12-08-2019, 04:37 PM
the GPU is probably not exposed to the VM.
only few virtualization software support PCI passthrough and even with those are some restrictions (for instance what if the host also wants to get hold of that GPU, it for instance needs this "resource"... therefore sometimes you would need to have at least several GPUs)... but of course with the correct software and enough/correct hardware it is possible, because also some "cloud" providers give you access to a "dedicated server" with V100 GPUs or similar.
It's just very complicated and maybe even ineffective, because the bare metal would probably be better and faster (and without the additional point of failure).
so the main question is, why do you need a virtual machine ?
only few virtualization software support PCI passthrough and even with those are some restrictions (for instance what if the host also wants to get hold of that GPU, it for instance needs this "resource"... therefore sometimes you would need to have at least several GPUs)... but of course with the correct software and enough/correct hardware it is possible, because also some "cloud" providers give you access to a "dedicated server" with V100 GPUs or similar.
It's just very complicated and maybe even ineffective, because the bare metal would probably be better and faster (and without the additional point of failure).
so the main question is, why do you need a virtual machine ?