GPU virtualization server for home

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Diman892013-12-02 06:12:53

Virtualization

Diman89, 2013-12-02 06:12:53

For a long time I want to have a home server with a normal video to play WoT sometimes. And somehow I can not decide on the choice of iron.
Now available:
i5-2500k
asus p8z68-v
4*4gb ram
gtx 560
Chieftec BA-01B-BB (ATX + E-ATX)
Does anyone have experience of creating something like this at home, forwarding and normal operation of a video card?
I would like to use VMware, however, apparently, it still works a bit damp there. Found this review:

Forwarding/sharing PCI/PCI-E under VMware is in its infancy. And although this is not the topic: if there is no need for VMware, try HYPER-V. Everything that supports DX11 and has a WDDM 1.2 driver works.
If interested...
rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=59123820#59123820

In general, I’m ready to move to a server mother and some kind of Xeon thread
Requirements for MP:
PCI-E x16 (video)
PCI-E x4 2pcs (HBA + expander)
PCI / PCI-E x * (sound)
2GBlan or 1 port + slot for add. network

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Maxim Klyushkov, 2013-12-02
@m_klyushkov

The motherboard does not support VT-d. Processors with index "k" also do not support VT-d.
And also in my experience, the video card from Nvidia could not be forwarded to ESXi (5.1).
So you won't be able to skip anything. To forward the video card, I use hardware on the AMD platform. habrahabr.ru/post/203488/

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Diman89, 2013-12-02
@Diman89

I read your article when it came out, put it in my notes, but:
- I wouldn’t want it on home hardware
- I’m ready to change all my hardware

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Sergey, 2013-12-02
@edinorog

Motherboard based on Intel Q87 chipset with vPro support
Appropriate CPU with VT-d support (xenon can be used)
32 gigabytes of RAM (hypervisors love it)
ESXI 5.5 (send anyone who tells you that it's raw and needs to be set to 5.1) or Hyper- V
A card from Nvidia (the solution will be found by Google or will come by itself after three days of sex with this hardware)
A flash drive for installing the hypervisor itself on it
A couple of screws.
And you will be happy =)

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s0ci0pat, 2013-12-02
@s0ci0pat

There was experience on such hardware:
i7-2600
asrock
4 * 4gb ram
gtx 680
As a result, I returned to the standard configuration, because there is no point. It makes sense if there is a second video to play together, or if the computer works 365/7/24, but it's expensive (expensive electricity).

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Nikolai Turnaviotov, 2013-12-02
@foxmuldercp

Hmm, if you want to play around - any mother + percent who can virtualize in hardware, plus windows server 2012 r2 with the role of hyper-v.
I have an axis on ssd, visual studio 2013 (asp.net mvc dev), ms sql with databases on hdd, well, I'm still playing.
plus a couple of virtual machines for testing what you don’t want to run under the main OS.