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Is adding a GPU to VDI worth it?
I am considering adding a GPU to my Citrix VDI environment.
The current hardware is brand new:
The workload is standard MS OFFICE, Internet, some simple education videos from time to time.
I was thinking adding the Nvidia GRID. I know there is licensing for this system so I will take this in consideration.
Has anyone deployed a GPU to their VDI environment and was it worth it?
The current hardware is brand new:
- HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 (2)
- 256 GB RAM
- 10 GB NIC
- Non-Persistent Disk model
The workload is standard MS OFFICE, Internet, some simple education videos from time to time.
I was thinking adding the Nvidia GRID. I know there is licensing for this system so I will take this in consideration.
Has anyone deployed a GPU to their VDI environment and was it worth it?
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The work load is not graphically intense.
Mostly Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF's and Web.
I want the user experience to be as if they were sitting at a physical computer in the office.
Mostly Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF's and Web.
I want the user experience to be as if they were sitting at a physical computer in the office.
Add a GPU, provision the correct amount of RAM, and vCPU to the VDI machines.
some of our farms, have 4 vCPU, 16GB RAM, 250GB (Flash Storage), and GPU (Nvidia)
some of our farms, have 4 vCPU, 16GB RAM, 250GB (Flash Storage), and GPU (Nvidia)
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The licensing for Nvidia GRID vPC states its concurrent. Do you know if that spans multiple Hypervisors?
Per VDI Machine across Hypervisors.
e.g. VDI machines reaches out to the License Manager, in what Nvidia calls a CCU (Concurrent User), it's the Nvidia GPU software which calls home to the license manager.
e.g. VDI machines reaches out to the License Manager, in what Nvidia calls a CCU (Concurrent User), it's the Nvidia GPU software which calls home to the license manager.
Tricky question, I m trying to figure out an answer for a server refresh I am planning to do soon. I am running HyperV, but the same principles apply.
All seems to hinge on what types of applications will be in use over the next 7 years or so, and that is a difficult question. There are increasing numbers of websites now that can take advantage of graphics acceleration, perhaps it will be so common in a few years that no having it will impinge on business processes, but really hard to predict.
The way I see things, it is not really useful with today's typical workplace tasks, but may be in the future.
All seems to hinge on what types of applications will be in use over the next 7 years or so, and that is a difficult question. There are increasing numbers of websites now that can take advantage of graphics acceleration, perhaps it will be so common in a few years that no having it will impinge on business processes, but really hard to predict.
The way I see things, it is not really useful with today's typical workplace tasks, but may be in the future.
Hope you are right.
Also I saw on Nvidia's site one if their video clips that illustrated VM migration was greatly sped up.
Also I saw on Nvidia's site one if their video clips that illustrated VM migration was greatly sped up.
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Yes, we deploy Hardware GPU - Nvidia Grid - but it depends on the user base, and what applications they are using, and the End User Experience.
e.g. if they just use Word or Chrome - would you add a GPU for this ?