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Fully Virtualized Gaming Server? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 5 months ago by brownmustardminion@lemmy.ml to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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For years I’ve had a dream of building a rack mounted PC capable of splitting its resources to host multiple GPU intensive VMs:

  • a few gaming VMs
  • a VM for work that can run Davinci Resolve and Blender renders
  • an LLM server
  • a Stable Diffusion server
  • media server

Just to name a few possibilities…

Everytime I’ve looked into it, it seemed like the technology just wasn’t there yet. I remember a few years ago Linus TT took a shot at it, but in the end suggested the technology (for non-commercial entities) just wasn’t in a comfortable spot yet.

So how far off are we? Obviously AI focused companies seem to make it work, but what possibilities exist for us self-hosters who might also want to run multiple displays in addition to the web gui LLM servers? And without forking out crazy money for GPU virtualization software licenses?

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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 5 months ago

Remember the original poster here, was talking about running their own self-hosted GPU VM. So they're not paying anybody else for the privilege of using their hardware

I personally stream with moonlight on my own network. Have no issues it's just like being on the computer from my perspective.

If it doesn't work for you Fair enough, but it can work for other people, and I think the original posters idea makes sense. They should absolutely run a GPU VM cluster, and have fun with it and it would be totally usable

[-] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Yea I do, you brought up that local isn't always the option.

I desperately want it to work for me, i just can't get it to work without spending thousands of dollars on hardware just to get back to the same experience as having a regular desktop at my desk.

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 5 months ago

Okay. Do you want to debug your situation?

What's the operating system of the host? What's the hardware in the host?

What's the operating system in the client? What's the hardware in the client?

What does the network look like between the two? Including every piece of cable, and switch?

Do you get sufficient experience if you're just streaming a single monitor instead of multiple monitors?

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