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SECURITY, COLLABORATION, AND SCALABILITY FOR MANUFACTURERS

Adding graphics acceleration to virtual environments helps manufacturers stay competitive in today’s rapidly evolving economy.

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CHALLENGES .................................... 3Data Security ........................................................ 3Collaboration and Mobility ................................... 3IT Management..................................................... 4Scalability ............................................................. 4

SOLUTION ......................................... 4

RESULTS ........................................... 6Secure Data .......................................................... 6Freedom to Move and Collaborate ....................... 6Streamlined IT Management................................ 7Flexibility and Scalability...................................... 7

CUSTOMER PROFILES ....................... 7

KEY BENEFITS FORMANUFACTURING ............................. 8

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Manufacturers are increasingly relying on new technology to remain competitive as the pace of innovation accelerates and product development cycles continue to get shorter. Design and engineering tasks demand increasingly complex and powerful 3D applications that require increasingly powerful computing and graphics acceleration resources to run properly. The data generated by these activities is then used in a wide range of activities that include production, testing, and marketing. Users in each department require various levels of access to 3D data and to the computing resources needed to efficiently process that data.

These trends are occurring in an increasingly globalized economy where employees, contractors, vendors, and other third parties need to be able to travel between locations, collaborate, and/or share data without exposing sensitive intellectual property to loss or unauthorized access. The demand for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) support is also growing. All of these divergent needs are placing significant strains on IT departments as they work to adapt legacy deployments to fit this new reality.

CHALLENGESManufacturers face the following key challenges as they strive to remain competitive and profitable:

> Protecting sensitive data and intellectual property is of paramount importance.

> Employees and third parties require unprecedented freedom to move and collaborate with each other.

> IT departments must cope with evolving technologies and workforce needs while maintaining security.

> Changing market opportunities mean that manufacturers must be able to scale quickly.

The following sections describe these challenges in detail.

DATA SECURITYBalancing the need for access to sensitive data with the need to protect that data is a pressing concern for all manufacturers, as are backups, archives, and rapid disaster recovery. This is especially true when working with third parties, such as vendors, clients, or contractors.

Traditional workstations often use locally-stored working copies of data, which may be saved to the network once the work is complete; however, data has left the datacenter and is more vulnerable to unauthorized access. Remote workers often receive laptop computers loaded with copies of data, which are vulnerable to loss, theft, or damage. The loss of a single workstation or laptop can have severe consequences for the entire company—an unacceptable level of risk.

Placing copies of data on local machines also impedes mobility and collaboration by complicating version control. IT management and maintenance overhead increases, and it becomes more difficult to scale up or down as needed.

Workstations and laptops require local copies of sensitive 3D files to function. Before virtualization, we handed out Bell laptops loaded with data to external contractors, with all of the risks associated with that model. Storing data in our datacenter would alleviate that concern while also helping us improve our disaster recovery capabilities.

Chris SavageManager of Infrastructure OperationsBell Helicopter

COLLABORATION AND MOBILITYAbout one third of the global workforce uses multiple desktop, laptop, and mobile devices for work. A growing number of these are personal devices owned by the individual workers—a continuing trend because BYOD support can improve productivity and morale. BYOD can also lower costs because the manufacturer need not purchase or maintain workstations or laptops for these workers; however, the challenge of preserving data security remains, as does the need to ensure that all personal devices are capable of running graphically intensive 3D applications.

Workforces are increasingly dispersed between office, job, and field locations. All users require access to up-to-date data and applications, making effective version control and change management imperative, especially on large projects that may involve thousands of people. Relying on locally stored copies of data presents significant version control challenges. Another challenge is the need to maintain uniformity across locally installed applications because users often install plug-ins or other additional components that may impact the ability of other users to access and work with that data.

Centralizing data storage in the datacenter addresses these needs while also enhancing security by reducing the need to load copies onto laptop and mobile devices when traveling; however, complex 3D models can reach several hundred megabytes in size. Every transfer of a model between the datacenter and the workstations processing that model can take hours, which impedes the entire workflow. Migrating the processing to the datacenter would solve this problem; however, traditional remote access models lack graphics acceleration, making it impractical to run the intensive 3D applications needed by today’s manufacturers. It’s a difficult choice: Speed model load time and sacrifice performance, or enhance performance and wait for each model to load.

A total of 3,000 designers—including 2,000 internal designers and 1,000 external vendor designers—collaborate on large tasks. Because many designers are involved, there is a strong need for them to be able to work as naturally as if they were working with local PCs when it comes to collaborative tasks.

