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If few people are interessting, that somethings that we can submit at http://www.3dvf.com

I'm trying to convince RenderIT (render-it.co.uk) to support it. They are trying to do a deal with Next Limit. As far as I know they were having a few problems, they have 82 processors at the moment and couldn't talk the Next Limit team into cutting them a deal, They said they would have to buy licences for all the machines. I'll check with them to see if they have got any further.

i am considering a maxwell render farm, was wondering if there would be any interest in it

seems like there would be, so i will watch this thread and continue my research into www.maxwellrenderfarm.com

I would be interested in renting such a service if the need pops up!

I will see if it's possible to manage a renderfarm with IBM in France...

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Am I reading these posts right, is Next Limit planning on not allowing unlimited use of Maxwell for the purposes of network rendering? I don't know about you but the idea that Next Limit might actually charge for this when every other software provider just gives this to you is making me sick! How are architectural firms supposed to afford to use Maxwell for anything other than the occasional still rendering if your not able to use your render farm because it would cost $100,000 to set everything up? I understand the desire to make Maxwell profitable, but that's just ridiculous.

Maxer wrote:
Am I reading these posts right, is Next Limit planning on not allowing unlimited use of Maxwell for the purposes of network rendering? I don't know about you but the idea that Next Limit might actually charge for this when every other software provider just gives this to you is making me sick!

as long as i know vray is the only renderer which allow you unlimited render nodes with one license (and 10 for DR if i'm not mistaken). others renderers such as brazil, mr, prman will give you a limited number of cpus per license.

Final Render also gives you unlimited network licenses and 10 DR render licenses. As for the others you mentioned it may be that they give you a limited number of licenses but look at how much they are used and by who. If Maxwell is a render engine made for the Architectural community as it's been presented to be, then I think they should take the needs of that community into consideration. Most firms don’t have the time or money to spend waiting on 4 machines to render out a simple animation, or the ability to pay for a render farm to do the work every time they need something done. What good is it to be able to create these great images if you don't have the ability to produce them in an economical way or in a relatively short period of time? I know that through the development process Maxwell will get faster and more licenses may become available, but I think it's important not to forget who's going to be the end user and what there needs are.

same thing with cinema4d, there's a 3 nodes and an unlimited netrender bundle price...

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Final Render also gives you unlimited network licenses and 10 DR render licenses. As for the others you mentioned it may be that they give you a limited number of licenses but look at how much they are used and by who.

you surely made a point here. hope nl guys will take it into consideration as well.

here @ Pole3D (3D CG highschool where i'm teacher and system admin), we have 60 Processors, and next year about 100...

but ok, i'm not sure Maxwell can manage so many procs...

i'll try to deal with NL to get some help for that...

and maybe WeekEnds could be some rendertime (for very cheap) for you Maxwell users

I'll throw in a quick comment on this one.

Just FYI I spoke with ResPower (www.ResPower.com) about a month ago in regard to this and their possible future support for Maxwell. They at the time were not very enthusiastic about NL and M~R, as they had tried to contact NL and got very little response or support from them. They suggested I help push for ResPower support directly with NL. I will say that, at the moment, they unfortunately don't have the best setup for M~R right now as they use a custom software setup that works better on a per frame basis as opposed to a distributed processing model.

Anyhow, thought you guys might like to know that. NL, any thoughts? (not like you ever respond to these types of questions)

That's very interesting.....doesn’t make me feel very good about the prospects of animating. I would really appreciate it if Victor or someone from Next Limit could comment on this and let us know what your positions are on licensing.