On 1/17/2016 5:13 PM, clipka wrote:
> This is their pricing table:
>
>
https://www.prorender.de/renderservice-renderserver-rendermodul-renderfarm-online-miete-preistabelle.html
>
> The table data should be pretty self-explanatory; each sub-table's first
> row gives you a base price for the slowest CPU clock speed at different
> main memory sizes they provide, while subsequent rows specify how much
> you have to pay extra for CPUs with a faster clock.
>
> Prices are given in EUR-cent per minute (i.e. their lowest price,
> currently "0,54Cent/min", is presumably 0.0054 EUR/min), without VAT
> (expect 19%). Given the current exchange rate, add a few % to the
> EUR-cent figure to get the price in USD-cent.
>
> At the end of the table there's some additional information you have to
> take into account:
>
> - Prices are valid for a use of up to 7 days; if you use their service
> for a longer duration, you pay less.
>
> - Additional fees apply once per render node: 25 EUR for basic
> configuration (I'd presume they don't let you do that yourself), 15 EUR
> for software installation (I'd presume they give you the option to
> install the software yourself), and if you need backups you'll have to
> pay 20 EUR per node for creation and archival, and an additional 20 EUR
> if you ever need to have the system restored from a backup.
>
>> The second one is kind of expensive at 25 cents per GHz/h.
>
> That would depend on whether the GHz they sell is per core, or "virtual"
> GHz per CPU. That German service starts out at about 15 cents per
> CPU-GHz/h, or approx. 2 cents per HT-Core-GHz/h.
>

Those setup and configuration prices are the real deal-breakers for me, 
but the other rates are kind of high. For instance, my processor is 
almost 4GHz and has 4 cores, and my latest scene took 16 hours to 
render. So at 25 cents and 1Ghz with 1 core it would take (roughly) 16 
times as long, or 256 GHz-hours, or $64 total, not including setup fees.

That's not worth the price for me.

I don't understand what you mean by "virtual" GHz.


Mike

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