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DirtyDave · 04-27-2007, 07:17 PM

I've got a situation where I need some in-depth reading about rendering farms that I need to do but I don't know where to look.

I have a client that is in to making documentaries and wants me to put together a small (1-3 machines) render farm for him. Problem is that all I've ever used is Adobe Premiere and Microsoft Media Encoder.

I need a/some web page(s) that will cover the various aspects of a small render farm including hardware, job management of the hardware, software involved, etc.

Also, when you submit a job to a render farm, what info do you provide and how do you get them the material and what/how do you get it back? How is the quality determined?

Thanks.

Babaganoosh · 04-27-2007, 07:24 PM

Look at Silicon Graphics site. I had the displeasure of managing a small network that contained a few machines used for rendering. I was right out of school and had NO idea how those machines worked but I do know they were all powered by SGI.

http://www.sgi.com/industries/render_mgt/

tony286 · 04-27-2007, 07:33 PM

boxx they make the nodes
http://www.boxxtech.com/Products/Ren...RenderBOXX.asp

Jim_Gunn · 04-27-2007, 08:01 PM

I just googled "render farm" and then found some links on Wikipedia site including this one that looks very helpful.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1847365,00.asp

Ackeric · 04-27-2007, 08:16 PM

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