Video Editing on a Server

[mpsparrow]

Don't know where to post this as it falls into a few subforums.

 

I am buying a Dell server from a friend. I don't know what model number it is, although it is probably at least 5 years old. The server has dual 4 core xeons (8 cores, 16 threads total) and 32GB of what is probably ddr3 memory. It doesn't have any sort of GPU in it, and I don't plan on adding any powerful GPU to it any time soon.

 

So my question is, will this server work well to render some videos so that I can take some load off of my main PC. I often render videos while I am trying to do other CPU intensive tasks, and it slows down my computer. So will this server be able to render the videos at a half decent pace?

 

The video editor of preference that I will be using is DaVinci Resolve.

[zehao39]

It will work, but if you have a gpu it will get the job done quicker.

[Enderman]

Probably yeah.

[mpsparrow]

Does DaVinci Resolve work on Ubuntu or Linux Mint?

[tt2468]

47 minutes ago, mpsparrow said:

Does DaVinci Resolve work on Ubuntu or Linux Mint?

Oh hey a simple google search led me to this article! It's crazy how powerful google can be!

 

https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=41579