Render node single rack server, any benefits ?

[lukekent]

Hi all,

 

I know this may seem a stupid question but hopefully someone can help.

 

I don't have room for a render farm and just want a cheap node to sit on my desk.

 

I have been offered the oppterunity to purchase a HP Proliant DL380 G5 with 2 x Xeon e5450 3.0ghz and 32gb ram very cheaply. I would want to use it as a render slave for Vray and Corona however, my workstation is a core i7 4770k with 32gb ram.

 

I was wondering two things:

 

1./ When rendering in distributed rendering can i use my workstation and the HP rack server together to render a single frame providing better speed through more buckets, or does one just the server have to render leaving the pc free to be used while rendering. I would like to speed up rendering by combining the two.

 

2./ If i just render with the HP rack server how much slower will it be roughly vs my workstation ?

 

Thanks in advanced

[elipan]

Hi all,

 

I know this may seem a stupid question but hopefully someone can help.

 

I don't have room for a render farm and just want a cheap node to sit on my desk.

 

I have been offered the oppterunity to purchase a HP Proliant DL380 G5 with 2 x Xeon e5450 3.0ghz and 32gb ram very cheaply. I would want to use it as a render slave for Vray and Corona however, my workstation is a core i7 4770k with 32gb ram.

 

I was wondering two things:

 

1./ When rendering in distributed rendering can i use my workstation and the HP rack server together to render a single frame providing better speed through more buckets, or does one just the server have to render leaving the pc free to be used while rendering. I would like to speed up rendering by combining the two.

 

2./ If i just render with the HP rack server how much slower will it be roughly vs my workstation ?

 

Thanks in advanced

 

1. Vray have Distributed Bucket Rendering. In other words you can render with the workstation and your nodes at the same time.

2. Check for yourself.

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[malevy]

That machine is going to be loud you wont be able to keep it on your desk without earplugs..

[mowstn]

check this out. http://polygons.ca/blog/2014/4/13/twice-the-power-of-a-12-core-mac-pro-for-a-quarter-of-the-price

[Jesper Pedersen]

Luke,

 

In short you need to get set up with network rendering . Your productivity will jump, even if it only means using backburner to queue jobs on your own workstation, but very importantly take Marc Levy's advice above ..if it's a rack server it's intended to be in a server room as they are very noisy. Good luck!

 

Jesper Pedersen

http://www.pedersenfocus.ie

[Sketchrender]

Any Advise on were to get a reasonably priced Render node?

Edited March 4, 2016 by philip kelly