VMworld 2013: Graphics and Users in VDI
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The document discusses VMware and NVIDIA's collaboration to enhance graphics virtualization solutions for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). It highlights various technologies, such as shared 3D graphics capabilities and dedicated GPU access, aimed at improving performance for different user types, including task workers and power users. Additionally, it covers the potential benefits of these technologies, including cost-effectiveness and flexibility in managing graphics-intensive applications without the need for physical graphics cards.
VMworld 2013: Graphics and Users in VDI
- 1. Graphics and Users in VDI Geoff Murase, VMware Will Wade, NVIDIA EUC5524 #EUC5524
- 2. 22 Disclaimer This session may contain product features that are currently under development. This session/overview of the new technology represents no commitment from VMware to deliver these features in any generally available product. Features are subject to change, and must not be included in contracts, purchase orders, or sales agreements of any kind. Technical feasibility and market demand will affect final delivery. Pricing and packaging for any new technologies or features discussed or presented have not been determined.
- 3. 33 Agenda VMware Graphics Solutions NVIDIA
- 4. 44 VMware Graphics Virtualization Goals Most flexible platform for all graphics needs Broadest coverage of all use cases Highest scalability across use cases Full application compatibility
- 5. 55 Overview Benefits • Enables DirectX 9 and OpenGL 2.1 apps • No physical graphics card required • Lower initial VDI CAPEX • No Windows client side dependencies Soft 3D – Basic 3D without Graphics Card Software renderer provides 3D to productivity apps • Basic 3D graphics capabilities for productivity workers • Targeted at Task and Knowledge Workers who need AERO or applications that require 3D graphics • Requires additional CPU and reduces consolidation, but enables 3D for light use cases.
- 6. 66 Overview Benefits Cost effective with multiple VMs sharing single 3D graphics card Full compatibility with vMotion, DRS for hosts lacking physical 3D graphics cards vSGA – Shared 3D Graphics Among Multiple Virtual Machines Run rich 3D applications with shared resources Enables shared access to physical 3D graphics cards for high performance graphical workloads Desktops see abstracted VMware SVGA device for maximum virtual machine compatibility & portability Share single 3D graphics card with multiple virtual machines
- 7. 77 vSGA – Shared 3D Graphics IS Highly Scalable Solution Today Over 100 users running typical office applications on 3D desktops Up to 32 users running CAD applications such as Solid Works or Solid Edge • Setup: A mid-range 2-socket x86 server (Dell 720) with two Tesla GPUs • For more details, refer to the Horizon View 3D Performance Study • http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/view/vmware-horizon-view-hardware- accelerated-3Dgraphics-performance-study.pdf
- 8. 88 Overview Benefits Full capabilities of physical GPUs High performance compute GPU option True workstation replacement option vDGA – Direct Passthrough to a Specific Virtual Machine Full workstation class user experience Available later this year… Enables dedicated access to physical GPU hardware for 3D and high performance compute workloads Uses native nVidia drivers CUDA and OpenCL compute supported Best for super high performance needs like design, manufacturing, oil & gas
- 9. 99 Task Worker Basic data entry/usage is central to work Productivity / Knowledge Worker Standard productivity tools are central to work Desktop Power User Some compute intensive apps, require 3D graphics performance Workstation Users Workstation class performance for compute with dedicated graphics Image Quality Interactivity Cost/Seat 2D / 3D DirectX 9 Diagnostics 5MP Screens Oil & Gas OpenGL 2.1 Dual Monitors Aero 1080p Engineering ++Users per GPU - Heavy Users Many Applications Light Users Fewer Applications vDGA GPU PCI Passthrough Heavy Users Native Driver vSGA Virtualized 3D Hardware Accelerated Graphics --VRAM ++ VRAM Soft 3D Software Rendered Accelerated 3D CUDA DirectX 10,11 OpenGL 3 & 4 Broadest End to End Graphics Solutions for VDI Today
- 10. 1010 VMware View Features for All 3D Graphics Solutions • Lossy and Lossless Image Compression • Multiple Monitor support • Up to 2 displays at 1920 x 1200 • 3D and Relative Mouse support • Increased vRAM support • Up to 512MB for (Soft3D – vSGA ) • Up to Max GPU vRAM for vDGA • Support for LAN or WAN
- 11. 1111 Agenda VMware Graphis Solutions NVIDIA
- 12. NVIDIA GRID™ A True PC Experience for Everyone Anywhere
- 13. Agenda Who is NVIDIA What is GRID? Examples of GRID performance GRID virtualization architectures User Examples
- 16. Source: DFC Intelligence A THRIVING MARKET Blockbuster games, MMOs and free-to- play business models are fueling a PC gaming market that will grow to $20B by 2016. GeForce GPUs are the engines behind the creation and enjoyment of this thriving market.
