DR for animations.

[lvl1201]

Hello.

Somehow i put my hands on the following pc's.

980x-4gb ram
980x-6gb ram
i7 2600-8gb ram
i5 2500-8gb ram

Now ive been doing some test trying to render some random scene for an animation (walktrough.
Been using Vray 1.49.01+SU 8.
Ive been getting this results all day.

DR instance says "error receiving stuff closing connection".
The frame renders "too fast" in the meantime the instances are still receiving the scene or stuff.
LC is done only by the main.

I think the problem relies on the modem/router i have, some thompson Tg585v6 given by my ISP.

SO the real question is a switch will solve my problems? If so, please recommend me some brands or specs.
Its a real dam shame i cant harness all those flops i have at my disposal.

[andybot]

LC is only calculated on the local machine - vray does not use DR for LC. For the irrmap - if you are using "incremental add to map" and using a frame rate 1/6th the speed of your final render, the calculation goes pretty quick, so shouldn't be too much of an issue to not use DR. Once you have the GI solution, then you can use your DR for the final renders. (make sure the saved maps are available for all your network.)