Licensing renderfarm (2x10GPUs) for Linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS)

[Mr.Bara]

Good day. I have a couple of question regarding licensing renderfarm for Octane render. I was reading manuals and watched video tutorials about it, but still have questions. Also ive got this problem because i am an old user of Octane and it is complicated to understand what exactly need to be upgraded (licenses) or purchased to make it run on network rendering.

My current setup is:
- MAIN PC 4x1080Ti (OS: Windows 10 ||| Octane render standalone 4.02.1-R2 ||| C4D Plugin 4.02.1-R2)
- SERVER-1 10x2080Ti (OS: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ||| NO LICENSE PURCHASED YET)
- SERVER-2 10x2080Ti (OS: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ||| NO LICENSE PURCHASED YET)

So far i update all drivers and have already tried to install octane-daemon.sh (This thread help me: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=71380). Installation was successful, but the only question i was asked during installation was about choosing port number. NO questions was asked about witch GPUs will be used by the slaves, and do i want to enable out of core textures (NO by default). And there was no final question asked to check all information (Video that i am refurring to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ADgf_ARS_o)

Here is log from console window for proof:

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linux$ sh install-daemon.sh
### OctaneRender Slave Daemon installation
please enter a network port for the daemon between 1024-65355
Leave empty for default (48000):
Installed slave daemon.
using port 48000, all GPUs, out-of-core textures disabled.

Questions are:
1. What lincenses do i need to buy and upgrade to use all 24 GPUs in my network? (For server "Enterprise Render Node" ?) (Main PC "Upgrade legacy V4 perpetual licenses to 2020.x perpetual licenses" ?)
2. How to enable out of core textures on SERVER-1 and SERVER-2 ?
3. Maybe i should do more steps to make everything run?

I hope to have an answer here. Thanks to everyone in advance who will help me with this situation!)

P.S. English is not my native language, so excuse me for grammar mistakes...

[bepeg4d]

Hi,
you should have to upgrade c4doctane to 4.05-R7 in the Workstation, and 4.05 for the Render-nodes, but old standalone licenses are no more available, so you should need to use 2x Studio subscriptions for the render-nodes, it should work with v4. Otherwise you need to upgrade the workstation to 2020, and purchase 2x new Render-node licenses.

About out of core, please find the “run_octane_daemon_4_05.sh”, then open it in text format, and add “--out-of-core 4g” at the end.

ciao Beppe

[Mr.Bara]

Hi,
you should have to upgrade c4doctane to 4.05-R7 in the Workstation, and 4.05 for the Render-nodes, but old standalone licenses are no more available, so you should need to use 2x Studio subscriptions for the render-nodes, it should work with v4. Otherwise you need to upgrade the workstation to 2020, and purchase 2x new Render-node licenses.

About out of core, please find the “run_octane_daemon_4_05.sh”, then open it in text format, and add “--out-of-core 4g” at the end.

ciao Beppe

Thank you for your answer! As soon as I will try it out i will update this topic with another reply.

Best regards, Ivan.