- 17. THE CHOICE OF PROFESSIONALS Quadro GPUs help the world’s designers bring their visions to life. They rely on photorealistic renderings — like this one of the McLaren P1 — to create their designs without physical models.
- 18. THE BEST IN VISUAL EFFECTS 2013 marked the fourth year in a row when all films nominated for the Best Visual Effects Academy Award were created on Quadro GPUs, including Oscar- winner Life of Pi.
- 19. ACCELERATING COMPUTING GPUs have become an important catalyst in the advancement of science and technology — enabling tremendous breakthroughs by simply enabling us to do more, faster. Many of the world’s most powerful supercomputers run on Tesla GPUs, including TITAN at Oak Ridge National Labs.
- 20. ANALYZING BIG DATA Top enterprise and mobile application companies are using Tesla GPUs to tackle big data analytics and advanced search. For example, Shazam uses GPUs to instantly search and identify songs from its 27 million track database for its 300 million users.
- 21. What is GRID?
- 22. AMAZING GAMING ANYWHERE NVIDIA GRID gives gamers the freedom to play the most graphics-intensive games from the cloud on any display.
- 23. GAMING UNTETHERED SHIELD is a portable that lets gamers play both Android and PC games with the benefits of a console- grade controller, a five-inch retinal screen, and exceptional sound from tuned port, bass reflex speakers.
- 24. RICH GRAPHICS ANYWHERE, ANY DEVICE With NVIDIA GRID technologies, large enterprises can deliver amazing graphics to their mobile workforces on any device. And creative professionals in smaller shops can access graphics- intensive apps with uncompromised performance.
- 25. Every notebook, tablet and smartphone has a GPU GPUs delivers a better visual experience by offloading work that the CPU is not efficient at processing (Direct X, OpenGL, Video)
- 26. Siemens Teamcenter PLM – 3D Viewer Interactive Performance http://tinyurl.com/gridvideos CPU Rendered NVIDIA GRID Rendered
- 27. Interactive Performance http://tinyurl.com/gridvideos CPU Rendered NVIDIA GRID Rendered
- 28. NVIDIA GRID
- 29. GPU 4 Kepler GPUs 2 High End Kepler GPUs CUDA Cores 768 (192/GPU) 3072 (1536/GPU) Memory Size 16GB DDR3 (4GB/GPU) 8GB GDDR5 (4GB/GPU) Max Power 130 W 225 W Cost $2,000 $3,750 Number of Users Up to 32 Up to 16 NVIDIA GRID K2 1 Number of users depends on software solution, workload, and screen resolution NVIDIA GRID K1 Performance DESIGNER KNOWLEDGE WORKER POWER USER
- 31. GRID Enabled OEM Platforms Dell PowerEdge R720 2 GRID K1 or 2 GRID K2 HP ProLiant sl250 3 GRID K2 Shipping Soon Dell Precision T7610 3 Quadro K5000 HP ProLiant ws460 1 GRID K1 or 1 GRID K2 Shipping Soon Cisco UCS C240 M3 2 GRID K1 or 2 GRID K2 IBM iDataPlex DX360 2 GRID K1 or 2 GRID K2 SuperMicro SYS-1027-TRF 2 GRID K1 or 3 GRID K2 SuperMicro SYS-2027-TRF 2 GRID K1 or 4 GRID K2
- 33. OS App PC CPU The PC Hardware Memory Storage Network GPU App App Software NVIDIA Driver HW Driver HW Driver HW Driver HW Driver
- 34. OS App PC CPU The PC Hardware Memory Storage Network GPU App App Software NVIDIA Driver HW Driver HW Driver HW Driver HW Driver Win 7 Win 8 Linux
- 35. Why Virtualized Desktops & Applications? Purpose/Goal Replace physical desktops / laptops with virtual desktops on servers Stakeholders IT department User Benefits Security – IP stays in the data-center Manageability – device proliferation, OS image management & disaster recovery Resource Utilization – keep shared resources busy for better ROI Data Centralization – keep compute & storage resources closer in the data-center User Flexibility/Productivity – any device, anywhere, anytime
- 37. OS App OS App OS App Guest OS Server CPU The Virtualized Desktop Hardware Memory Storage Network Software Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtualization HYPERVISOR VIRTUAL MACHINE vCPU vMemoryvStorage vNetwork App App App AppVDA Client
