Comments on: Render Farm in a Box http://www.blendernation.com/render-farm-in-a-box/ Fresh Blender News, Every Day Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:06:38 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://www.blendernation.com/render-farm-in-a-box/comment-page-1/#comment-437194 Andrew Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:27:37 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=4173#comment-437194 I have been trying to create a Blender Render Farm that runs over the internet. Its in an Alpha phase right now. But the idea is that everyone who is logged in to the Render Community helps render projects of everyone in the community. Its a many hands make light work approach. http://blendercommtest.andrewjordanporter.com/ I have been trying to create a Blender Render Farm that runs over the internet. Its in an Alpha phase right now. But the idea is that everyone who is logged in to the Render Community helps render projects of everyone in the community. Its a many hands make light work approach.

http://blendercommtest.andrewjordanporter.com/

]]> By: Kintaro http://www.blendernation.com/render-farm-in-a-box/comment-page-1/#comment-335847 Kintaro Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:39:58 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=4173#comment-335847 I'm not talking about CUDA enabled GPU's specifically. I'm saying that theres always something way ahead of its time for single unit PC's. that dosn't mean they replace power. a renderfarm can be any size. If we're talking international studio scale here, not one man operations, it could cost several million. however, you could probably build a four or five unit "renderfarm" for less then this with as much power as said "renderfarm in a box" This computer would put us at last generation studio standards. then, there will be something else, again, one generation behind. renderfarms will always be more powerful, and less expensive for the ammount of power your going to go to achieve, at the expensive of bulk and energy wasting. I'm not talking about CUDA enabled GPU's specifically. I'm saying that theres always something way ahead of its time for single unit PC's. that dosn't mean they replace power. a renderfarm can be any size. If we're talking international studio scale here, not one man operations, it could cost several million. however, you could probably build a four or five unit "renderfarm" for less then this with as much power as said "renderfarm in a box" This computer would put us at last generation studio standards. then, there will be something else, again, one generation behind. renderfarms will always be more powerful, and less expensive for the ammount of power your going to go to achieve, at the expensive of bulk and energy wasting.

]]> By: Silly http://www.blendernation.com/render-farm-in-a-box/comment-page-1/#comment-335800 Silly Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:57:59 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=4173#comment-335800 CUDA-enabled GPUs 10 years ago? show me where, please. I'm curious how much costs "true render farm", that are you talking about? CUDA-enabled GPUs 10 years ago? show me where, please. I'm curious how much costs "true render farm", that are you talking about?

]]> By: Conor http://www.blendernation.com/render-farm-in-a-box/comment-page-1/#comment-335791 Conor Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:48:26 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=4173#comment-335791 could you use this with lightwave? could you use this with lightwave?

]]> By: Kintaro http://www.blendernation.com/render-farm-in-a-box/comment-page-1/#comment-335786 Kintaro Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:24:06 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=4173#comment-335786 ... thats not a revelation. multiple processors, multiple video cards, ect. it's not new technology. Mac has multiple processors working together, a lot of people have SLI and are running two or more graphics cards. I've heard such statistics years ago, the fact that 8 processors runs 350times faster isn't a new concept, and given that renderfarms are also implementing such technology shows that this isn't a "renderfarm in a box" because it doesn't even come close to comparing to a true renderfarm's power. the fact that they slapped it together is not amazing. Besides, what computers are we comparing them to, one core rigs? Duh, technology advances, of course it's faster. mac pro has similar stats at max potential, and it's so far behind a true renderfarm it's laughable. again, my point is, this has been possible for ten years. yes, you can always make comps more amazing. no, it won't become ridiculously fast to render unless you're stringing together hundreds of comps that put it 50 or 70 years into the future of computer power, and even then you're going to put new things into your 3D art, and it will take just as long again. … thats not a revelation. multiple processors, multiple video cards, ect. it's not new technology. Mac has multiple processors working together, a lot of people have SLI and are running two or more graphics cards. I've heard such statistics years ago, the fact that 8 processors runs 350times faster isn't a new concept, and given that renderfarms are also implementing such technology shows that this isn't a "renderfarm in a box" because it doesn't even come close to comparing to a true renderfarm's power. the fact that they slapped it together is not amazing. Besides, what computers are we comparing them to, one core rigs? Duh, technology advances, of course it's faster. mac pro has similar stats at max potential, and it's so far behind a true renderfarm it's laughable. again, my point is, this has been possible for ten years. yes, you can always make comps more amazing. no, it won't become ridiculously fast to render unless you're stringing together hundreds of comps that put it 50 or 70 years into the future of computer power, and even then you're going to put new things into your 3D art, and it will take just as long again.

]]> By: Silly http://www.blendernation.com/render-farm-in-a-box/comment-page-1/#comment-335740 Silly Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:41:03 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=4173#comment-335740 Kintaro, really? Can you read this : [quote] Having eight graphics processors work in parallel allows this system to perform as fast as 350 modern CPU cores for our tomography tasks, reducing the reconstruction times from several weeks (on a normal PC) to hours. [/quote] Kintaro, really? Can you read this : [quote] Having eight graphics processors work in parallel allows this system to perform as fast as 350 modern CPU cores for our tomography tasks, reducing the reconstruction times from several weeks (on a normal PC) to hours. [/quote]

]]> By: Kintaro http://www.blendernation.com/render-farm-in-a-box/comment-page-1/#comment-335659 Kintaro Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:06:58 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=4173#comment-335659 I don't really see why this is a huge deal. It's not like they've "invented" anything. I could buy these parts and put them together myself... >.> it's not like its a revelation that you can build a super computer with commercially available parts for under the price of a car, which for most people, is still ridiculously pricey. You can build a rig 4 times more powerful then an average market sold PC now for the same price really, if you buy and install the parts by hand. Still, even that computer will leave you ten thousand miles behind any professional studio set up, sorry, render farms will always be better, but yeah, my point is, this has been possible for almost ten years now, hooray for them for building a nice comp. >.> I don't really see why this is a huge deal. It's not like they've "invented" anything. I could buy these parts and put them together myself… >.> it's not like its a revelation that you can build a super computer with commercially available parts for under the price of a car, which for most people, is still ridiculously pricey. You can build a rig 4 times more powerful then an average market sold PC now for the same price really, if you buy and install the parts by hand. Still, even that computer will leave you ten thousand miles behind any professional studio set up, sorry, render farms will always be better, but yeah, my point is, this has been possible for almost ten years now, hooray for them for building a nice comp. >.>

]]> By: Alexander Ewering http://www.blendernation.com/render-farm-in-a-box/comment-page-1/#comment-335654 Alexander Ewering Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:36:46 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=4173#comment-335654 Diesel prices fall to 50%, and this appears on a news portal for Formula 1 cars? Sorry, this just doesn't work. Diesel prices fall to 50%, and this appears on a news portal for Formula 1 cars? Sorry, this just doesn't work.

]]> By: xenon http://www.blendernation.com/render-farm-in-a-box/comment-page-1/#comment-335649 xenon Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:23:39 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=4173#comment-335649 I heard that recoding Blender internal renderer so that it can work on GPU would be problematic. I heard that recoding Blender internal renderer so that it can work on GPU would be problematic.

]]> By: colezero http://www.blendernation.com/render-farm-in-a-box/comment-page-1/#comment-335634 colezero Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:25:54 +0000 http://www.blendernation.com/?p=4173#comment-335634 That would be a great GSoC Project : A GPU Renderer, something like Nvidia's Gelato. That would be a great GSoC Project : A GPU Renderer, something like Nvidia's Gelato.

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