OK, that jives with what I've heard, then. Given the requirement of XenApp or XenDesktop, that limits them to Windows Server hosts as well.
On 8/22/13 6:45 PM, john clyne wrote: >>From what I can glean from nVidia's web >>(http://www.nvidia.com/object/grid-vgx-software.html) site they're currently >>only supporting Windows platforms :-( > > > On Aug 22, 2013, at 12:34 PM, DRC wrote: > >> On 8/22/13 10:04 AM, John Clyne wrote: >>> The Quadro 2000, and I think the 550, are based on the older Fermi >>> architecture. I wanted to get confirmation that ViritualGL was supporting >>> the newer Kepler based products. I would think Kepler-Quadro would be >>> supported, but the Tesla cards target computation, not graphics. And the >>> nVidia Grid is a brand new product that apparently has some form of >>> integrated remote viz capabilities. >> >> Yeah, you're referring to VGX. I am keenly interested in knowing more >> about it, but specific information is hard to find. It seems to require >> Citrix XenServer, and it is basically providing a mechanism for either >> assigning a full GPU or a "vGPU" (portion of a shared GPU) to a >> particular virtual machine. I heard a rumor through one of my customers >> that Linux guests aren't currently supported-- only Windows, but if >> anyone knows more about it, please share. >> >> It unfortunately isn't anything that we could take advantage of with >> VirtualGL at the moment, but I really wish nVidia, ATI, etc. would play >> nice and produce an EGL interface for accessing their cards' rendering >> capabilities without an X server. It would make my job a hell of a lot >> easier. Wayland may necessitate them doing that. >> >> Anyhow, you guys know more about supporting VGL on headless devices than >> I do. I can only afford a Quadro 600 to play with. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and >> AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, >> analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. >> Visit us today! >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >> _______________________________________________ >> VirtualGL-Users mailing list >> VirtualGL-Users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtualgl-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and > AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, > analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. > Visit us today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > VirtualGL-Users mailing list > VirtualGL-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtualgl-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. Visit us today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ VirtualGL-Users mailing list VirtualGL-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtualgl-users
