From: "Brendan Bolles" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Subject: Re: [AE] New AE script- Rendergarden
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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 07:41:58 -0800
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On Nov 29, 2017, at 7:24 AM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote:

> Holy Retire AE 2014! Does this effectively solve the MP missing on =
post AE 2014 editions i.e. if you want to use it not as background but =
"render as fast as possible"?


No, we're rendering in the background, using the command line, as you =
usually do with a render farm.  This will not speed up AE's =
interactivity at all.


> So has this been stress tested on mondo projects yet? I'm still =
rendering the IMAX film in AE 2014 because it's the only way I can get =
it out.


You'll have to experiment.  With big frames like that, the resource =
under the most demand will be memory, not CPU.  But if you have enough =
memory to run two processes, you could benefit.

For any comp there will be a point where running too many processes is =
slowing things down rather than speeding them up.  At some point you've =
taken up all your RAM, or doing too much I/O.  In our testing most =
projects do get a boost from extra processes, sometimes as many as 12.  =
But yours is not most projects, so maybe you'll have to stick with 1 =
process per computer.  Download it and experiment.

But even with only one Gardener per computer, I think you'll like the =
workflow of RenderGarden where you queue up a series of tasks and then =
your computers grind away on them.  By watching your filesystem, you can =
get an idea of the progress they're making.  Again, not as sophisticated =
as Tractor, but a lot cheaper and it works out of the box.

Speaking of cheaper, you only need to buy RenderGarden for the machine =
you're working on.  You don't need to pay for the render nodes.


Brendan