- 38. OS App OS App OS App Guest OS Server CPU The Virtualized Desktop Hardware Memory Storage Network Software Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtualization HYPERVISOR VIRTUAL MACHINE vCPU vMemoryvStorage vNetwork App App App AppVDA Win 7 Win 8 VMware ESX / vSphere Microsoft HyperV Redhat KVM Citrix XenServer Open Source… Citrix XenDesktop VMware Horizon View Microsoft RDP HP RGS NICE DCV VNC … ICA (Citrix) PCoIP (VMware) RDP (MSFT) … Citrix Receiver VMware View Client Microsoft RDP RGS receiver … Client
- 39. GPUs in a Virtual Desktop GPU pass-through 1:1 dedicated GPU to user Shared GPU Software virtualization of the GPU Virtual GPU Hardware virtualization of the GPU through the NVIDIA GRID software
- 40. Guest OS Server CPU GPU Pass-Through Hardware Memory Storage Network Software Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtualization HYPERVISOR VIRTUAL MACHINE vCPU vMemoryvStorage vNetwork App App App AppVDA NVIDIA Driver GPU GPU Client
- 41. Guest OS Server CPU GPU Pass-Through Hardware Memory Storage Network Software Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtualization HYPERVISOR VIRTUAL MACHINE vCPU vMemoryvStorage vNetwork App App App AppVDA NVIDIA Driver Accelerated Remoting VMware View 5.x (coming soon) Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 FP1 Citrix XenDesktop 7 NVIDIA Pass- through VMware vSphere Citrix XenServer GPU GRID K1 GRID K2 Quadro 2000-6000 Quadro K2000-K5000 GPU Client
- 42. Software Virtualization Also known as API intercept SHIM driver
- 43. App App App VDA HYPERVISOR Guest OS Virtual Graphi cs Driver OS Virtual Graphi cs Driver Guest OS Server CPU Software Virtualization Hardware Memory Storage Network Software Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtualization VIRTUAL MACHINE vCPU vMemoryvStorage vNetwork vGraphics GPU NVIDIA Driver Virtual Graphics Driver Graphics APIs Rendered Desktop App App App VDA App App App AppVDA Client
- 44. HYPERVISOR Guest OS Server CPU Software Virtualization Hardware Memory Storage Network Software Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtualization VIRTUAL MACHINE vCPU vMemoryvStorage vNetwork App App App AppVDA GPU NVIDIA Driver Virtual Graphics Driver VMware vSGA - DX9, OGL2.1 RemoteFX Microsoft Server 2008 R2 – DX9 Microsoft Server 2012 – DX9, 10, 11 GRID K1, K2 Quadro 4000, 5000, 6000 Tesla M2070Q vGraphics Client
- 45. NVIDIA GRID vGPU (virtual GPU) Also known as NVIDIA GRID™ VGX technology VGX GPU Hypervisor vGPU Virtual GPU Hardware Virtualization
- 46. Guest OS VIRTUAL MACHINE HYPERVISOR NVIDI A Drive r NVIDI A Drive r Guest OS Server CPU GRID vGPU Hardware Memory Storage Network Software Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtualization VIRTUAL MACHINE vCPU vMemoryvStorage vNetwork GPU NVIDIA Driver vGPU GRID vGPU Manager Graphic Commands App App App AppVDA App App App AppVDA App App App VDA
- 47. HYPERVISOR Guest OS Server CPU GRID vGPU Hardware Memory Storage Network Software Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtual Driver Virtualization VIRTUAL MACHINE vCPU vMemoryvStorage vNetwork App App App AppVDA GPU NVIDIA Driver vGPU GRID vGPU Manager GRID K1, GRID K2 Citrix XenServer NVIDIA GRID software from NVIDIA Standard NVIDIA Driver
- 48. USER EXAMPLES
- 49. Windows 7 Nice to Have Must Have Office Productivity IMPORTANCE OF GPU User Types for GRID Web PLM & Volume Design 3D Engineering & Design Apps VIRTUAL WORKSTATIONVDI DESIGNER KNOWLEDGE WORKER POWER USER
- 50. Solution Comparison - Designer
- 51. Solution Comparison – Power User
- 52. Solution Comparison – Power User
- 53. Solution Comparison – Knowledge Worker
- 54. Soft 3D Pass-throughShared GPU ✗ ✓✗ ✗ ✓✗ / ✓ ✓ ✓✓ DESIGNER KNOWLEDGE WORKER POWER USER
- 55. GRID Resources GRID Website www.nvidia.com/vdi Sign up for the monthly GRID VDI Newsletter http://tinyurl.com/gridinfo Questions? Email us GRIDteam@nvidia.com GRID Videos http://tinyurl.com/gridvideos
- 56. THANK YOU
- 58. Graphics and Users in VDI Geoff Murase, VMware Will Wade, NVIDIA EUC5524 #EUC5524