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I will probably try my luck with one of these X1 instances https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/x1/ https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/x1/ Only fea
by mentos 9y ago
I will probably try my luck with one of these X1 instances https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/x1/ https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/x1/
Only fear is that the time/cost it takes to spool up/down would not let us iterate as fast as ideally possible if we owned the hardware and had it running 24/7 for dedicated just in time use.
So rather than rent an X1 instance indefinitely we might just pony up the $ upfront and buy our own.
"Each X1 instance is powered by four Intel® Xeon® E7 8880 v3 (codenamed Haswell) processors and offers up to 128 vCPUs."
Anyone know if the X1 instance is 1 motherboard with 4 sockets or 2 separate mobos with 2?
- cweagans 9y agoThe time to spin up is on the order of seconds. IMO, if your core competency isn't sourcing and buying hardware in order to build render farms, you shouldn't do it. It's just not worth it. AWS brings a lot of value to the table, not the least of which is the fact that you won't have to maintain/fix hardware when you're just trying to render something. If the instance is broken, you can just kill it and spin up a new one. Seriously, this will make your life so much easier. > Anyone know if the X1 instance is 1 motherboard with 4 sockets or 2 separate mobos with 2? This shouldn't matter. It's abstracted away from you by design.