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Nvidia GRID K1 Specifications
Nvidia GRID K1 Specifications

Nvidia GRID K1 Specifications

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NVIDIA GRID
OVERVIEW
Imagine if responsive Windows and rich multimedia experiences
were available via virtual desktop infrastructure, even those with
intensive graphics needs.
NVIDIA makes this possible with NVIDIA GRID, a virtualized
GPU that delivers a faster, interactive graphical experience to a
variety of users across all devices.
WHY GPUs FOR VIRTUAL DESKTOPS
AND APPLICATIONS?
Your smartphone has a GPU, your Tablet has a GPU, your PC has
a GPU and your workstation has a high powered GPU. There's a
reason for this. The users expect a certain level of visual
experience that you can't get from a CPU alone. GRID enables
VDI for everyone.
WHAT IS A VIRTUAL DESKTOP?
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is the practice of hosting
a desktop OS within a virtual machine (VM) running on a hosted,
centralized or remote server. It allows IT departments to offer
a secure "access anywhere" desktop experience to end users.
WHAT IS A VIRTUAL APPLICATION?
A virtualized application, more commonly referred to as a virtual
user session allows multiple users to run applications in a single
OS (ie: Windows Server).
WHY NVIDIA?
Continuing our tradition of pioneering technology, NVIDIA's
Kepler Architecture is the world's first virtualization enabled GPU.
NVIDIA GRID K1 & K2 boards bring this technology to the widest
breadth of partner products and solutions.
SERVER POWERED
BY NVIDIA GRID
GPUs ACCELERATE
VIRTUAL DESKTOPS
AND APPLICATIONS

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Summary of Contents for Nvidia GRID K1

  • Page 1 VIRTUAL DESKTOPS AND APPLICATIONS WHY NVIDIA? Continuing our tradition of pioneering technology, NVIDIA’s Kepler Architecture is the world’s first virtualization enabled GPU. NVIDIA GRID K1 & K2 boards bring this technology to the widest breadth of partner products and solutions.
  • Page 2 WHO NEEDS NVIDIA GRID EXAMPLES OF INDUSTRIES WHERE ™ GRID CAN BE USED DESIGNER/ENGINEER: Traditionally an NVIDIA Quadro user, this customer creates and works ® with complicated datasets using graphics intensive applications (3D design, medical diagnostics, etc.). Related industries: Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Media &...
  • Page 3 NVIDIA GRID FOR VDI AND APPLICATION VIRTUALIZATION NVIDIA GRID PLATFORMS FOR VDI NVIDIA GRID PLATFORMS FOR APPLICATIONS SERVER CLIENT DEVICES CLIENT DEVICES SERVER Application GRID Enabled Virtual XenApp XenApp XenApp XenApp Desktop Session Session Session Session NVIDIA Driver NVIDIA Driver...
  • Page 4: Glossary Of Terms

    The remoting technology that connects a virtual machine (VM) to a dedicated CPU. The technology to do this from NVIDIA is known as NMOS (NVIDIA Multi-OS), from the capability to have multiple OS’s running on a system, each with their own GPU.
  • Page 5 NVIDIA ESX Driver This NVIDIA driver runs on the ESX (otherwise known as vSphere) hypervisor, which allows VMs running on top of ESX to get access to a shared NVIDIA GPU for hardware graphics acceleration when using vSGA (see definition below).
  • Page 6: Specifications

    NVIDIA GRID boards are designed for higher GPU densities, with 2 or 4 GPUs per card. For example, with a GRID K1 card, there are 4 GPUs per card. A server with two x16 PCIe slots can hold 2 of these cards, for a total of 8 fully accelerated VMs.

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