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Technical White Paper—Remote User Experience with Graphics Software for Higher Education
Introduction Business challenge Technology overview Infrastructure and test topology Test methodology and results VDI end-user experience findings Conclusion
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  • With the changing dynamics of modern-day education, for example, the diverse user situations such as working from campus compared to working from home, it has become challenging for IT teams to provide a consistent user experience.

    While the general intuition that "The better the network performance, the better the end-user experience" holds true, our test results show that a typical remote ArcGIS Pro and Engineering CAD user with a "Standard" to "Good" broadband connection can expect the same end-user experience as an on-campus or office LAN user, as measured by NVIDIA's nVector performance monitoring tool.

    Virtual workstation solutions from Dell Technologies Validated Designs (DTVD) for VDI accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs and NVIDIA vWS software offer an excellent platform to run the professional graphics applications used in higher education. These virtual workstations provide an experience that is on a par with physical workstations. Our solutions simplify the provisioning and management of virtual workstations so that your IT teams can focus on innovation. Creative and technical professionals get a high-quality, interactive graphics platform that fosters collaboration and provides flexibility. The virtual workstations are secure and the organization's IP will not be compromised.

    We provide virtual workstation configurations that are based on Dell Technologies Reference Architecture Guides for VDI for GIS and virtual workstation solutions for automotive and manufacturing — see the Dell VDI Info Hub. The solution configurations in these guides show the best way to integrate several Dell hardware platforms with NVIDIA GPUs and virtual workstations powered by NVIDIA vWS while ensuring predictable performance.

    The DTVD for VDI team recommends the solution configuration described in this paper for running professional graphics applications. However, we recommend that you perform pilot tests to verify end-user experience and to correctly size the virtual workstation environment according to your application requirements and user needs.