Real-Life Math -- Solution
Just ask Carrie Van Etten, a former render wrangler, about the importance of having math skills. "Absolutely yes, you need math skills," says Van Etten. She believes you need to have math skills to get through life, period.
"Anything dealing with computers, you need to use math," she says.
To solve this particular problem, you must first determine the total seconds it took to render the frames.
100,000 x 30 seconds = 3,000,000 seconds
275,000 x 60 seconds = 16,500,000 seconds
356,000 x 75 seconds = 26,700,000 seconds
400,220 x 90 seconds = 36,019,800 seconds
125,000 x 125 seconds = 15,625,000 seconds
Total seconds = 3,000,000 + 16,500,000 + 26,700,000 + 36,019,800 + 15,625,000
Total seconds = 97,844,800
Now, take the total number of seconds and divide by 60 to get the total number of minutes. Divide this number by 60 again and that will give you the total number of hours needed to complete the rendering process.
Total hours = 97,844,800 seconds / 60 seconds per minutes / 60 minutes per hour
Total hours = 1,630,746.67 / 60
Total hours = 27,179
It would take about 27,179 hours to complete the entire rendering process if all the rendering was being done on one computer. But there are 200 computers processing all at the same time.
27,179 hours / 200 processors = 136 hours per processor
It would take the render farm 136 hours to render the frames for the animated television show.