Yoon Moon-gyeongInformation Technology ManagerDaewoo

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IT MANAGEMENTUpdating workstations with patches and service releases while ensuring that users at all levels have the proper access to data and applications is a constant struggle for IT departments. The growing variety of devices accessing applications and data compounds these challenges because of the need to ensure compatibility across all platforms. Users also sometimes install plug-ins or other add-ons to applications to customize their personal workflows, which can affect how other users access and work with that data.

Hardware utilization is another concern because an idle machine represents a significant investment that is not being used to its fullest potential, such as when users goes home at the end of their shift or are on the road. Increasing hardware utilization where possible is a good way to cut costs while simplifying IT management by reducing the total number of workstations that they need to manage and maintain. Manufacturers running multiple shifts and/or spanning multiple time zones are prime candidates because each workstation often sits idle for hours at a time.

Migrating computing resources to the datacenter can increase hardware utilization by allowing multiple users to share the same host from any desktop, laptop, or mobile device and scale allocated resources up and down. This can also enhance data security and collaboration by providing a uniform platform for all users; however, this type of deployment requires graphics acceleration to deliver the performance needed for efficient work.

A common problem we faced was that an engineer would be working on Project A where he might require additional memory or more graphics power than usual, so we’d install more RAM and higher-end graphics cards into his workstation. This engineer would then start Project B with less intensive requirements, and it may not be worth the investment for us to uninstall the extra RAM or extra GPU. Now multiply that by thousands of engineers.

Serdar KayaIT System EngineerTurkish Aerospace Industries, Inc.

SCALABILTYManufacturers must be able to scale up and down on demand to meet fluctuating needs. New users, whether internal or external, need access to specific applications and data depending on their job functions. Traveling users may need multiple devices to stay connected at all times. Each device must be procured, installed, and provisioned before use, which takes anywhere from hours to days. Downsizing is another consideration, such as when a project ends and people no longer need access to computers and/or data.

Individual workers may also need to scale up or down on a per-project basis. For example, an engineer may begin working on a project that requires using a different application with additional graphics processing needs. The IT department must install a new graphics card in that user’s workstation and then install the application. When the project ends and the engineer returns to their previous work, the new graphics card becomes an underutilized resource because moving that card is often not worth the expense of sending a technician to perform the work.

In this environment where we are constantly expanding, and our engineers require varying amounts of graphics power each day from project to project, simply maintaining more workstations and more graphics cards became unmanageable.

Serdar KayaIT System EngineerTurkish Aerospace Industries, Inc.

SOLUTIONAdding NVIDIA GRID™ technology to a virtualized environment protects sensitive data, empowers collaboration and mobility, simplifies IT management, and allows rapid scalability to meet changing needs.

Deploying these virtual environments begins with NVIDIA GRID certified servers that are available from a growing number of manufacturers. A list of certified servers is

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available at www.nvidia.com/buygrid. Adding options such as local SSDs for caching frequently used data can greatly speed performance. Back-end storage for smaller deployments will normally consist of one or more Network Attached Storage (NAS) drive(s). Larger deployments may benefit from the storage capacity and rapid file transfers offered by a Storage Area Network (SAN).

NVIDIA GRID provides GPU-enabled server-side rendering

The number and type of concurrent applications being run will determine both the optimum mix of NVIDIA GRID K1 and/or K2 cards and the number of cards per server. In general, users who access general office applications and common web applications such as streaming video and Google Earth will benefit from NVIDIA GRID K1 technology, while users running high-end graphics applications will normally need the added power offered by NVIDIA GRID K2.

One manufacturer updated an existing rack-mounted infrastructure containing 2-3 enclosures with 16 blades serving a single user per blade by adding extension boxes supporting up to six NVIDIA GRID-enabled GPUs per blade. Combining the CPU blades with the GPU boxes tripled user density by allowing server administrators to provide eight complete workstations and support 48 users per enclosure.

NVIDIA GRID can run on both the VMware vSphere and Citrix XenServer hypervisors. Microsoft Hyper-V can also use NVIDIA GRID via RemoteFX. The choice of hypervisor will often depend on the existing network infrastructure.

