Gaming on Vitrualization Server

[RafnexJr]

Hi

 

I have a Project for my new Gaming setup. My two Brothers and me live together and want to build a Server to Game on. 

 

The Server will run with a Hypervisor (ESXi, Xen etc.) on it. Passive cooled mini-PC's are on the desks with the peripheral attached to it.

Then i want to stream the games.

 

Is it possible to game over a remote Desktop connection? If i have a 10 GB Lan from the Server to the Computer.

 

Or does anyone have other solutions? With the Nvidia Grid or something.

 

Sincerely 

 

Steve!

[Misanthrope]

Why remote desktop? You can just use Steam to use the in home streaming as long as the network is gb LAN or AC WAN it works relatively ok for most things except twitch games like Counterstrike.

 

Each virtual machine would host it's own instance of steam so a single physical machine would let 2 people stream games simultaneously. The only issue would be to have 2 separate steam accounts but I'm sure you can manage with the upcoming holiday sales and all.

[Mikensan]

It's not the size of the pipe that's the limiting factor since the mini-PCs will only be sending keyboard strokes / mouse clicks / video, not actual data to be rendered. Latency is the biggest problem so you'd want a fiber solution. Although Linus only made a single video about it, he showcases  a solution you'd benefit from. He installed a thunderbolt card in his personal PC and then used a thunderbolt dock to connect his keyboard / monitors / mouse to. He used fiber thunderbolt cables. Since it's a dedicated card you can use VT-D and pass it through to a virtual machine and ditch the mini-PCs. I can't remember if it passed audio through, might be your only issue.

 

You can't however really share a gaming video card / thunderbolt card, so you'd need 2 video cards and 2 thunderbolt cards.