Any of those boards will work fine with VirtualGL, but if you ever plan to serve 10 concurrent sessions, my gut says go for the big cahuna. Depending on how heavy hitting the applications are, you may even want to consider the 5800 or two 3800's. Specifying systems for VirtualGL based on real application load is a complex process that depends heavily on the specifics of your environment. It is something I can gladly do as a consultant, but there's no general rule of thumb for it.
Jim Kusznir wrote: > Hi all: > > I'm building a terminal server for use as a VirtualGL enabled terminal > server. However, I don't know what to use for a graphics card. This > will be a 1U server mounted in a server room. I intend to set up Xen > on the hardware, and configure it to pass this graphics card through > to the VirtualGL terminal server, so it will never actually be used as > a head (no monitor attached); only the onboard graphics interface will > have a monitor attached, and that will be "connected" to the Xen Dom0. > > So, the question is what graphics card to use for VirtualGL. My > vendor was recommending selecting from: > > PNY Quadro FX 580 PCI-E 512MB, GDDR3, Dual Link DVI, Dual Display Port > PNY Quadro FX 1800 PCI-E 768MB, GDDR3, Dual Link DVI, Dual Display Port > PNY Quadro FX 3800 PCI-E 1GB, GDDR3, Dual Link DVI, Dual Display Port > > Of course, the cost difference between them is fairly large :). Do > these cards look good? I'm not sure what the differences are, or more > importantly, how the differences will effect my end use, if at all, so > I'm looking for some general suggestions, and if possible, some rough > mapping to "end effects when used with VirtualGL". > > My VirtualGL use case will be: > > Terminal server serving up to 10 concurrent sessions > 1-4 users probably running compiz > 1-4 users running some in-house OpenGL apps. > Using VGL Image Transport to thin clients. > Possibly 1-2 sessions on TurboVNC Occasionally. > > Thanks! > --Jim > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > VirtualGL-Users mailing list > VirtualGL-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtualgl-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ VirtualGL-Users mailing list VirtualGL-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtualgl-users
