TomD_Arch Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 I tried to set this up thinking it would be easy, but there is nothing easy about this unless you have a degree in network administration or something... "The basic setup of the file server is having an instance equipped with enough RAM to accommodate for good file caching performance. We use an n1-highmem-4 instance as a file server to serve 50 n1-standard-32 rendering instances. Then we attach additional persistent disk storage (in increments of 1.5TB for high IOPS) to the file server instance to hold projects and applications. Using ZFS for this pool of persistent disks, the file server's storage can be increased on-demand, even while rendering is in progress. For increased ZFS caching performance, local SSD disks can be attached to the file server instance (feature in beta). It’s all really up to what you need for your specific project. Set up will vary based on how many instances you’re planning on using, and what kind of performance you’re looking for." -Fredrik Averpil, Technical Director at Industriromantik WTF??? Has anyone else tried to use Google's service? I thought this was going to be a lot easier to set up. More intuitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Johnston Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 I started to set up a farm on the Amazon EC2 cloud but didn't get very far, it became apparent it was much easier to use one of the existing render farm services. Even though it costs a little more I think it's worth not having to deal with the headache setting everything up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francisco Penaloza Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 all those virtual machines/cloud solutions are not easy setup yet, no matter how much they said or their sales songs They need some IT know how to setup and maintenance, you also need to think of software Licensing too. Of course someone will pop here saying that they love it and it not that hard, but for a regular artist, a render farm company still a best deal. The main advantage can be, availability and easy to scale. but honestly if you already found a good rendering service those should not be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich O Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 I tried to set this up thinking it would be easy, but there is nothing easy about this unless you have a degree in network administration or something... "The basic setup of the file server is having an instance equipped with enough RAM to accommodate for good file caching performance. We use an n1-highmem-4 instance as a file server to serve 50 n1-standard-32 rendering instances. Then we attach additional persistent disk storage (in increments of 1.5TB for high IOPS) to the file server instance to hold projects and applications. Using ZFS for this pool of persistent disks, the file server's storage can be increased on-demand, even while rendering is in progress. For increased ZFS caching performance, local SSD disks can be attached to the file server instance (feature in beta). It’s all really up to what you need for your specific project. Set up will vary based on how many instances you’re planning on using, and what kind of performance you’re looking for." -Fredrik Averpil, Technical Director at Industriromantik WTF??? Has anyone else tried to use Google's service? I thought this was going to be a lot easier to set up. More intuitive. Looking at their "About" page, they are some pretty serious heavy hitters! You're not talking Peter Guthrie stuff here, you're talking a team stocked with TD's from vfx firms at the level of Weta and ILM by the sounds of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomeks Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 (edited) Hi, Actually the pricing is not that attractive as one would expect. Google have solution for rendering frames automatically (they bought Zync render farm some time ago), unfortunately, if you use them, you will be asked to pay hefty premium on top of not so attractive Google prices, but it shall work smoothly and without any setting up on your side. Regarding setting up everything by yourself, I wouldn't recommend it, unless you are studio that can spare TD (or two) on the project, or student/hobbyist with plenty of free time and no deadlines... I am running commercial render farm (GarageFarm.NET) for past 5 years and I must say it's not the easiest business to run. But if you like challenges, then of course nothing is impossible. Edited September 12, 2015 by tomeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomeks Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 (edited) double post Edited September 13, 2015 by tomeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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