Hey guys, it may a be a little too late to ask for advice on this because I already recently purchased the parts. But I at least would like to ask for your input, as I haven’t put it together yet. -Asus Z10PE-d8 WS Motherboard -2X E5 2680v3 -Crucial 64gb ddr4 ECC ram -2 Noctua NHU14s -Samsung 8…

All very nice, almost the same as my recent new system. But I would have gone for win 8.1 pro with Classic Shell. All the benefits of win8, easier upgrade path to Win10 when it comes out later this year, Classic Shell makes it all look and work the same as Win7, same price. Everything else looks gre…

Its a bummer you didnt check ebay. You could get 16 cpus, 6 core each in 8 node tight system for the price you paid for the server above :confused: Is this a render node? I would not put GPU in to it, nor SSD, nor 2tb OF hdd. This is not a render node this is workstation right?

Thanks for the reply guys! Dadal, this is a render node that is also a backup workstation if my primary fails. I went with one single powerful node rather than many smaller ones because of the maintenance. More components equals more risk of failure, and also more management.

[image] On another topic Its a bummer you didnt check ebay. You could get 16 cpus, 6 core each in 8 node tight system for the price you paid for the server above :confused: Is this a render node? I would not put GPU in to it, nor SSD, nor 2tb OF hdd. This is not a render node this is workstation …

[image] Wild Thing I disagree about not using an SSD in rendernodes. For me this has made a big difference with how quickly scenes can be loaded when using DBR. Scene files and materials load far quicker, so they kick in earlier, which really helps for test renders. Not sure how ? All scene ma…

Humh good point. Yeah I guess then its good to go full on SSDs :- )

[image] On another topic Humh good point. Yeah I guess then its good to go full on SSDs :- ) Definitely. They’re so much cheaper these days too. You only really need a 60GB or so SSD for your rendernodes and you’ve got enough space for applications/plugins plus temp frames before they’re sent …

Thanks a lot for the info guys. This is really helpful. I have another question. What is the best way to hook up both computers? By router, switch, hub, or connecting both directly? They’re right next to each other. Thanks!

Configuration for a render slave

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Dariusz_Makowski_Dadal March 22, 2015, 10:40am 6

Not sure how ? All scene materials goes from ur workstation/server hdd, at 100mb/s max speed due to network link limitation, unless your one is 10gb? If link limits u to 100mb no matter if u have HDD or SSD it still limited to 100mb/s.

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