Return-Path: Received: from imr-mb02.mx.aol.com ([64.12.207.163] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4897322 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:26:59 +0100 Received: from mtaout-ma02.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-ma02.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.41.2]) by imr-mb02.mx.aol.com (Outbound Mail Relay) with ESMTP id 522333800004D; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:30:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from lunette.home (pool-173-51-221-219.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [173.51.221.219]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-ma02.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id 8643AE00010B; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:30:11 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_C6C4857A-1732-42CE-96F6-7CE053BAF799" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 $1499$) Subject: Re: [AE] Semi OT: Yet another mac mini render farm thread From: Tim Sassoon In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:30:10 -0800 Cc: Tim Sassoon Message-Id: <3C12E9C5-EA93-440B-9744-064B0C14E0A1@aol.com> References: To: "After Effects Mail List" , X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) x-aol-global-disposition: G DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20110426; t=1352759412; bh=wD4UyEcqZL0hkIETkhOaSBgeFffDMeWQUBw17ad+7SA=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-Id:Date:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=ZAlbKnZMMK1qI0bnmSGmT0JLGU7/NtoVQxA7Zj0S2TRXC9dna8TfWiYxvjIuGIBxc cv9ZDVRRGvhOIpwIOKuRwFHUOiq7CAUlafwH4ueG6STlC6lsEV03aoV6EtJQDVeLxv e8xkk8i3N6wXkjiGHUzyf52J37xUAhapMgS42o00= X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:328809536:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d290250a178732a87 X-AOL-IP: 173.51.221.219 --Apple-Mail=_C6C4857A-1732-42CE-96F6-7CE053BAF799 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Could be. Your numbers will vary. OTOH, for a person not willing to = spend the TIME (which for most people is billable) putting together a = bunch of white boxes, one at least knows it will work, and that you're = going to be getting a lot of that money back afterwards. Whatever you = think of Apple (and I have numerous bones to pick), it's very easy to = set them up and keep them running, and they have high residual value. = How much would I be paying a sysadmin to keep a bunch of white boxes = running? Probably $75K/year. That's a lot of money to me. Tim Sassoon SFD Santa Monica, CA On Nov 12, 2012, at 2:22 PM, "Stephen van Vuuren" = wrote: > I=92m pretty convinced this a terrible ROI for AE rendering --Apple-Mail=_C6C4857A-1732-42CE-96F6-7CE053BAF799 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Could = be. Your numbers will vary. OTOH, for a person not willing to spend the = TIME (which for most people is billable) putting together a bunch of = white boxes, one at least knows it will work, and that you're going to = be getting a lot of that money back afterwards. Whatever you think of = Apple (and I have numerous bones to pick), it's very easy to set them up = and keep them running, and they have high residual value. How much would = I be paying a sysadmin to keep a bunch of white boxes running? Probably = $75K/year. That's a lot of money to me.

Tim = Sassoon

SFD

Santa Monica, = CA

On Nov 12, 2012, at 2:22 PM, "Stephen van Vuuren" <stephen@sv2studios.com> = wrote:

I=92m pretty convinced this a terrible = ROI for AE rendering

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