Network rendering

[snovi]

Is it possible to utilize Octane Network Rendering with OctaneRender for Unity?

If so, what would the licensing requirements be?

[ChrisHekman]

Network rendering should work through the OctaneGUI interface.
It requires a enterprise licence.

[james_conkle]

Sorry to hijack this but I had a network rendering question that I can't answer myself since I have a studio subscription for the next few months... Anyways if I have an enterprise and node license can I network the two PC with a single ethernet cable? Will that be as fast as going through a network switch or router?

[ChrisHekman]

Sorry to hijack this but I had a network rendering question that I can't answer myself since I have a studio subscription for the next few months... Anyways if I have an enterprise and node license can I network the two PC with a single ethernet cable? Will that be as fast as going through a network switch or router?

Depends on the speed of your network switch or router. If they are faster than the ethernet adaptors on your pc's, then it wont really matter.

[james_conkle]

Thanks for the clarification that makes sense. Right now everything is on wifi (which I bet is no good for Octane Network) but the PCs have 10gb Ethernet ports and are right next to each other. It sounds like any networking I learn will be able to be utilized by Octane which is helpful but intimidating

[snovi]

Network rendering should work through the OctaneGUI interface.
It requires a enterprise licence.

Thank you for the answer.

Just to be clear, this means that the OctaneRender® Enterprise Subscription would be sufficient to enable the Network Rendering feature inside the Octane for Unity plugin.

There would be no need for a separate OctaneRender Creator for Unity subscription alongside the Enterprise subscription?

I assume that for each additional render node, an OctaneRender® Enterprise Render Node subscription is required as well?