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    The new Mac Mini is nice. Apple says multiple Mac Mini's could be combined together to render farms/ servers.

    But how could you combine them operating from one macOS account and distributing render power across all from one scene in Maya or C4D or Houdini, etc? Anyone know?

    https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/

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    • curious about this toonico412
    • Not sure about 3D apps but for AE you could use RenderGarden > https://www.mekajiki…fyoucher1
    • ^ Perhaps someone made a similar app for 3D appsfyoucher1
    • Almost all rendering engines support swarm rendering and have for years.monospaced
    • But how do you operate all Mini's from one macOS account?NBQ00
    • Building a mac mini rendering farm would probably be the most expensive possible way to do such a thing.section_014
    • It looks cool. lolNBQ00
    • can be combined together but you have to buy the Apple proprietary cable to do so. $1500 per cable ;)microkorg
    • Lord. They just operate on the same network ffs. This is ancient in technology timelines.monospaced
    • the minis have been used like this for a long time ... Apple even made a server edition specifically for stacking in a networked data centermonospaced
    • But how do you set them up without having to do so each individually? Would you need to set one up and then clone it all over to each (os/ apps settings, etc)?NBQ00
    • I think we need to speak to an IT Network Administrator.shapesalad
    • each is still its own computer, just networked together to allow them to split processing up ... it's pretty standard and can be done with any computermonospaced
    • You just network them together and let the software (your choice) handle how the job is divided up.monospaced
    • yes. it looks good.docpoz
    • Nowadays, cloud rendering is probably the best solution.ApeRobot
    • cloud is cloud, local is localdocpoz
    • Mono you don't get my question. What I mean is: Let's say I buy 20 Mac Mini's. How do I set them up to be ready for distributed rendering?NBQ00
    • Set up each one individually or is there a way to clone a master macOS account with all apps/ settings?NBQ00
    • I do get your question. You NETWORK them, and then allow your CHOICE of software to handle the settings. There's isn't a single solution.monospaced
    • You're assuming, wrongly, that they must be combined into a single computer with "master settings." Who told you this absolute nonsense rubbish?monospaced
    • If you were honestly interested in building a render farm, you would have just googled it and learned a little on your own first.monospaced
    • lol okNBQ00
    • monos right, unfortunatelydocpoz
    • Will Safari and Apple mail be able to run at the same time?utopian
    • Weak GPU? What's the point?twooh
    • Renderers would utilize the array of multi-core CPUs.monospaced
    • NetRender in C4Dnthkl
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