NVIDIA’s virtual GPU software makes it possible for M&E organizations to gain unprecedented performance and manageability in a virtual desktop environment.
Enhance Productivity and Creativity
Increase Manageability and Scalability
Create Cost Efficiencies
Enhance Security and Compliance
Support for NVIDIA Quadro vDWS with RTX Server lets artists create on any device, anywhere - whenever inspiration strikes. Because files are centrally located in the data center, NVIDIA Quadro vDWS enables seamless collaboration from separate offices or production locations with less risk of version control issues. This is especially important when the pressure is on and several people need to work on the same files. Multi-vGPU support — the ability to assign multiple NVIDIA GPUs to a single virtual machine (VM) — makes it possible for artists and contractors to work on the most graphics-intensive 3D and rendering workloads. Creative teams can work with confidence, knowing that their files are protected and that projects can keep moving forward 24/7. Additionally, they are free to work where and whenever inspiration strikes – on just about any device, including Wacom tablets, without latency or pressure sensitivity issues.
The rapid scaling of resources simplifies IT management, helps accelerate production schedules, and keeps costs low. Because VMs can be up and running in minutes, M&E companies can respond to changing project requirements with greater agility. Live Migration, with support for VMware vMotion and Citrix XenMotion, enables live VMs to be migrated without user disruption. This facilitates more efficient data center maintenance, and enables creative and technical professionals to access productivity apps by day and render scenes at night on the same server infrastructure.
Reducing the need for physical workstations can reduce power consumption, streamlines the data center, and allows IT administrators to quickly set up users, troubleshoot issues, and facilitate upgrades — with no disruption or data loss. This can be particularly useful in mergers and acquisitions, and working across geographically-dispersed productions. As traditional applications are phased out, M&E companies are increasingly motivated to switch from Mac applications to virtualized, Windows- and Linux-based applications.
With multi-million dollar budgets in play, M&E companies must protect their valuable 3D and film production assets. They can’t afford data loss due to computer crashes or failures, or to have projects leaked online before an official release. By keeping files centralized in the data center or cloud, while enabling editing and rendering on endpoint devices, data can’t walk away or get lost. What’s more, deploying VDI for air gap systems separates Internet access from artist workstations for additional data protection.