Experience with Hyper-V and RemoteFX VDI?
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I was wondering if anybody out here had any experience with configuring and tuning Windows Server 2012R2 and Hyper-V + RemoteFX for a VDI setup?
I've got the VDI configuration done, and RemoteFX configuration at least working, but the performance of it leaves... a lot to be desired... I know the RemoteFX is working because the Unigine Heaven benchmark app that I'm using won't even start when I remove the RemoteFX adapter from the VM.
Performance of the standard desktop apps is fine, and even our copy of Adobe Premiere is usable. However, any 3D application or even something as mundane as watching videos in full screen on youtube just simply do not work well at all (choppy video and graphics rendering).
The Server in question is a Dell R720 with 256GB RAM, 6 x 200GB SSD Drives in RAID 6, and 2 x NVIDIA Grid K2 cards and runs Windows Server 2012R2, etc. The Client is WIndows 8.1 Enterprise
If I monitor the server's usage with GPU-z, I can see the memory usage go up and down depending on what I am doing, so i know things are configured at least partially correctly, but the video has me baffled. The systems are connected to the Network with Broadcom 10Gig cards (and I have VMQ disabled, as it really destroys performance).
At 4:3 resolutions, like 1280 x 1024 (and even at 1600 x 1200) the video seems to perform acceptably for watching a video, and not so great for using the Heaven Benchmark.
I guess I'm just wondering if anyone has some pointers or some settings I could check and tweak.
I've googled and read articles about changing the network settings and such, and I have done those and tested with them, but still not getting good enough... I am open to any suggestions or things to think about / watch out for.
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Are you using the latest Nvidia Drivers? Adobe Premiere is likely just ignoring the GPU and using the CPU in this setup.
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@dafyre said:
Dell R720
might be worth checking the rated PSU wattage and figure up how much you are drawing. your two K2's are using 450watts alone.
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Yeah. I just updated the drivers a couple of days ago this week, 347.88.
Is there any way I can check the current power draw or PSU size remotely? I know the system has dual power supplies, and according to GPU-Z, power consupmption is ~20% on each of the 4 Grid K2 Cores(?) that show up. Is that percentage applied as a whole -- 20% total, or 80% total power draw?
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Scratch that, I just checked the order sheet, and it has 2 x 1100 Watt power supplies. I'll be over in that server room later this morning, so I will check it when we are there.
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@dafyre said:
Scratch that, I just checked the order sheet, and it has 2 x 1100 Watt power supplies. I'll be over in that server room later this morning, so I will check it when we are there.
Dual PSUs are for failover. You can't draw more than the wattage of one PSU. And even then anymore than 80% of it's rated load is not something you want to be drawing.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Dual PSUs are for failover. You can't draw more than the wattage of one PSU. And even then anymore than 80% of it's rated load is not something you want to be drawing.
Yeah, I kinda figured that, but my questoin about the power consumption would have been answered if I had watched the little popups in GPU-Z, lol. It's the power usage on the card it self, and it is per card.
When something graphics intensive, such as 3D Mark or Unigine's Heaven ar erunning, it runs about 50 or 60% with general remote desktop usage, it hangs out between 10 and 20 percent.
And it's not steady... it goes up and down depending on how hard the GPU is working.
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