Death_at_Midnight opened this issue on Apr 04, 2007 · 12 posts
Death_at_Midnight posted Wed, 04 April 2007 at 10:53 PM
Greetings all!
As many of you already know I am very interested in starting a render farm service for Bryce. Recently I have been compiling numbers such as utility costs and hardware costs, getting things together for Return of Investment calculations. There's a few technological questions I have left and I'm in the process of researching those things. But I would like to ask you all your thoughts on costs. How much would someone be willing to pay for a rendering a static Bryce scene or Bryce animation? What would be some questions I should look into? What would be some ideas for servicing?
I'm currently considering buying four quad cores to start a dedicated farm this year, more next year. There's much more involved, but for now I have these questions to ask and would like to feel the waters, in a manner of speaking, to what sort of business opportunity is out there and what sort of demand.
Would anyone be willing to use a render farm? If so, how often?