Recent content by PixelFarmer

Thanks dba - I agree! The NAS is of, course, the weak point. Is there an industry standard way of quantifying how much traffic is on a small network so I can see what kind of server I need to buy or build?

Frames = I'm rendering many hundreds per day. mostly 50mb EXR float - 2700 x 1500 pixels I could set up a spare workstation as a nas easily next time I get down time though - good idea... I can't change the nas location right mid job - too much at stake with paths, mapped drives, configs...

Hi to all in the forums! I have a small render farm to output 3D animation (Lightwave 3D) Server = 3TB Seagate Goflex Home NAS 1 x Main Workstaion = Lenovo Xeon 8core 5 x Render Nodes = HP Xeon 8core 1 x Gigabit Switch Cat 5e cables Things had been going ok, but I recently did a job...