[NTLUG:Discuss] 3d rendering farm for Linux.

[Steve Baker]

> Richard Geoffrion wrote:

> Has anyone seen or used a Linux clustering setup to do 3d rendering?

Yes.

There are several vendors selling such things - Silicon graphics has
one for example - but it's not cheap.

Do you want fast realtime rendering - or high-quality rendering for
raytracing or something?  (ie Are you making "Shrek" or a Flight Simulator?)
Which kind of thing you want has a dramatic effect on the architecture
you'd choose.

I'm working on exactly that (a realtime render farm) - but that's in
my paying job, it's not freeware - talk to me offline if that's what
you need.

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