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From: Nathan Shipley <nshipley@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:53:06 -0600
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Subject: Re: [AE] Semi OT: Yet another mac mini render farm thread
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Hey Tony -

Pondering this myself.  Just curious if you ever collected any useful
answers or found some relevant information about a render farm with the
latest Minis.  Anything?

Thanks!
 - Nathan

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Tony Romain
<tonyr-aelist@trancedesigns.com>wrote:

> 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=85 thinking it could b=
e a
> pretty 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=85.
>
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
>
> --
> *tony romain* *|* *principal/creative director*
>
> *trance*
> *motion graphic animation and design*
> 323 651 1114
> www.trancedesigns.com
>

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Hey Tony -=A0<div><br></div><div>Pondering this myself. =A0Just curious if =
you ever collected any useful answers or found some relevant information ab=
out a render farm with the latest Minis. =A0Anything?</div><div><br></div><=
div>

Thanks!</div><div>=A0- Nathan<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov=
 5, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Tony Romain <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:to=
nyr-aelist@trancedesigns.com" target=3D"_blank">tonyr-aelist@trancedesigns.=
com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"font-size:14px;font-family:Cal=
ibri,sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word"><div><div><div>So this has come up in=
 the past, wanted to get opinions from the technorati out there (I&#39;m lo=
oking in your direction Tim Sassoon, I think you built one a few years back=
, yes?)</div>

<div><br></div><div>Have been toying with building a mac mini render farm, =
mostly for cinema 4d. =A0With the just released i7 quad core mac minis=85 t=
hinking it could be a pretty great option. =A0I know you can probably get m=
ore bang for your buck building a PC based version from scratch. =A0But one=
 of my concerns, being in a relatively small studio space is power consumpt=
ion and heat, which I think makes a mac mini a good option.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Just not sure how stable they are for sustained multi h=
our usage on the processors=85.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Any=
 thoughts?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>=A0</div><div><div style=
>

-- </div><div style><b>tony romain</b> <b><span style=3D"font-size:16px">|<=
/span></b> <b>principal/creative director</b></div><div style><br></div><di=
v><b><span style=3D"font-size:16px"><font color=3D"#134a9e">trance</font></=
span></b></div>

<div><font color=3D"#424242"><b>motion graphic animation and design</b></fo=
nt></div><div style><a href=3D"tel:323%20651%201114" value=3D"+13236511114"=
 target=3D"_blank">323 651 1114</a></div><div style><a href=3D"http://www.t=
rancedesigns.com" target=3D"_blank">www.trancedesigns.com</a></div>

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