comments on: duber’s render slaves http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves the blog of duber studio™ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:10:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: loocas http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves/comment-page-1#comment-3589 loocas Fri, 13 May 2011 07:30:26 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves#comment-3589 Hi, Juan, well, generally, render nodes don't need specific HW and SW for actual work as workstations do, so, for example, if you're not rendering on GPUs, you don't need a dedicated graphics card on render nodes. But I wouldn't say that render nodes consume less memory. Perhaps a little bit, but not in general. As for 8GB of RAM, for the projects we do here, this is enough. But the boards do support up to 16GB, so, shall I need to upgrade, I'll just buy more RAM and swap the sticks. :) Hi, Juan,

well, generally, render nodes don’t need specific HW and SW for actual work as workstations do, so, for example, if you’re not rendering on GPUs, you don’t need a dedicated graphics card on render nodes. But I wouldn’t say that render nodes consume less memory. Perhaps a little bit, but not in general. As for 8GB of RAM, for the projects we do here, this is enough. But the boards do support up to 16GB, so, shall I need to upgrade, I’ll just buy more RAM and swap the sticks. :)

]]> By: Juan David http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves/comment-page-1#comment-3585 Juan David Fri, 13 May 2011 02:39:14 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves#comment-3585 hi im following your blog very close and it has been an inspiration for me to get my renderfarm and build my own studio here in medellin colombia. i have one question, do the renderslaves need more than 8 gigs of ram? is it true that renderslaves consume less memory than a workstation. thanks in advance for sharing all that knowledge with us! hi im following your blog very close and it has been an inspiration for me to get my renderfarm and build my own studio here in medellin colombia. i have one question, do the renderslaves need more than 8 gigs of ram?
is it true that renderslaves consume less memory than a workstation.

thanks in advance for sharing all that knowledge with us!

]]> By: loocas http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves/comment-page-1#comment-3392 loocas Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:24:51 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves#comment-3392 Hey, lolo, I didn't overclock the machines, don't have to. I also prefer stability over a slight increase in speed. As for a Linux render slave, I'm afraid you're out of luck as 3ds Max won't run on a Linux machine. Not without some heavy virtualization, which will drain a ton of performance out of the HW. Also, the VM software will cost quite a lot. The Windows OEM licenses are, relatively, cheap. I paid much more for rendering licenses than for the OS ;) Hey, lolo,

I didn’t overclock the machines, don’t have to. I also prefer stability over a slight increase in speed.

As for a Linux render slave, I’m afraid you’re out of luck as 3ds Max won’t run on a Linux machine. Not without some heavy virtualization, which will drain a ton of performance out of the HW. Also, the VM software will cost quite a lot. The Windows OEM licenses are, relatively, cheap. I paid much more for rendering licenses than for the OS ;)

]]> By: lolo http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves/comment-page-1#comment-3389 lolo Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:32:06 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves#comment-3389 500USD! whaou. That's pretty cheap. That should be wihout OS because Win 7 by itself is already 150USD. I'm looking to for a way to run the 3dsmax render slave on linux to avoid this extra cost. But to date, I've not find any solution. Did you overclocked it ? Thanks for sharing. 500USD! whaou. That’s pretty cheap. That should be wihout OS because Win 7 by itself is already 150USD. I’m looking to for a way to run the 3dsmax render slave on linux to avoid this extra cost. But to date, I’ve not find any solution.
Did you overclocked it ?

Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Farid http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves/comment-page-1#comment-3374 Farid Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:24:10 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves#comment-3374 Hey there, huge thanks for sharing this info, gonna make couple of render nodes also, OK, I'm reading this now ) Hey there, huge thanks for sharing this info, gonna make couple of render nodes also, OK, I’m reading this now )

]]> By: loocas http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves/comment-page-1#comment-3248 loocas Wed, 05 May 2010 16:22:36 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves#comment-3248 Yes, primarily for the value/performance ratio. These render slaves are quite cheap to build. About $500 USD each and are very cheap to operate on a 300W power supply. The render power is quite good. Obviously not as good as a dual Xeon system, but again, the value/performance ratio plays a crucial role. Yes, primarily for the value/performance ratio. These render slaves are quite cheap to build. About $500 USD each and are very cheap to operate on a 300W power supply. The render power is quite good. Obviously not as good as a dual Xeon system, but again, the value/performance ratio plays a crucial role.

]]> By: Shetu http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves/comment-page-1#comment-3247 Shetu Wed, 05 May 2010 12:57:42 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves#comment-3247 Hi I really wants this. But I just curious, why do you choose intel I7 not xion? Is it only for price? Hi
I really wants this. But I just curious, why do you choose intel I7 not xion? Is it only for price?

]]> By: milos http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves/comment-page-1#comment-3166 milos Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:47:45 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves#comment-3166 and thanks for sharing... and thanks for sharing…

]]> By: milos http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves/comment-page-1#comment-3165 milos Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:38:18 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves#comment-3165 Yea, you are right. So happy rendering... Yea, you are right. So happy rendering…

]]> By: loocas http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves/comment-page-1#comment-3164 loocas Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:07:17 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves#comment-3164 Heya, Milos, the TJunction was set to a 100, I believe, I didn't change any of those defaults. As for the heat. No stress, I'm aware of that issue and I'll be monitoring that once I have more render nodes at full utilization setup and running. Right now, it's not an issue. The room is quite cold down there, but as soon as summer or maybe even spring comes, the temp might go up and I'll be considering buying a dedicated Rack cooling solution. We'll see. But right now, the heat doesn't seem to be an issue. Heya, Milos,

the TJunction was set to a 100, I believe, I didn’t change any of those defaults.

As for the heat. No stress, I’m aware of that issue and I’ll be monitoring that once I have more render nodes at full utilization setup and running. Right now, it’s not an issue. The room is quite cold down there, but as soon as summer or maybe even spring comes, the temp might go up and I’ll be considering buying a dedicated Rack cooling solution. We’ll see. But right now, the heat doesn’t seem to be an issue.

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