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GPU Desktops for CAD and rendering teams.

Run persistent Windows or Linux desktops on your GPU servers with Neverinstall Private Cloud and Virtual Desktops. Your admins maintain each team’s application image, drivers and updates.

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Workstations tie engineers to one desk.

Each CAD workstation carries its own GPU, drivers, applications and files, and is imaged and replaced one machine at a time.

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Before
  • Citrix licensing
  • Consultant dependency
  • Quarter-long upgrade cycles
After
  • One desktop platform
  • Run by the team
  • Live in weeks

Size the desktop for the engineering work.

Neverinstall Virtual Desktops delivers the engineer’s session. Neverinstall GPU Infrastructure provides GPU capacity on your Neverinstall Private Cloud cluster. Size each desktop’s GPU profile and memory for the applications the engineer uses.

Team application imageApplications and drivers, maintained by your admins
Provides

GPU DesktopPersistent, Windows or Linux

CAD and renderingYour applications
GPU + memorySized for the team
A team application image provides the applications and drivers for a persistent Windows or Linux desktop. GPU and memory are sized to the team’s CAD or rendering applications.
Persistence

Each engineer returns to the same desktop

Operating system

Windows or Linux

Images

Maintained by your admins and tested with the team

GPU resources

Profile and memory matched to the applications

Make images and licenses part of the deployment.

Image ownership

Your admins maintain the operating system, application versions and GPU drivers. Engineers approve the tested image before wider release.

Deployment cost

Include Neverinstall Virtual Desktops users, Private Cloud nodes, server capacity and application licenses in the review.

Test your team’s files, devices and licenses.

Let engineers agree on acceptable interaction and completion times.

  1. Build the team image

    Record CAD and rendering applications, versions and license servers. Install the applications and tested GPU drivers.

  2. Choose the GPU size

    Give each desktop a whole GPU or a vGPU slice, sized for the applications the engineer runs.

  3. Run representative work

    Open large assemblies and render representative scenes. Test monitors, 3D mice, tablets and license-server access with the chosen client and network.

  4. Approve sizing and updates

    Record the GPU profile, memory, device results and approved image. Test an image update before expanding to another team.

Related

Questions about GPU workstations.

Which GPUs are supported?

NVIDIA GPUs with vGPU, MIG, time-slicing or passthrough, and AMD GPUs with passthrough or SR-IOV partitions. We confirm the GPU model, driver and profile for each application during the pilot.

How do engineers connect?

Use a browser or supported RDP client. Desktops are persistent, so engineers return to the same desktop between sessions.

Do application licenses carry over?

Check license terms for virtual desktops. The pilot also tests that each application can reach its license server.

Will 3D mice and tablets work?

Test the devices with the chosen client during the pilot. Keep a list of the model, task and result before rollout.

How are GPU workstations priced?

Neverinstall Virtual Desktops is billed per user, per month. Neverinstall Private Cloud is quoted per node for your GPU servers. The quote lists Windows and application licenses separately.

Plan desktops for your engineering team.

Tell us the applications, files and devices your engineers use. We will size the desktops and plan a pilot with the team.

Review my engineering desktops