dedicated gpu server vs workstation ?

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dhoelscher
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Joined: Thu Aug 18, 2016 8:35 am

Hello everybody,
we happen to have ten spare 1080 that we want to setup as a renderclient for octane. Now i wonder what would be the best solution to implement those cards we already own:
maybe setup 2 multigpu clients: i´d say perhaps going all x99-e ws with 5x1080 each (on air!),
or investing in a multigpu server like this one here:

https://www.mediaworkstations.net/product/gpux/

or this:

http://www.server-konfigurieren.de/konf ... -HDD-.html

though we don´t need the storage solution, since we have a dedicated 10G-Nas

we have two C4D R18 workstations with 2x titanXp each. Both Workstations should use the gpuserver or the cluster as a rendernode / octane slaves

which route would you prefer ? 2 multigpu server with octane licenses each or one big gpuserver as a slave for both workstations?

Do you have any suggestions ?
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itou31
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Joined: Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:43 am

Hi,
I prefer to have two 5 GPUs noderender, so from one C4D you can connect to one or 2 rendernodes. If two c4d need to render simulteneously, you can connect one rendernode to each. I don't know if you can dispatch gpu on slave node for two master nodes.
I7-3930K 64Go RAM Win8.1pro , main 3 titans + 780Ti
Xeon 2696V3 64Go RAM Win8.1/win10/win7, 2x 1080Ti + 3x 980Ti + 2x Titan Black
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