Traditional GPUs provide 1:1 support, where each GPU supports a single user. This level of support may be necessary for certain high-end users; however, it is often

beneficial to have one GPU shared among multiple users using NVIDIA GRID vGPU™ technology. Sharing one GPU among multiple users can further increase user density and hardware utilization for even lower costs. Each K1 card offers five profiles that support between 4 and 32 users running standard applications, and each K2 card offers five profiles that support between 2 and 16 users running high-end applications. Profiles can be assigned on a per-pool or per-user basis, and either method allows the resources allocated to a particular user to scale up or down as needed within moments.

Each NVIDIA GRID GPU chip can support up to eight users

Desktop and application delivery is the next key consideration. Most manufacturers are choosing to create user pools for each job function, data set, or application, and then assign each user to the appropriate pool. A user who logs in to the virtual environment receives a desktop that includes access to the appropriate application(s) and storage. Manufacturers with users who need to be able to continue working from where they left off should consider offering persistent desktops that tie each user to an individual virtual desktop. Otherwise, assigning desktops on a per-pool basis is normally sufficient. One may also choose to forgo the desktop environment and deliver applications.

VMware Horizon 6 unleashes the full power of NVIDIA GRID vGPU graphics acceleration technology by including the vSphere hypervisor. This single solution offers virtual desktops with best-in-class performance, high consolidation ratios, and reduced storage requirements to help customers drive down support and operational costs.

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Users may access the virtual environment in a number of ways, including:

> At their desk or workplace using a desktop or laptop computer. This is common when the manufacturer is repurposing its existing inventory or offering a mix of local and virtualized applications.

> At their desk or work place using a thin or zero client. Manufacturers adding new users to virtual environments will often select this option.

> From any location using any computer or mobile device with the appropriate hypervisor portal installed. In this case, users open the portal application to connect to the virtual environment, enter their credentials, and receive access to the applications and/or desktop assigned to their pool.

All data processing and graphics rendering take place on the physical server, meaning that the logged-in user is only receiving pixel and audio data with no processing required on their end. This model allows seamless access with full graphics performance from most broadband connections.

RESULTSAdding virtualized environments powered by NVIDIA GRID technology yielded immediate results that resolved the challenges facing each manufacturing company while meeting or exceeding their needs. In all cases, user feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, especially from users with previous experience using virtual environments that lacked GPU support. The majority of issues encountered during installation and deployment were minor and typically involved training users and fine-tuning the servers and applications for maximum performance.

SECURE DATACentralizing data in a datacenter with NVIDIA GRID support offers a multitude of benefits to manufacturers. Chief among these is the fact that end users no longer need locally stored

copies in order to access and work with that data, meaning that data never leaves the datacenter. End users receive nothing but rendered pixels. Keeping data in the datacenter also improves version control and ensures that everything is being properly backed up and archived.

Servers with NVIDIA GRID cards run the applications in the datacenter, meaning that the IT department no longer needs to install and maintain copies on individual devices. High-end 3D applications are available to employees, vendors, clients, contractors, and other authorized external parties from any desktop, laptop, or mobile device with full workstation performance. It’s as easy as installing the hypervisor client on the device and logging into the GRID-enabled virtualized environment with valid credentials.

Elaborate and cumbersome security measures such as VPN access and issuing multiple workstations to each user are a thing of the past with NVIDIA GRID. In some cases, the manufacturer can even replace existing workstations with thin or zero clients, and any user can access exactly what they need from any of these clients at any location at any time. Security can be further enhanced using clients without USB or other ports.

Centralizing data in the datacenter means that end users receive nothing but pixels. External parties who need access to our sensitive 3D data will use their own devices to access the GRID VDI environment without actually receiving a byte of that data.

John WaggonerDirector of InfrastructureBell Helicopter

FREEDOM TO MOVE AND COLLABORATEPortal-based access to fully accelerated applications from any device allows users to access applications and data in any location at any time. Enabling persistent desktops permits users to work on one device, log in from another device, and keep working exactly where they left off. All they need is an Internet connection and the portal application.

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Removing the computing and graphics acceleration from individual endpoints guarantees compatibility because those endpoints are simply acting as terminals. Users receive nothing but fully rendered pixels and transmit commands to the datacenter resources. This gives users full access to even the most graphics-intensive 3D applications with full resolution and full performance from any desktop, laptop, or mobile device, including thin and zero clients. Model load times are also sharply reduced because the data is local to the server and does not need to travel back and forth between the datacenter and individual workstations.

