In some cases, network rendering might not reduce rendering time.
There are many variables that affect whether network rendering decreases render times. These variables are specific to your system, your network, and your render. We recommend testing various types of renders both on your coordinator machine and on your network to get an idea of what is best for your setup. In the following situations, it is likely faster to complete the render without network rendering enabled:
- Rendering takes less than five minutes on your coordinator machine.
- The client machines are significantly less powerful than the coordinator machine.
- The preprocessing portion of the rendering takes a third or more of the total render time. Typically, renders with many lights, reflections, and refractions have a longer preprocessing time. You can view the Preprocessing Time on the Statistics tab of the Final Render window.
- Your network is very slow.