azeemjaved Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 we are building a render farm for our company and we will start with 20 render servers. Hardware: we need someone to advice which solution is best? if there any pre-build solution like boxxtech? is boxxtech economical solution ? or we should try another solution ? should we host it in our own office or we should choose a co-location services ? Software: who can design website and software for us ? a website similar to rebusfarm.net or http://www.render-storm.com ? best regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronrumple Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Setting up a farm requires a lot of trial and error to balance out your needs, budget and speed. It will be more about the total system capacity instead of just saying - I need 20 servers. You also have to balance out the cost of software. So you will want to look at dual chip systems (Xeon) vs. more cheaper single chip systems. Rebus has a very sophisticated set up. Development of that will probably cost more than the 20 servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyderSK Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Rebus has a very sophisticated set up. Development of that will probably cost more than the 20 servers. This. Given how much Rebus evolved recently, the ease of use, the price level, it's impeccable. I wouldn't really waste time managing personal render farms (and this comes from someone who has a LOT of cores ;- ) ), I've re-dedicated all my dual-xeons are workstation for super quick tests and then I just send stuff to Rebus. Even if you have 20 Nodes/, you can get spike where you need much more than that. I recently rendered 10 5K renders during single day, each was computed using 25 Rebus Dual-Xeon nodes at nearly same time. Only downtime was myself opening 3dsMax... is boxxtech economical solution ? :- D Have a look yourself. You can build your whole renderfarm for price of one Boxx trashbin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azeemjaved Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) i am dreaming having a commercial render farm like rebus but starting with lower ($100,000) and invest more later. i know they are big and ideal , i have customers from personal links in university and companies in arab Edited April 10, 2015 by azeemjaved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyderSK Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Are you experienced 3D artist ? With technical/IT background ? Have a close-friend/business partner who has IT background ? If you're simply dreaming it up from green grass, I would forget about it. It's almost lost battle even if you were, in case you wouldn't be asking it on forum. You can't start a pretty complicated IT dependent startup, and ask people what is it that you actually need and should do.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azeemjaved Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 so i just attached a file contain pricing for 1 node having DUAL XEON E5-2630v3 2.4GHz, 20MB cache, 8.00 QPI (Eight-Core) processors. so where i can get the same at cheaper price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azeemjaved Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 so let forget what i want to do or not , i just want to ask who can sell me hardware at cheaper price but the same quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azeemjaved Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 Are you experienced 3D artist ? With technical/IT background ? Have a close-friend/business partner who has IT background ? If you're simply dreaming it up from green grass, I would forget about it. It's almost lost battle even if you were, in case you wouldn't be asking it on forum. You can't start a pretty complicated IT dependent startup, and ask people what is it that you actually need and should do.. so let forget what i want to do or not , i just want to ask who can sell me hardware at cheaper price but the same quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryannelson Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Cheaper price but the same quality? Do you expect a rainbow-farting leprechaun hardware dealer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyderSK Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 so where i can get the same at cheaper price? Amazon.com; Your local Hardware distributors, Local PC builders (they usually take small flat fee like 100-150 +/- dollars to build you anything, etc.. It will be twice cheaper at minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinhoura Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Even if you have 20 Nodes/, you can get spike where you need much more than that. I recently rendered 10 5K renders during single day, each was computed using 25 Rebus Dual-Xeon nodes at nearly same time. Only downtime was myself opening 3dsMax... I am just wondering how come you are only getting 25 nodes for a job? I always 100 per job, can you specify you want less than that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyderSK Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 It might have to do something that I am rendering single images only perhaps ? I am using Corona renderer, Rebus distributed method, and it always assigns me exactly 25 nodes, irregardless of budget (20-80 euro for single image) and priority (econ/premium) specified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philippelamoureux Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 @OP, if you succeed, try to make a app like rebus, it's freaking amazing how easy it is to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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