Render Farms 2005-04-07 - By peterb
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Deadline seems very cool at first glance, and if you can afford it, you
probably should.
we're using smedge and it's become consistently better over the years.
it supports all the softs you mention, and a bunch more.
an unlimited license is 2000$ if Im not mistaken.
but it needs some figuring out how to have it work happy with the different
softwares and is not evolving that much anymore.
the guys here weren't very please with how it supports max plugins... so they
stick to maxnetrender.
even more important, you might need to modify your habits a bit to make sure
that your scenes are setup for network render (but that holds true for batch
rendering too)
Things like keeping all texture images in the database or in a properly shared
location, using .map files is often a good idea, making sure all machines can
find the simulation caches. If you haven't yet, you should really check out
workgroups, especially to install addons, and make sure you have the same
logins, the same users directory, the same drive mappings,.... on all machines.
If you have modifications to your setenv.bat file you might need to propagate
them to all machines.
If not you'll have a hard time sorting problems out that are not directly
render related.
just some thoughts
Hi Guys,
I'm not intending to create a war here, but can you tell me which is for you
the best render farm software...
We are using Max, Maya, XSI, and after effects, and evaluating the posibility
to buy a Digital Fusion also.
Thanks in advanced,
Nacho
PD: Until now I only know deadline renderfarm, and Royal Render.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Deadline seems very cool at first glance, and if
you can afford it, you probably should.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>we're using smedge and it's become consistently
better over the years. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>it supports all the softs you mention, and a
bunch more.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>an unlimited license is 2000$ if Im not
mistaken.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but it needs some figuring out how to have it work
happy with the different softwares and is not evolving that much anymore.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the guys here weren't very please with how it
supports max plugins... so they stick to maxnetrender.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>even more important, you might need to modify your
habits a bit to make sure that your scenes are setup for network render (but
that holds true for batch rendering too) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Things like keeping all texture images in the
database or in a properly shared location, using .map files is often a good
idea, making sure all machines can find the simulation caches. If you haven't
yet, you should really check out workgroups, especially to install addons, and
make sure you have the same logins, the same users directory, the same drive
mappings,.... on all machines. If you have modifications to your setenv.bat
file
you might need to propagate them to all machines.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If not you'll have a hard time sorting problems
out
that are not directly render related.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>just some thoughts</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080 size=2>I'm not intending to create a war
here, but can you tell me which is for you the best render farm
software...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080 size=2>We are using Max, Maya, XSI, and
after effects, and evaluating the posibility to buy a Digital Fusion
also.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080 size=2>Thanks in advanced,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080 size=2>Nacho</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080 size=2>PD: Until now I only know
deadline
renderfarm, and Royal Render.</FONT></DIV>
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