GPU Virtualization Links (Part 1)

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Today I start a series of blog posts on GPUs and 3D rendering in VMware Horizon View. I’ll be sharing much of my knowledge on the technical aspects of GPUs. In this post I will be sharing links that will be helpful as you plan and deploy a graphically intensive workload. In future posts I will be sharing how to do sizing calculations, hardware install tips, and many other GPU related items. I hope to put out a post every week or two on this.

If you have questions or there is a topic on GPUs you would like me to touch on please drop me a note or add a comment.

Below are a list of links I use when working with GPUs in VMware. This isn’t a comprehensive list by any means. If you have more to add please be sure to put them in the comments.

The Cards

We’ll start with the GPUs. This is based on the VMware HCL for ESXi hosts 5.5 U2 at the date of this blog post. (http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/search.php?deviceCategory=vsga)

NVIDIA GRID Cards:

 

 

 

 

AMD FirePro:

 

 

The Servers

With the cards addressed here are some links to hardware vendors whose servers have been certified with one or more of these cards. (http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/search.php?deviceCategory=server&details=1&pFeatures=60&page=1&display_interval=50&sortColumn=Partner&sortOrder=Asc&bookmark=1) Due to time constraints I’m only going to list a few of the many possible servers.

Cisco C240 M3/M4

 

Dell

 

 

 

HP

 

VMware

With a majority of the physical addressed here are links to VMware GPU materials.

 

 

I know this isn’t a comprehensive list. If there is a link that you think is helpful please add a comment below with the link.

In my next post I will cover calculating how many users you can get out of a single card. Look for it in the next week or so.

Cheers.

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