Hi,
I am having a discussion with our network admin. He is worried about the traffic in the network and of the storage usage with V-Ray.
So we are trying to find a good solution for 4 workplaces and a couple render drones.
My first idea is, to get four machines with a dual processor 10-core and 64-128gb ram, 780 gtx 6gb + two of those without a good graphic card (+ maybe some existing machines) purely for rendering . Data is on a server for the whole office (around 20 people). This setup cost around 25k-30k €
That should work for 2-3 years if the workload stays the same.
His solution is, to have a rack with similarly build servers + dedicated storage. We would then use Pcoip to connect to those servers. He likes this because most of the traffic would stay with the servers in the same rack. He thinks, he can get that for around 5-10k less.
The classical solution... Workstation + drones in a server rack, he did not like that to much, because he thinks the traffic gets to much when distributed rendering.
My questions:
1. Has anybody used Pcoip with Max and V-Ray?
2. Does V-Ray work on a virtual machine? And do I lose performance? Is the setup easier with a virtual machine (using plugins... licences)?
3. How much traffic does V-Ray produce?
4. What would be an ideal storage solution for V-Ray?
5. What would be the perfect setup for Max + V-Ray?
Thx for your help.
Bye,
Jan
I am having a discussion with our network admin. He is worried about the traffic in the network and of the storage usage with V-Ray.
So we are trying to find a good solution for 4 workplaces and a couple render drones.
My first idea is, to get four machines with a dual processor 10-core and 64-128gb ram, 780 gtx 6gb + two of those without a good graphic card (+ maybe some existing machines) purely for rendering . Data is on a server for the whole office (around 20 people). This setup cost around 25k-30k €
That should work for 2-3 years if the workload stays the same.
His solution is, to have a rack with similarly build servers + dedicated storage. We would then use Pcoip to connect to those servers. He likes this because most of the traffic would stay with the servers in the same rack. He thinks, he can get that for around 5-10k less.
The classical solution... Workstation + drones in a server rack, he did not like that to much, because he thinks the traffic gets to much when distributed rendering.
My questions:
1. Has anybody used Pcoip with Max and V-Ray?
2. Does V-Ray work on a virtual machine? And do I lose performance? Is the setup easier with a virtual machine (using plugins... licences)?
3. How much traffic does V-Ray produce?
4. What would be an ideal storage solution for V-Ray?
5. What would be the perfect setup for Max + V-Ray?
Thx for your help.
Bye,
Jan
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