Animux Caseless "Ikea" Rackmount Renderfarm
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Setting up a 48 CPU core renderfarm on an Ikea shelf is finally complete. With a very modest budget and a talented bunch of people we were able to accomplish something, many thought was either insanity or brilliance. It tooks us 3 versions and 4 months to get it right. We find that with the final version it is easy to maintain rackmount renderfarm. | Setting up a 48 CPU core renderfarm on an Ikea shelf is finally complete. With a very modest budget and a talented bunch of people we were able to accomplish something, many thought was either insanity or brilliance. It tooks us 3 versions and 4 months to get it right. We find that with the final version it is easy to maintain rackmount renderfarm. | ||
Revision as of 10:40, 31 March 2009
Setting up a 48 CPU core renderfarm on an Ikea shelf is finally complete. With a very modest budget and a talented bunch of people we were able to accomplish something, many thought was either insanity or brilliance. It tooks us 3 versions and 4 months to get it right. We find that with the final version it is easy to maintain rackmount renderfarm.
Goals:
- Using items for the rackmount that you could find in "Ikea", "home depot" or any neighbourhood hardware store.
- Preparing the rackmount should not need any fancy tools but just regular household hardware tools.
- Should be portable. Easy to move around the studio or shipping it to a different location.
- Easy to upgrade, maintain. (Each node can be fixed without having to bring down the entire rackmount)
- Easy to expand. (Should be easy to scale out or add new nodes to the rackmount.)
- Efficient use of space. (Try to safely pack as many nodes as possible in a given space.)
- Efficient use of energy (minimize the onboard fans to the bare minimum - CPU, PSU, Videocards)
- Should be functional, stable and handle its job well.
Details coming soon...
- A step by step guide on how we built the Animux Rackmount Renderfarm.
- Measurement templates to drill holes to fix the motherboard (takes out guess work.)
- A time-lapse Video on how we built the Animux Rackmount Renderfarm.
- How render on nodes without harddisks.
- Metrics from rendering a project to test renderfarm.
- .......any many more details...
