aloha community!
i am very interested in modding a Nvidia Card into a Grid k2 to share it with multiple VMs.
What i want to do is to use the rig (xeon 5650 6C/12T@3,8Ghz+24gb DDR3 Ram + hopefully false Grid k2) as a Host for multiple Windows instances which i'd like to share to some old notebooks (using gigabit ethernet) for gaming purpose. So for the next LAN for example nobody needs to bring its full rig and stuff but just its notebook and everybody gets still good performance (using 1C/2T+ 4GB Ram + 1/4 Grid k2 + domU in own hdd or on SSD).
is this doable or is the performance via gigabit ethernet too slow?
Also i read that this mod works with GTX 680 2 GB.
Since a GTX 770 is cheaper and basically the same card in specs i wonder if the mod would still be possible with GTX 770?
Also i'd like to know how the modded card performs when shared fully to just one domU?
is it even possible or is the Grid k2 "divided" into separate parts which i share to multiple VMs?
if it is that way, had anyone tried to solder a switch to the resistors? if i get it correctly you 'just' need to remove two resistors at the gtx 680. that way it should be possible to solder a little switch to choose between 45k and ?. that way when the machine is shutdown i could just switch between the 'different' cards. when starting with the gtx 680 i boot into the hdd my windoze or linux domU is located at. (which will propably result in issues with the driver(?))
hope you guys can help me!
i really like to get that discount of about 1800€ on a Grid k2