Cloud Rendering Solution for V-Ray

[glorybound]

I wonder what this will look like. A free service, to subscribers like Autodesk, would be wonderful!

http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/news.html?single=542

[vlado]

There's no free lunch unfortunately Someone has to pay for the server time. With Autodesk, you pay annual subscription. But we don't know how successful a subscription approach would be for V-Ray (our own guesses are that it would not be very successful).

Best regards,
Vlado

[super gnu]

so what is the difference between "cloud" rendering, and err.. a renderfarm?

simply that cloudy services do other stuff besides rendering? im guessing prices would be comparable, since your using the same quantity of compute power...


i am struggling with the whole "cloud" thing.. seems like a load of fluff and bandwagon jumping. plus of course the opportunity for certain massive software companies to get more control over their profits/products...

[Dariusz Makowski (Dadal)]

Nothing. They are the same thing. Just cloud rendering is more... global world. Everything is now cloud... its like generic green food back in the day...

[Morbid Angel]

supposedly cloud is near infinite amount of cpus, scalable to as much as you can afford. Where is a farm is usually a bunch of machines (a few hundred) depending on the farm of course, cloud is thousands (or so I think anyway)

[glorybound]

The cloud is still a series of computers, so I am not sure I understand the difference. Here, Lynn explains the cloud in laymen terms!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAW6l...ature=youtu.be

[instinct]

The concept is the same. Your up- and down-link usually sucks and you might break all your NDAs

[glorybound]

But, what if your models starts and ends, on their servers? With virtualization, you log into their servers, install your software, and work remotely. It's no different than when I am sitting at home, on my DELL XPS, and remotely connecting to the office. My 6 machine farm sits in my office, which becomes my personal cloud.

The concept is the same. Your up- and down-link usually sucks and you might break all your NDAs

[instinct]

Well a private cloud is not the same as "the cloud" in my eyes. And their is a BIG difference with data being on your servers or their servers. At least in audits and NDAs Especially if we're talking about companies operating from the US.