Dell declared today it is growing its customer virtualization alternatives with the release of the first virtualized 2U rack workstation empowering up to four contingency expert design customers to work from 1 workstation from virtually anywhere. The Dell Accurate R5500 rack workstation is the first four-GPU (graphics handling unit) settings to be qualified by Citrix with GPU pass-through on Citrix XenServer® 6 using Citrix XenDesktop® HDX™ 3D Pro, and brings extra security, IT source seo and end individual versatility to highly effective workloads. This new utilization model is designed for customers running 3D workloads in the technological innovation, medical, media and enjoyment, medical, software development and economic and finance areas looking to assist extra customers on 1 workstation.
Additional benefits of a virtualized rack workstation include the ability to centralize, secure and manage information, power globally ability share, share resources for enhanced affordability and run efficiency critical programs that need the coordinator system and information to be nearby. Users can go to the highly effective, reliable and controllable Dell Accurate R5500 via Dell and non-Dell computers such as slim customers, netbooks, personal computers or other mobile phones that have a packed Citrix Receiver™.
"The Dell Accurate R5500 provides the biggest individual solidity available on a XenServer qualified foundation for XenDesktop HDX 3D Pro, with four contingency customers per coordinator," said Derek Thorslund, administrator of product management, HDX technology at Citrix. "This makes it a very eye-catching selection for customers looking to provide high-end 3D expert design while keeping their ip safe in the information center."
Citrix XenServer with HDX 3D Pro allows the virtualized workstation atmosphere with a devoted distinct video card per individual or exclusive machine. The devoted design provides the individual with complete access to the video card in a virtualized atmosphere. Users can set up their Dell Accurate R5500 with up to four NVIDIA Quadro® 2000 mid-range design cards, with other high-end NVIDIA Quadro design cards available soon. Dell's 2U rack workstation provides market conventional bus spots with options of up to five full-height and full-length PCIe spots, and market conventional design and GPU estimate cards such as the latest NVIDIA Quadro and NVIDIA Tesla® alternatives.
"This new rack workstation settings from Dell provides developers and technical engineers with a unique virtualized pc efficiency choice," said Mark Darkish, gm, Professional Solutions Group, NVIDIA. "Dell's R5500 operated by NVIDIA Quadro GPUs gives these customers an opportunity to experience the complete power of high-end OpenGL, Direct X and CUDA programs in a small form-factor, virtualized pc atmosphere."
In addition to high-end design assistance, the R5500 provides the complete scalability and highly effective efficiency of Dell's high-end structure work stations in a 2U type aspect. It is purpose-engineered for professionals who run estimate and design extensive workloads and need excessive efficiency with distant ability. It provides high-performance Apple Xeon processor chips with memory potential of up to 192GB¹ and dual-wide GPU spots that range up to 450 h, up to six 2.5-inch SAS HDDs or five SATA HDDs.
"We are working carefully with Citrix and NVIDIA to enable new utilization models to address the needs of our workstation customers," said Efrain Rovira, professional administrator of Dell Accurate work stations. "This market first four-GPU XenServer qualifications provides improved efficiency and versatility to our customers, and it contributes to the list of enhancements we've presented to the workstation market."
Availability
Citrix XenServer with GPU pass-through is available worldwide through Citrix and Dell S&P. The starting price for the Dell Precision R5500 is $2,742 USD.Visit Dell at NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference in booth #17 and #18 this week to see the Dell Precision R5500 workstation and learn more about the new Citrix XenServer GPU pass-through certification.