Render Farm Overview

What it does

The farm splits jobs into frame chunks across workers. Track progress, failures, and cost per shot in real time.

Key pages

• Dashboard - scoped job queue (My Work / My Shows / Whole Farm), filters, bulk actions
• Farm Machines - host-grouped worker slots, pools, enable/disable
• Priority queue - dispatch order and inline priority
• Render cost - oversight-only spend (see Render Farm Costs guide)

Submit from Houdini via Boi Render; jobs appear in the queue within seconds.

Overview

Dashboard, queue, workers, costs, and submitting from Houdini.

Steps

1. Submit from DCC with ROP/output paths the workers can read.
2. Watch the scoped queue (My Work / My Shows / Whole Farm).
3. Retry failed chunks; escalate stuck jobs to wrangler.
4. Review render cost on hot shots if you have oversight access.

Gotchas

• Workers must read the same NAS/Tailscale paths as artists.
• Render cost appears after job completion, not at queue time.

Cross-links

• Farm: Add a Worker - see Help Center
• DCC Pipeline Basics - see Help Center
• Issue Tracker Guide - see Help Center