Answering GPU Questions with SysTrack

Ask SysTrack has become one of the most popular topics we’ve ever discussed in the industry, and our top question is always what we’re adding next. The benefits of using our Natural Language Processing (NLP) tool for common IT questions has appealed to a massive number of our partners in the industry as well as customers. Basically, our goal is to provide an analytical system that takes any question you may have about IT and tries to hook you into the best source of information available to help.

Zach mentioned our first integration in a previous post, and in the new year we’ll be launching a series of new integrations that cover different areas. One I’m personally excited about is our added GPU-based monitoring and reporting from NVIDIA GRID.

GPU-based monitoring and reporting

GPU utilization in general has been a hot topic for a while, and with the great progress NVIDIA has made with the creation of the first vGPU profiles for VDI, the potential to bring a great graphical experience to anyone has exploded. We’ve provided support for NVIDIA GRID from the very beginning, offering a cloud based assessment tool that can help plan what profiles would work for a currently physical environment to make the move to vGPU and VDI. As a natural progression to that we’ve implemented new monitoring with NVIDIA to help understand workload and usage in VDI systems.

This kind of insight is especially critical when first undertaking a project to start transforming an environment using new technologies. John Fanelli, vice president of NVIDIA GRID, agrees, “With Lakeside Software’s Ask SysTrack workspace analytics insight engine administrators can make natural language queries to gain contextually relevant NVIDIA vGPU insights and help continuously assess and align vGPU benefits to user personas.”

Of course, the key point is connecting users to all that great content. This is where the expansion to Ask SysTrack comes in. Specifically, we’ve now integrated our additional collection and planning for Ask SysTrack to be able to help answer basic questions like “What kind of NVIDIA vGPU profiles do my users need?”

We can also answer other questions post migration that are critical to maintaining user experience. Things like, “What’s the total GPU usage on Ben’s system?”

Basically, if you can think of a question relating to GPU utilization we have the answer available. To get started, check out our assessment site at nvidia.www.lakesidesoftware.com to first size out a new environment or just get an introduction to SysTrack.