Return-Path: Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.195] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4891702 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:47:02 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.107] (rrcs-24-43-70-42.west.biz.rr.com [24.43.70.42]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus3) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MPUUr-1TRN0o1eMb-005PeF; Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:50:01 -0500 User-Agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.2.4.120824 Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:49:54 -0800 Subject: Semi OT: Yet another mac mini render farm thread From: Tony Romain To: AE list Message-ID: Thread-Topic: Semi OT: Yet another mac mini render farm thread Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3434964600_1169841" X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:CyZCpZq0Xz7uuPssOIxbWVaoJUDa7hoRapowq2D1za6 UaW0lWv16UaXjca7OID2uQvOeVKa7ZhW6xcLYPyHuuodQyYAjm 1Scz77UG7E/GJqaFiC5AlC0cYOoJDTbyoxb0OyfNB3JhP69S1M nhc35ixvFV7Qh3wPrHun4LOp7ZzrE8GD+S31Rm4E8iylHY87yI 9uK2Ly+s3Kb/FZEUTfUfAy0ReBwYhNmeLK4OTuNy35MCcwg8iI hi3sWB3fZ8zfInSJru3wR8+MZ6TUqnjNr6BsVfQ2YxqelLIMGt cB4/m8NoG5u4dlHDkdmDNkXozQmFIi1HUnDXhZ2GJoFUFlxGUq Xfcf+4C4VpsYltw573mKLPZFJBif3f2Dajv1MRGIyraVMjuxb6 BFYoJr6KO1nfw== > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3434964600_1169841 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable So this has come up in the past, wanted to get opinions from the technorati out there (I'm looking in your direction Tim Sassoon, I think you built one a few years back, yes?) Have been toying with building a mac mini render farm, mostly for cinema 4d= . With the just released i7 quad core mac minis=8A thinking it could be a prett= y great option. I know you can probably get more bang for your buck building a PC based version from scratch. But one of my concerns, being in a relatively small studio space is power consumption and heat, which I think makes a mac mini a good option. Just not sure how stable they are for sustained multi hour usage on the processors=8A. Any thoughts? =20 --=20 tony romain | principal/creative director trance motion graphic animation and design 323 651 1114 www.trancedesigns.com --B_3434964600_1169841 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable

So this has come u= p in the past, wanted to get opinions from the technorati out there (I'm loo= king in your direction Tim Sassoon, I think you built one a few years back, = yes?)

Have been toying with building a mac mini ren= der farm, mostly for cinema 4d. With the just released i7 quad core ma= c minis… thinking it could be a pretty great option. I know you = can probably get more bang for your buck building a PC based version from sc= ratch. But one of my concerns, being in a relatively small studio spac= e is power consumption and heat, which I think makes a mac mini a good optio= n.

Just not sure how stable they are for sustained = multi hour usage on the processors….

Any thoughts?

tony romain | p= rincipal/creative director

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trance

motion graphic animation and design

323 651 1114

www.trancedesigns.com

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