Iray Render SErver

Are your Daz Studio Iray renders taking too long? Do they tie up your machine for hours on end? Do you wish you could offload all of that onto another server? Well, now you can...

As a PA at Daz 3D I was always frustrated with waiting on long render times, especially the dark/atmospheric shots, so I invested a lot of my income into solving that problem and I think it can help a lot of other people too.

I offer this service as a community-driven endeavour, where the price is kept as low as possible and revenue generated is reinvested back into it, to cover the running costs, maintenance and future upgrades.  That's it.  All I ask is that people are considerate and patient.

You connect to the server(s) from within Daz Studio and submit your renders to the queue (each render is referred to as a 'job'). The server then works through the queue.  Once your job has uploaded onto the server, you're free to continue to carry on working locally inside of Daz Studio.

The jobs are rendered on a first come first serve basis, with the priority of each job being determined by your account type (see below for details).  If all jobs are equal priority, it will work through the list.  If there is a higher priority job submitted that will take precedence.

Monitoring of your job is done via the Iray server web interface. You will be issued with your own username (numerical only for privacy reasons). Please note your job titles are public, so if you wish to preserve confidentiality, please name them accordingly. You can then watch the progress in real-time, as well as view details such as render time, iterations, quality etc.

I currently offer 2 servers for general use, with additional dedicated solutions if you have a larger project/animation or tight deadlines.

Before signing up, please contact me for a trial account to ensure everything works as expected. When you're happy to proceed, I will send you your own login credentials and long with a Paypal invoice for payment.

You can find more in the Info & FAQ pages and instructions in the User Guide

The pricing is on a per-30 days flat rate with different priority tiers.  Since the server works on a first-come-first-served basis, the tiers used to assign a priority to the jobs are as follows:

Standard tier - $60 (for 30 days unlimited* use access)

Fast tier - $85 (for 30 days unlimited* use access)

VIP tier - $120 a month (for 30 days unlimited* use access)

Animations will be quoted on an hourly basis on estimation of length, for use with either dedicated server etc. I can offer smaller servers if budgets are smaller too. Please contact me to discuss.

*All accounts are 'unlimited' in terms of how many renders you can submit in that period, however this is bound by a fair-use policy.  This is to protect the server from being abused and gives me the right to either cancel a job or demote it down the queue.  For example, rendering 10's of images at a high resolution (say 5000 x 5000 or larger) - is politely prohibited unless it's without prior consent or has a conservative time limit imposed on the job.  If the server is quiet - then it's less of a problem, but if it's busy please try to give everyone a fair go.  That includes if you are on a higher tier to others.

Payments are handled via Paypal - and invoices sent each month which you can pay directly through (you don't need a Paypal account)