In the past year I had lots of interactions with Blender artists – regardless of whether they are already our customers or not. It’s something I enjoy doing on a personal level, and it is also something that helps us fine-tune our farm to better suit your needs. During these talks I was sometimes asked about what a render farm is, what it does and how could it help in delivering a project.
What is a render farm?
A render farm is high performance computer system, e.g. a computer cluster, built to render computer-generated imagery (CGI), typically for film and television visual effects.
From the end-user perspective, a render farm is a service that puts a lot of computing power.
Some common renderfarms:
- Rebusfarm:
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- Price: 0,012 € per GHzh
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Support software: 3Ds max, Maya, Blender, C4d, Lightwave3D, SoftimageXSI, Sketchup.
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Renderers: Vray, mentalray, maxwell, cycles, redshift, indigorenderer, kray.
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The cost is more expensive than the other farms
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spend time organizing things like settings, plugins, maps
- Superrenderfarm
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Price: From $0.004/Ghz-hr
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Support software: 3Ds max, Maya, Blender, C4d, After Effects 2018, Fusion,Isotropix Clarisse iFX, Natron, NukeX.
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Renderers: Vray, Arnold, Corona.
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A very low bandwidth
- Ranch computing
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Price: € 0.015 per Ghz.H,
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Support software: 3Ds max, Maya, Blender, C4d, Anima, Lightwave3D.
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Renderers: Vray, mentalray,Indigo, , Iray, octane
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Price: from $1 per Ghz/h
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Support software: all
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Renderers: all
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Bandwidth: 300 mbps
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Elite support 24/7