Reference architectures for Azure rendering

This article shows high-level architecture diagrams for scenarios to extend, or "burst", an on-premises render farm to Azure. The examples show different options for Azure compute, networking, and storage services.

Hybrid with NFS or CFS

The following diagram shows a hybrid scenario that includes the following Azure services:

• Compute - Azure Batch pool or Virtual Machine Scale Set.

• Network - On-premises: Azure ExpressRoute or VPN. Azure: Azure VNet.

• Storage - Input and output files: NFS or CFS using Azure VMs, synchronized with on-premises storage via Azure File Sync or RSync. Alternatively: Avere vFXT to input or output files from on-premises NAS devices using NFS.

  

Hybrid with Blobfuse

The following diagram shows a hybrid scenario that includes the following Azure services:

• Compute - Azure Batch pool or Virtual Machine Scale Set.

• Network - On-premises: Azure ExpressRoute or VPN. Azure: Azure VNet.

• Storage - Input and output files: Blob storage, mounted to compute resources via Azure Blobfuse.

  

Hybrid compute and storage

The following diagram shows a fully connected hybrid scenario for both compute and storage and includes the following Azure services:

• Compute - Azure Batch pool or Virtual Machine Scale Set.

• Network - On-premises: Azure ExpressRoute or VPN. Azure: Azure VNet.

• Storage - Cross-premises: Avere vFXT. Optional archiving of on-premises files via Azure Data Box to Blob storage, or on-premises Avere FXT for NAS acceleration.

  

Next steps

• Learn more about options for rendering in Azure.
• Learn about using rendering applications with Batch.