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?

  • @just_another_personEnglish
    -19•10 days ago

    What you’re describing is mostly a networking issue. I’m also pretty suspect about your setup and wishes. You definitely don’t work for a large VFX studio, and you’re not using this as described for CAD work. I’m going to guess this entire setup is for your anime and incest rendering farm.

    This is a ridiculous question for anyone with this amount of hardware in their home already that’s using it on a daily basis to actually work. You would also not be “running renders” if this was hardware provided by a company you work for.

    Whatever is being asked here is for a shady ass person. Don’t help them.

    • @[email protected]English
      8•10 days ago

      … what?

      Them: “I want a centralized place to handle all my graphics stuff, so I can access graphically intensive things from any device.”

      You: “Must be incest renders because you already have hardware and say you use it for work.”

      So according to you, contractors don’t exist, iPhones can play PC games, and anyone wanting to split PC resources between multiple use cases is shady.

      What’s ridiculous is that you seem to think extreme paranoia is a normal thing in everyday life.

        • @[email protected]OPEnglish
          10•10 days ago

          I’m not the one making wild accusations about somebody wanting to selfhost a gpu server to edit…incest porn or whatever it is you’re on about.

          No idea what lie you think I’m telling. 🤷‍♂️

    • @[email protected]English
      6•10 days ago

      Wow. Where is all this hate coming from?

      People like to experiment, and tinker, and try things in their home lab, that would scale up in a business. Just to prove they can do it. That’s innovation. We should celebrate it. Not quash people