This article explains why GPU virtualization is needed, compares resource‑sharing and isolation approaches, and details user‑level API interception, remote API forwarding, half‑virtualization with virtio, kernel‑level driver interception, and hardware‑level solutions such as vGPU, MIG, and AMD MxGPU.
This article explains the concepts of Virtual OS Infrastructure (VOI) and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), introduces the Next Generation Desktop (NGD) as a hybrid solution, discusses their limitations, and shows how cloud storage can integrate VOI and VDI to enable flexible, cost‑effective cloud computing deployments.
This article presents Ctrip's deployment of a virtual cloud desktop system for its call center, detailing the OpenStack‑based architecture, advantages over traditional PCs, challenges encountered, the evolution to a decoupled design, resource over‑commit strategies, networking issues, and the operational tools and automated testing that ensure stability.
