Comments on: duber’s render slaves http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves the official duber studio™ blog Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:46:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 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.

]]> By: milos http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves/comment-page-1#comment-3163 milos Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:44:57 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves#comment-3163 Hi, how much is Tjunction of your CPU, 100? What iam afraid is that if you have 10 render nodes in one rack than they are starting to heat bit more to each other, that can couse really issue. Iam not trying to stress you, i like your solution and i will build to same if your will be fine. thnx Hi, how much is Tjunction of your CPU, 100? What iam afraid is that if you have 10 render nodes in one rack than they are starting to heat bit more to each other, that can couse really issue. Iam not trying to stress you, i like your solution and i will build to same if your will be fine. thnx

]]> By: loocas http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves/comment-page-1#comment-3162 loocas Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:54:38 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/misc/dubers-render-slaves#comment-3162 Hi, Milos, yeah, the Dynatron coolers are quite cool and pretty damn efficient as far as I can tell. I had the machine rendering a test scene overnight and the CPU temperature didn't go above 65 Celsius degrees! Quite impressive. I bought the coolres on eBay, of course ;) and so far I'm very satisfied with them. But, I'm yet to really stress test the render node to really see how good it performs. Hi, Milos,

yeah, the Dynatron coolers are quite cool and pretty damn efficient as far as I can tell. I had the machine rendering a test scene overnight and the CPU temperature didn’t go above 65 Celsius degrees! Quite impressive.

I bought the coolres on eBay, of course ;) and so far I’m very satisfied with them. But, I’m yet to really stress test the render node to really see how good it performs.

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