Distributed rendering limited to 10 boxes

[Randy]

can anyone give me an explanation, why DR is limited to 10 computers? Is this caused by a physical limit or licensing? I would like to use more than 10 boxes for a large image.
thanks in advance
randy

[egz]

I believe this is a licencing limitation.

[cgrande]

I think vray has no limit on slave machines
I do know that Windows only allows 10 users at a time!!! UNLESS, you use windows server! Its there funny way of saying buy Windows Server for all that money cause you're using 10 machines already.
So no answer from chaos regarding this?

[Randy]

no, no answer yet, wrote a email too. I'm on win server here (8-way xeon) with 20 client licenses, so that's no problem. I wish it would be possible, I want to feed my other machines too

[mike_kennedy]

DR is limited to 10 nodes with one vray copy. More nodes is extra.
Slave rendering via backburner is not limited.

[Randy]

I know, but what do we have to pay for that "extra"?

[Syclone1]

I know, but what do we have to pay for that "extra"?

Send a question to vray@chaosgroup.com and Im sure they will be more than happy to help you out

-dave

[andre]

is the limit 10 computers or 10 processors ??

andre

[Randy]

Send a question to vray@chaosgroup.com and Im sure they will be more than happy to help you out

I did that few days ago, no answer yet, *sniff

is the limit 10 computers or 10 processors ??

limited to 10 computers, luckily. Try that with Mental Ray, I would be bankrupt with my 2 8-way xeons, 4 4-way xeons and the other dual xeons here. Another point for Vray

[honzal]

10 computers, no matter how many processors you have in each computer - this is quite sweet from Chaos. Mental Ray is licensed by a PROCESSOR and the price is 2x more than ONE Vray Advance - so be happy you have possible 10 node licences in your base package.
If you need more I think you need to buy another Vray Advanced => additional 10nodes for DR.

jan

p.s.: if I am wrong, Peter will correct me