Return-Path: Received: from mail-la0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4897161 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:02:29 +0100 Received: by mail-la0-f41.google.com with SMTP id p5so4526608lag.28 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:05:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=jz/TI8QmHHM69uMpJ/dpE6o3SriXZK+bvjb8+Sc5aDs=; b=v6yivcKYULTmI+eELd29S2pN78O9sTv0RpOnvI9m6zIfHiaoJ1vmkNPrmY3bxKCzGk faAhlMANZAHa6PYhpLv712RgqoKsT7AaPXx83FXwXXaIKEKjQ59EI/bfBhw442M48MQM cmyIFaNRIxuJ5Z2j3eL43Y5GbaeZszx3O0zJ1ODdHZkA+COXVpzzRzLTfjtTXwR/k+E/ iGhZUlIq/FWoeAorq6JNRQ4TOX2bufsD/p+wCJrcG9m7RF0yunNN8zEg760c1ZYfHMQm EqjU77yJlWWRb0D01mfTiyqGQanrY7PcbgHqpm0z3MYbQznzTvIEkNGrV6RoYRfPaCCD RmhQ== Received: by 10.112.83.7 with SMTP id m7mr1725337lby.15.1352750742751; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:05:42 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.44.67 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:05:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Teddy Gage Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:05:02 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Semi OT: Yet another mac mini render farm thread To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae9d717bc7dca5504ce51d306 --14dae9d717bc7dca5504ce51d306 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My main concern would be the networking back end. Unless you have an applescript wizard on hand you may run into some problems, even with a networked rendering package like deadline. We tried to do something like this at a place I was working a few years ago and it was rage-inducing. The frustrating thing was "it should have worked" but it just didn't. There were always problems. maybe if you installed win 7 pro in bootcamp on all of them. but I guess that would defeat the purpose. Things have probably come along since then however On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Nathan Shipley wrote= : > 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 = be a >> pretty great option. I know you can probably get more bang for your buc= k >> 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 >> > > --=20 Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --14dae9d717bc7dca5504ce51d306 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My main concern would be the networking back end. Unless you have an apples= cript wizard on hand you may run into some problems, even with a networked = rendering package like deadline. We tried to do something like this at a pl= ace I was working a few years ago and it was rage-inducing. The frustrating= thing was "it should have worked" but it just didn't. There = were always problems. maybe if you installed win 7 pro in bootcamp on all o= f them. but I guess that would defeat the purpose. Things have probably com= e along since then however

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Nathan Shi= pley <nshipley@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Tony -=A0

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> Thanks!
=A0- Natha= n


On= Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Tony Romain <tonyr-aelist@tranc= edesigns.com> wrote:
So this has come up in= the past, wanted to get opinions from the technorati out there (I'm lo= oking 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. =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.

Just not sure how stable they are for sustained multi h= our usage on the processors=85.


Any= thoughts?


=A0
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tony romain |= principal/creative director

trance
motion graphic animation and design




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Animator & Editor
www.teddygage.com
Brooklyn

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