NVIDIA GRID GPU

 

Until now, effective shared use of powerful GPUs for high-end graphics has never been available in a VDI environment. Citrix and NVIDIA have teamed to change all that. This technology was jointly developed at the request of Boeing so that simultaneous access to the Dreamliner 787 design databases could be achieved by their engineers around the world. Now it is available to everyone. 

This combined solution allows uses Citrix XenDesktop VDI and allows multiple users to effectively share a single vGPU while maintaining excellent performance. This solves the following problems:

• Connectivity for a global talent base of engineers.
• Security of Intellectual Property (IP) when connecting remote users by allowing sensitive files to be stored only in your data center.
• Improvement of operating efficiency and cost reduction by eliminating the need to transfer data models over slow links.
• Enabling follow the sun development since the transfer problem is eliminated.
• Enabling work from home and Disaster Recovery.
• Enabling the use of mobile devices (iOS and Android, as well as Windows, MAC and Linux)
• Popular Apps available for this platform are:
  • PTC Creo
  • AutoDesk
  • Bentley
  • BS Solidworks
  • Siemens
  • Adobe

For more info, see this link that has design documents, example videos, datasheets and much more: http://www.citrix.com/go/xendesktop/3d/materials.html

Additional Information:

HDX 3D Pro on XD 7 RDS (XenApp) –

• GPU assist on Direct 3D and OpenGL via GRID™ vGPU Cards (up to 30 per GPU)
• Experimental GPU assist on CUDA and OpenCL
• Published app or published desktop
• H.264 and Lossless compression
• Support for all clients (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android)
• Apps must be RDS (Terminal Server) Compatible
• WINDOWs only apps, no Linux (yet)
• WINDOWs versions of apps are lower cost than Linux versions
• This solution suitable for highly-shared GPU apps (Most Power users and all knowledge workers)
• Popular Apps available for this platform are:
  • AutoDesk (AutoCAD, Inventor, REVIS, NavisWorks, and others)
  • Bentley Microworkstation
  • ESRI ArcGIS
  • InterGraph SmartPlant 3D
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Dassault (CATIA and others)

 

HDX 3D Pro on XD 7 VDI –Available NOW with GPU sharing

• GPU assist on Direct 3D, OpenGL , CUDA and OpenCL via GRID™ vGPU Cards (up to 8 per GPU)
• Support for 3D mouse
• Published app or published desktop
• H.264 and Lossless compression
• Support for all clients (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android)
• WINDOWs only apps, no Linux (yet)
• WINDOWs versions of apps are lower cost than Linux versions
• This solution suitable for Power users
• Popular Apps available for this platform are:
  • PTC Creo
  • AutoDesk
  • Bentley
  • BS Solidworks
  • Siemens
  • Adobe

 

Both versions have:

• H.264 Compression is “Deep” compression that allows excellent performance, event at WAN speeds (as low as 1.5MBPS).
• Lossless (Picture Perfect) Compression for all those apps (think medical imaging) that MUST have perfect resolution.
• No “API Hooking” is faster and leads to more compatible applications
• Self-tuning CODEC (adjusts to fluctuating bandwidth)
• Now available on XenApp
• 70% higher Frame Rates  than with XD 5.6
• Auto screen resolution
• H.264 and lossless compression
• HDX monitor reports on the status and performance of each session
• Quad monitor support
• Runs on XenServer 6.1 or vSphere 5.1. No Hyper-v since they support Remote/FX.
• Supports “HDX Ready PREMIUM” and HDX SoC  (CODEC support directly on a chip)
• Use of CloudBridge (NetScaler) gains up to 3-to-1 additional compression