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Hardware / Re: 10Gbe setup

« on: 2022-01-26, 09:22:28 »

Thanks for getting into it. I will do some more testing with 2-3 vs 8-10 nodes without any other work besided DR is done. Crystal Mark shows on each node 1150 RW, so all good with that.

Regarding hardware setup with 8 adapters port trunked, is that the way to go or we should alter it?

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Hardware / Re: 10Gbe setup

« on: 2022-01-24, 13:32:00 »

You are correct, but shouldn`t all nodes be at max 1.1-2. GBps since network isn`t bottleneck? Issue occurs when uploading 3dsmax file in DR and sending passes to the master, doesn`t go below 300 MBps, but rarely higher when 7-8 nodes upload at the same time. I`m not benchmarking when copying multiple files, but only at DR. Could be 3dsmax issue, don`t know.

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Hardware / Re: 10Gbe setup

« on: 2022-01-24, 08:01:11 »

Hi,

Yes it`s a very complex subject, I agree. We use ssd for everything except backup, so there shouldn`t be any bottleneck there. Also, all nodes and NAS run Intel x540-t2 nics, not embedded ones. So my question is should we expect 10 GbE speeds on at least 5-6 at a time since we have 80Gbps speeds or it just doesn`t work that way?

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Hardware / 10Gbe setup

« on: 2022-01-20, 16:12:43 »

Hi all, we`ve been running 10GbE setup for quite some time now, and I would like to be sure we have it setup right as sometimes it doesn`t perform as (I think) it should. We have Qnap TS-2888 connected to Cisco 350x 10GbE via 8 ports in port trunk showing 80Gbps speed. All workstations and render nodes have 10 GbE nics and run full 10 Gbps speed. Thing is that when rendering in DR, when 7-8 nodes are downloading max file, they download at around 300-500 Mbps, even though theoratically should be close to 1000 Mbps. When we purchased the NAS, Qnap support recommended this setup, what do you think?

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Bad allocation DR

« on: 2021-10-27, 12:55:10 »

I`ve opened new thread, forgot we posted this before.

Anyone else experiencing bad allocation when rendering DR?

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[Max] I need help! / DR bad allocation

« on: 2021-10-27, 12:37:06 »

We are experiencing DR issues with some scenes (not all, still investigating) when rendering 6k resolution renders. When using 2-3 nodes all works ok, but if we add more to the job, we get bad allocation error. Anyone else came across this issue?

Thanks,
H

edit:devs, please delete this thread

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Re: endless parsing scene

« on: 2021-10-14, 14:29:43 »

Happens to us to from time to time, even on nodes which have job sent via Pulze. Alot of performance issues with latest build.

H

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[Max] I need help! / Re: RAM problem

« on: 2021-10-07, 15:50:48 »

Just tested, removed complex IOR on all materials that had it and it solved our performance issues. Thanks Ubermaki!

Dev team, please include it in C7 hotfix!

edit: It`s new corona converter fault, for some reason it converts vray materials w/o any map in IOR, to top/bottom, mix, whatever set and f*** performance. I am pretty sure 75% performance issue qestions/threads posted here lately are due to this.

H

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[Max] I need help! / Re: RAM problem

« on: 2021-10-07, 14:24:47 »

Is it possible to get this fix as a hotfix in Corona 7?

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[Max] Resolved Bugs / Re: CPU frequency

« on: 2021-10-04, 12:50:00 »

We also get inconsistent cpu frequency lately, not sure why. Started happending when we went to 3ds max 2022 and C7.1.

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: Anyone else suddenly seeing Fault Tolerant Heap issues?

« on: 2021-09-30, 15:32:24 »

Thanks, sorted our problem too! We get very unstable rendering on all files with all workstations/nodes, usage drops every 10 seconds, anyone else have this problem? We are now running 3dsmax 2022.2 and C7.1, didn`t have these problems before.

H

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[Max] General Discussion / Re: Anyone else suddenly seeing Fault Tolerant Heap issues?

« on: 2021-09-28, 15:32:07 »

Alex, it was Scene Manager or Render Manager?

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Re: dual CPU issues?

« on: 2021-09-24, 10:45:06 »

I`m imterested in this as well as we are having alot of issues with it lately.

H

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[Max] I need help! / Re: DR internal functions dissected/explained

« on: 2021-09-24, 10:23:24 »

I`d like to know the answer as well. We have tried both mapped and UNC paths and with both we get the "downloading assets" line which can take some time, even though all nodes have direct access to all assets. Any news on this, it`s been going on for some time now.

Thanks,
H

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Bad allocation DR

« on: 2021-09-21, 08:07:51 »

One more thing also that happens in DR from time to time, when we use more then4-5 nodes, 1 or 2 start with the rendering job, but don`t make any passes, says at updates 0 - passes 0.

H