The fact that users are only receiving pixels means that effective remote access is feasible on slower networks or very far from the datacenter. One manufacturer who implemented NVIDIA GRID virtualization reported latency of 15-30ms at distances of up to 500 kilometers (310 miles) from the datacenter while running a high-end 3D modeling application at 1680x1050 resolution, thus delivering local-device response times to users within that radius. Users 9,000 kilometers (5,592 miles) from the datacenter experience an acceptable 210ms latency.

One of our key objectives was to provide remote workers with direct access to the tools needed for them to be able to do their job effectively. This was achieved using NVIDIA GRID.

Adolfo de la TorreExpert CAD/CAM WorkstationsPSA Peugeot Citroën

STREAMLINED IT MANAGEMENTDeploying a virtualized environment with NVIDIA GRID graphics acceleration also helps streamline IT management. Adding a new user is as easy as assigning that user to a persistent desktop or desktop/application pool and issuing credentials. That user instantly has access to the exact tools they need to being working immediately.

Patches, service releases, upgrades, and other maintenance tasks occur in the datacenter with no need to travel to individual workstations. IT can perform every maintenance function from the datacenter, and all affected users will instantly see the results. For example, the IT department can upgrade a 3D application once, and all users of that application will have access to the new features as soon as they log back into the virtual environment.

Centralizing the applications and data also prevents users from installing additional applications or plug-ins that can impact the ability of other users to view and work with data. It is also an effective way to help prevent malware from infecting the network.

We reduced a lot of clutter by replacing two workstations and a KVM switch with a single workstation and allowing users to choose either a single 27” or dual 20” display.

Keith HortonEngineering Systems ArchitectNORDAM

FLEXIBILITY AND SCALABILITYNVIDIA GRID VDI allows manufacturers to onboard new employees and third parties in only a few minutes and give them access to the resources they need. Users who need additional resources can receive them within moments. Offboarding users is as easy as disabling the account, with no need to recover devices or account for data stored on those devices.

Adding NVIDIA GRID vGPU support to the virtualized environment further increases flexibility and scalability by sharing the physical GRID GPUs among anywhere from 2 designers to 32 knowledge workers per GPU, thus ensuring that costly hardware is fully utilized.

NVIDIA GRID is allowing TAI to expand efficiently. It supports our dynamic environment by optimizing our available resources and eliminating strains on IT. I am eager to increase our number of GRID-equipped servers, so that we can share the benefits of the virtual GPU with as many of our users as possible.

Serdar KayaIT System EngineerTurkish Aerospace Industries, Inc.

CUSTOMER PROFILESThe following manufacturers have successfully deployed NVIDIA GRID:

> Audi is a leading automotive manufacturer that produces over 1.5 million cars per year with a workforce of more than 70,000 employees and eleven design locations worldwide.

> Bell Helicopter, a division of Textron, began by producing famous fighter planes during World War 2. Today, they are an industry leader with global name recognition and over 35,000 aircraft delivered to customers around the world.

> Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering uses the latest shipbuilding technology to design and build top-quality civilian and military products that include ships, offshore plants, drill ships, Floating Production Storage & Offloading (FPSO) units, submarines, and destroyers.

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> NORDAM is a recognized global provider of products and services to the major and commuter airlines, general aviation, OEM, and military segments of the aerospace and aviation industries. NORDAM operates the world’s largest privately held FAA-approved repair station for composite aircraft structures.

> PSA Peugeot Citroën is the second-largest car maker in Europe with 11.9% of the market, and also leads the European market for light commercial vehicles with 20.7% of that market.

> Tofaş, a joint holding of Koç Holding and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, is the sixth-largest industrial firm in Turkey, producing 400,000 passenger cars and light commercial vehicles yearly.

> Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. specializes in integrated aerospace systems, from fixed and rotary wing aircraft to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and space systems.

KEY BENEFITS FOR MANUFACTURINGNVIDIA GRID technology delivers the following key benefits to manufacturers:

> Keeping data in the datacenter enhances security because users receive only rendered pixels while the data itself never leaves the datacenter. This also makes backup and disaster recovery faster and easier. Remote users can be sure that they are seeing the most up-to-date versions of their project files, increasing productivity.

> Freeing users from desks and workstations allows them to roam freely around the facility—or around the world to any office, client, or job site—with full access to their

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> IT departments no longer have to worry about supporting individual workstations and other devices. Centralizing applications allows fast, easy management and maintenance from a single location.

> Adding, upgrading, downgrading, and removing users takes only a few moments. Pooling resources among users allows greater hardware utilization, especially when using NVIDIA GRID vGPU technology to share the physical GRID GPUs among anywhere from 2 to 32 users per GPU.

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