I don't think there is anything that speaks against Win8 for use in render farms, it's still strange you get such a huge image with Win7. Maybe there is a hidden hibernation file (always has the size of your machines RAM) or excessive paging file that bloats it that much? Did you delete files that might have remained on disk after installation? Did you clean the trash bin?
Hi All I am looking at imaging our render farm (mac mini's running bootcamp). I have a very nice workflow via win clone pro . I can using Apple Remote Desktop pump out the images as mac packages to any of the mac on the network and it automatically installs bootcamp and the windows therein. (I just need to change the machine name, and activate windows and I am good to go) The only problem I have is that even for the base windows 7 install the uncompressed image is about 20Gigs in size. Add the packages I need on it to render and it grows again. Windows 8 has a much smaller footprint upfront. (8Gigs) Which leads to my question. Has anyone had experience with using a windows 8 based render farm vs a windows 7 one. I must admit I am more comfortable in windows 7, But having a much more optimised image is also a great thing when your doing a lot of deployments. Kind regards Angus <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table>
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