[OSM-talk] rendering map tiles with mapnik - hardware requirements

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2011/3/1 Robin Paulson <robin.paulson at gmail.com>:
> On 2 March 2011 00:42, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes, you will not need a very big machine. I am currently rendering
>> Italy (similar in size to NZ) and it takes around 2 days with a really
>
> haha. italy has 14 times the data of NZ, so i guess we can reduce that
> time somewhat...
>
>> lame laptop (3 GB RAM, Intel Core2 Solo U3500 @1.4 GHz) for Zoomlevels
>> 0-15 (one day for Level 0-14) and a quite complex stylesheet.
>
> excellent, this is looking more like the sort of hardware i imagined


excuse me, I was unprecise. I am rendering the whole world up to zoom
5, and from 6 to 8 central Europe, but 9 to 15 only a part of Italy
(43 to 40.6 lat), so the fewer data for NZ would get compensated by
the bigger area. I use a really basic setup though, which is not
efficient (no metatiles), so I guess there is room for optimization. I
am sure in a few days you can render all of NZ with an ordinary
desktop. also

If you want to keep up to date, apply diffs, and render at the same
time you will need something bigger then my setup.

cheers,
Martin