how many licenses for distributed render?

 
 
 
Posted by:DreamboxDigital
Data created:12 February 2012

Hi Marsel,

I'm curious if I have one interactive license of Ornatrix doing a vray DR on 5 other machines, do those machines also need to have their own licenses purchased and installed for their contributing buckets to return hair output?  Or can I buy just one license, load the installer on them and use those machines to speed things up on test renders.  I imagine if I was to batch render full frames to the other offline machines, they'd each need their own individual licenses, correct?

Also, when someone buys only one license, can it be network license installed (floating)?  In that case, I would like to install it on my mobile laptop, and then borrow it when on my main workstation and I'm not going anywhere.  I know this setup is available if you buy more than one license, but do you also allow network installation in the case of just one license?

Can you tell I'm on a budget for starters?  :)  Baby steps.  Thanks! -Bill

Hi Bill,

You don't need a license for render nodes. Simply install Ornatrix on them and they won't require activation.

You can have 1 floating license. You can install the license server on one machine and connect to it from any other computer. Hope this covers your questions. Please let me know if you need more info.

Thanks,

Marsel Khadiyev (Software Developer, EPHERE Inc.)

That covers both questions nicely, thank you!