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title: "V-Ray Swarm Installation"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/VSKETCHUP/109779881/V-Ray%20Swarm%20Installation"
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This page gives some basic information about what V-Ray Swam is and how to get it up and running.


## **Overview**

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The V-Ray Swarm <span style="color: #000000">is a web-based distributed rendering system. It’s a simple, yet powerful way to split your rendering across multiple computers. Setting up Swarm is easy. Swarm is designed to update automatically to match your version of V-Ray.</span>

<span style="color: #000000">For information on how to use and configure Swarm after installation, see the </span>[Distributed Rendering](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VSKETCHUP/pages/109794676) page.


## **Installation**

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The V-Ray Swarm installation is bundled within the [V-Ray for SketchUp](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VSKETCHUP/pages/109779799) installation by default. However, you can also use the Standalone installer. For more information, check the [Installation of V-Ray Swarm](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VRAYSWARM/pages/112689565) page.