Peer 1 Hosting is launching a hosted trial of its private cloud GPU (graphics processing unit) offering, powered by NVIDIA® GRID™ technology, which delivers GPU acceleration from data centres to any user.
The managed GPU servers enable small businesses to remotely access and evaluate the latest generation of NVIDIA GRID GPUs in a secure and reliable private cloud environment, from any device, anywhere in the world. Offloading graphics processing from the CPU to the GPU in a virtualised environment allows businesses to deliver a graphics-rich PC experience to multiple users, by providing remote access to GPU-accelerated virtual desktops and critical 3D-intensive applications.
Donya Fitzsimmons, Channel Account Executive at Peer 1, said, “A big challenge for businesses today is the ever-increasing volumes of data, and the increasing demand for fast processing. Harnessing the power of GPU-based servers allows them to maximise their performance and focus on their core business, rather than have to worry about hardware and the high costs associated with procuring, building, managing, scaling and upgrading a solid infrastructure.”
GRID graphics boards feature the NVIDIA Kepler® architecture that, for the first time, allows GPU hardware virtualisation. This means several users can share a single GPU, improving user density while providing true PC performance and compatibility. Together with NVIDIA’s low-latency remote display technology, it greatly improves the user experience.
Peer 1’s private cloud will now give companies access to leading virtualisation solutions, including Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware.
Will Wade, Director for GRID at NVIDIA, said, “NVIDIA GRID technology will help enterprises worldwide improve employee productivity, while efficiently managing their hardware resources. With the performance, stability and compatibility of hardware-accelerated graphics, virtualised desktops are now able to offer flexible access to the power of the GPU, from any device.”