Comments on: Multiblend Parallel Rendering

By: Deltaray

Deltaray — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:12:11 +0000

Actually, I found I could use older versions of Blender ok that were compatible with python 2.3 and even 2.2. Now I'm running on 13 nodes!!! Very nice. The only thing is that it doesn't seem to take advantage of multiple cores or sockets on the nodes properly. Even if I set the thread level higher or to auto in the blend file. To fix this, you can just add more node entries that are for the same hostname.

By: Deltaray

Deltaray — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:20:19 +0000

This was pretty easy to setup. The only problem I had was that one of the servers I wanted to try it on was running python 2.3. Too bad because that server is a quad socket (not core) 3.0GHz hyperthreading beast.

This makes me want to make some USB sticks to boot too that just sets up a quick render node.

By: Jogai

Jogai — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:13:31 +0000

It looks its more difficult to set up compared to farmerjoe.

By: ccherrett

ccherrett — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:44:52 +0000

banor,

It is a render farm for blender.
http://farmerjoe.info/?p=1

I am wondering how this compares.

Thanks!

By: SephirothTBM

SephirothTBM — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:24:53 +0000

@banor: Farmjoe is a script for building a simple renderfarm, it is capable of distribute frames across the nodes (PCs) on the network for animations, but it's possible distribute just parts of a same frame on the network to be processed by the nodes (bucket rendering) for still images, there are many software or scripts betters or worse, I like farmjoe, why? uhhm I don't know…

Check it out at:
http://farmerjoe.info/

Cheers
Sephiroth the Bimbo Master

By: Cyrr

Cyrr — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:06:49 +0000

Did somebody tried it on windows already? which configuration would you suggest?

By: banor

banor — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:53:53 +0000

Awesome. If this works well, it is awesome. Bravo. :D

@Sephiroth the Bimbo Master and ccherrett: What is Farmjoe?

By: TxRx

TxRx — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:45:31 +0000

Nice work, a very cool script.

By: Sephiroth the Bimbo Master

Sephiroth the Bimbo Master — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:37:16 +0000

It sound very good, I have a time using Farmjoe, but looks like multiblend it's good, I'll give it a try.

Cheers
Sephiroth the Bimbo Master

By: Thorack

Thorack — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:18:59 +0000

would be cool if one cood coonect to a special internet network, wich work like this: when one render it sends data to the network, and computers not using there cpu @ full would help with the render. If a person is going to render something themself while they are helping, it stops help the other and you gain ur own cpu + other ppl cpu (wich is not in use). This way it would never slow down u only help speed things up ^^.

/Thorack