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title: Start your render
slug: start-your-render
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createdAt: 2024-10-25T20:03:51.251Z
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Once the render has been submitted or is in the process of being submitted, you need to facilitate the hardware you want to use to render.

OctaRender works in a distributed fashion, where one or more machines can render your work based on your scale and needs.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/bdsKzi0GSJqADE8y4GkJt/d4AiXnb61SHA4Qaa3ykcn_image.png)

When choosing the hardware you want to use, you can consider using the following:
(1) Hardware combination or Blender Scores

(2) Price in equivalent USD or OCTA

(3) Filtering

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/bdsKzi0GSJqADE8y4GkJt/z4TaZt5MCG6AP1DnfwyuF_image.png)

Sorting by Blender scores is a great way to identify machines with good rendering performance as certain hardware combinations can be more efficient at rendering than others.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/bdsKzi0GSJqADE8y4GkJt/iv11D2ARv3Ezhq2Aq3BYg_image.png)

Browse through the marketplace and choose one or more nodes to render on. As in the below example, we can choose 2 machines and clicking rent will distribute the frames across those machines. There is no limit to how many machines you can rent at once (Prices are per hour).

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/bdsKzi0GSJqADE8y4GkJt/yU82h0tqkIrlZLau5Lpoe_image.png)

Once you've clicked rent, as soon as the render has been uploaded it will begin distributing and rendering across your rented machines

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Following the completion of the render, please ensure you [[terminate the r](https://docs.octa.space/terminate-rental)[ental.](https://docs.octa.space/terminate-rental)](https://docs.octa.space/terminate-rental)
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