I'm sure there was a post on the redshift forum from someone who had managed to get RR7 working with jobs per gpu, but it sounded like it needed a bit of time to get it right, and conversations with Holger.
On 19 January 2016 at 19:13, Dan Yargici <danyarg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Might want to double check with Holger first, I may be wrong about RR. > > DAN > On 19 Jan 2016 6:59 pm, "Tony Bexley" <alb7...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Oh okay, I think I got it now. We're still on RR 6 but maybe we need to >> upgrade to 7 so we can have multiple render nodes on machines. >> >> Guess I better talk to the bossman and see about getting a license >> upgrade. >> >> Thanks Tim! >> >> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Tim Crowson < >> tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> wrote: >> >>> We settled on 2GPUs for most machines. A couple have 3. Workstations >>> have 1. Like Matt and Mirko said, because of non-linear performance, you'll >>> need to determine at what point you want to parallelize. >>> >>> And yes, you can have a machine with 4 cards, and 4 instances of RS each >>> rendering on a separate card. However, be advised that all 4 instances of >>> RS/XSI will pull from shared resources like the CPU and system RAM. >>> >>> If you can swing Titan Xs, their 12GB of vram make a huge difference in >>> performance, even if the specs of the card itself might not seem as >>> appealing as the 908Ti. >>> >>> -Tim >>> >>> >>> On 1/19/2016 2:52 AM, Matt Morris wrote: >>> >>> When I was at A Large Evil Corporation we replaced around 40 cpu nodes >>> with 8 dual gpu nodes. With 2 cards the scaling is pretty good (around >>> 1.85x). With 3 or 4 cards it would definitely be worth doing one frame per >>> gpu. >>> >>> On 19 January 2016 at 00:39, Artur Woźniak <artur.w...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> SO the question. >>>> How do you setup your farm. Which is better? Multiple cards per frame >>>> or a card per frame? >>>> >>>> Artur >>>> >>>> 2016-01-19 0:50 GMT+01:00 Tim Crowson < >>>> <tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com>tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com>: >>>> >>>>> We're use a 'garden' really... about a dozen dedicated machines, most >>>>> with 2xTitanX cards, and we have some workstations that can kick in if >>>>> needed. You can get through a lot with far less than before. And if you >>>>> need to upgrade, just pop in a different card. We went from dual 770s to >>>>> dual TitanXs with zero hassle and the performance improvement was as >>>>> expected: awesome. >>>>> >>>>> -Tim >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 1/17/2016 11:38 AM, Graham Bell wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'd really like us to look at Redshift but too embedded with Vray. >>>>> Keeping an eye on the possible Max integration as that could turn heads. >>>>> How big a farm are people using for Redshift, because we do a lot of >>>>> rendering. >>>>> On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 at 16:57, balazs kiss < <fospu...@gmail.com> >>>>> fospu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Morten, >>>>>> >>>>>> we're also on redshift here, and I've made another small studio to >>>>>> switch too ( by showing a few frames and the corresponding render times >>>>>> ).. >>>>>> great stuff :) >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 2:54 AM, Kris Rivel < <krisri...@gmail.com> >>>>>> krisri...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Loooooove RS! Switched over after briefly playing with Vray and >>>>>>> never looked back. It has been amazing so far. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kris >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 8:11 AM, Ognjen Vukovic < <ognj...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> ognj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I thought they mentioned having rendermaps in soft actually working >>>>>>>> partially, they were just looking for a method on how to implement it >>>>>>>> across the board. >>>>>>>> I could be completely wrong though. Either way i would like the >>>>>>>> volumes more :), sorry baking guys. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Matt Morris < <matt...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> matt...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'd say the timescale for rendermapping/baking will be months >>>>>>>>> rather than weeks - seems like complex volume rendering will come >>>>>>>>> before >>>>>>>>> baking. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 8 January 2016 at 09:28, Ognjen Vukovic < <ognj...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>> ognj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> It wasn't supported up till now, I think they will be introducing >>>>>>>>>> it in the coming weeks. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 9:18 AM, James De Colling < >>>>>>>>>> <james.decoll...@gmail.com>james.decoll...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> sorry for the potentially silly question, but how is redshift >>>>>>>>>>> with Rendermap? we use it extensively with MR, and would need >>>>>>>>>>> redshift to >>>>>>>>>>> have the same capability >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> James, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 8:01 PM, Morten Bartholdy < >>>>>>>>>>> <x...@colorshopvfx.dk>x...@colorshopvfx.dk> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Wow, it is quite impressive what an impact Redshift has made >>>>>>>>>>>> already. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I have done a fair amount of testing with Redshift too and find >>>>>>>>>>>> on average scenes to be 5-10 times faster than Arnold with >>>>>>>>>>>> comparable >>>>>>>>>>>> quality, plus a number of things are simpler to set up the way you >>>>>>>>>>>> want it, >>>>>>>>>>>> in part because of the rapid feedback in the renderregion. I have >>>>>>>>>>>> yet to >>>>>>>>>>>> test it on really complex scenes, so that will be the next thing >>>>>>>>>>>> to check. >>>>>>>>>>>> I agree on a lack of shader support in certain parts, especially >>>>>>>>>>>> compared >>>>>>>>>>>> to Arnold/Sitoa, so it is reassuring that Burtnyk and Co are so >>>>>>>>>>>> responsive >>>>>>>>>>>> :) >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> We will likely also incorporate it to some extent when it >>>>>>>>>>>> supports vdb and volumetric rendering and see where it takes us. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Morten >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Den 5. januar 2016 kl. 19:50 skrev "Emilio Hernández" < >>>>>>>>>>>> <emi...@e-roja.com>emi...@e-roja.com>: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Softimage and Redshift. 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