Vray local rendering farm on a Synology NAS

Could you advise which will be the best chose from Synology 4-Bay NAS – DS918+ Vs DS418play Vs DS418 Vs DS418j for small rendering farm 2-4 PC (Vray) or maybe something different from Synology family?

For so specific task you will need a NAS with virtual machine support. That narrows Synology range down to plus series. DS918+ will let you install a Linux on the virtual machine and later you can set up your rendering farm using instructions below.

How to build your own render farm https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/05/how-to-network-lots-of-dumb-computing-muscle-in-a-fast-efficient-render-farm/4/

A more serious solution would be intel core or Xeon CPU NAS likes DS3617xs. But rendering uses video resources, so if you are not afraid of AMD processors – TS-677 series will let you install graphics card for even better rendering performance.

 

Or you can consider cloud rendering options:

Cloud rendering :

https://www.chaosgroup.com/vray/sketchup

https://renderstorm.com/
http://rendernow.co.uk

http://www.foxrenderfarm.com