So! I've been searching for a render farm software that is easy to use, free, and gives me full control over what the software is doing. I've tried solutions like Sheep-It, but that eats up your internet connection because it takes your computing power to render who knows what. So this software which I recently stumbled upon seems to be a solution to my issue, but I need to know what outlandish things that are most likely a waste of time it can and can't do. So here are my questions:
Can it render up to 8K? (7860x4320)
Is there an OS limitation?(Windows 10, Mac OS High Sierra)
does it support old devices?(Geforce GT 620, Intel Pentium D)
Do I have to have a fast network switch?(I have 1000Mbp/s, so not actually an issue)
Is there a certain amount of resources you need to allocate?(I have only 1GB of RAM in one of the systems)
Is there a limit or minimum amount of systems you need to connect?(besides the first 2)
Do you need to allocate any amount of storage?
And, is it actually easy to use?(Haven't heard from support yet)
System Specs
Optiplex 745 #1:
Intel Pentium D 2C/2T @ 3.4Ghz
6GB of DDR2 RAM
Geforce GT 620, 1GB VRAM DDR3 overclocked to 910Mhz
Custom Optiplex Motherboard
1TB storage
280W PSU
Optiplex 745 #2:
Intel Pentium D 2C/2T @3.4Ghz
1GB of DDR2 RAM
Integrated Graphics
Custom Optiplex Motherboard
640GB of Storage
280W PSU
iMac 27 2015:
Intel Core i5 4C/4T @ 3.3Ghz
16GB of DDR3 Laptop RAM
AMD Radeon R7 M290, 2GB VRAM (type unknown)(clock speed unknown)
Custom iMac Motherboard
1TB of Storage
Unkown PSU wattage
Thanks, Tim
Hi James, thanks for the info. I am using an IMac 27 inch which means it has a 5k monitor, and so whenever I try to render anything I want to have it at the highest resolution that is sensibly avalible to the public, even though I’m not paying some 4000 dollars to get the dell one. It’s nice for me to be able to zoom into an image and not immediately make out single color pixels. And on a side note, who’s ever wanted to run 32 bit MacOS? I have a 2010 MacBook Pro and it was running MacOS 64 bit on it.(Until replaced with windows 10)
Thanks, Tim