Munz Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 I am going to start slowly building a renderfarm and would like any advise that others have. I am going to use max 8 and vray. I am planning on buying one rendernode now and more in the future as I grow. I am starting my own rendering business, so it is just me now, so I need a renderfarm to send images off to, so I can continue to work on my workstation. here is what I am planning on starting with. Again any recommendations would be apreciated from those that have gone through this before. RenderBOXX 7104 Components Qty Dual Opteron Model 265 (Dual Core) 1 2GB DDR400 ECC (4 DIMMS) runs at 400MHz with 248's and higher 1 80GB 7,200rpm Serial ATA 8MB Cache Drive 1 BOXX 256 MB USB Drive 1 24x Micro CD drive kit (7104) 1 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition 1 1U - Fixed Mount Bracket Set (4) 1 BOXX 3 year limited warranty FREE PS this system will cost about $2500 thanks Munz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunDon Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Excellent setup, you're going to be very happy with those machines. My only recommendation would be to up the RAM to 4gb -- the RAM is divided amongst the processor cores when rendering, so each process will be limited to 512mb. For us that's not enough to do the job on heavily populated animations, though it's totally dependent on how intensive your max scenes are. Best of luck! Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munz Posted June 28, 2006 Author Share Posted June 28, 2006 Thanks, Sounds like a good idea. Do you use BOXX or another manufacture? munz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munz Posted June 30, 2006 Author Share Posted June 30, 2006 will Vray even support 4 gigs of RAM, I know 3d studio max is only a 32 bit program, is Vray a 64 bit program. I wonder if it will be of any value to get 2 extra gigs of ram if vray can only support 2. Does anyone have information on this? munz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tecton3d Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 will Vray even support 4 gigs of RAM, I know 3d studio max is only a 32 bit program, is Vray a 64 bit program. I wonder if it will be of any value to get 2 extra gigs of ram if vray can only support 2. Does anyone have information on this? munz vray is not 64 bit yet but I'd still go with 4gb. Like Shaun mentioned the worst thing to happen to a rendernode is running out of ram. fwiw ~ I have a boxx... great machine and good people to deal with : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munz Posted June 30, 2006 Author Share Posted June 30, 2006 Should I get the regular XP pro or x64? Have you worked with x64? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tecton3d Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Should I get the regular XP pro or x64? Have you worked with x64? I haven't upgraded to x64 yet but it's on my shortlist of things to do ~ I have 4gb of ram sitting in my workstation just waiting for it:D If you're talking about your nodes, I guess if you went with x64 now, it would save you from buying an x64 OS down the road (since everything is going to 64bit) and you'll be able to make use of all the ram Max and Vray will allow. Just make sure there are other folks running Vray farms with X64 before you decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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