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Unfortunately, not yet. So here's what works today (1:m means the server
could be running multiple VMs, 1:1 means the server must be an
individual physical machine used by only a single user at a time):
Today
software client -> software server (1:m)
hardware client -> software server (1:m)
you can purchase hardware thin clients that have the Teradici chip
built-in to do the decode in hardware
you might need to upgrade the firmware on the client to the version
that includes VMware View 4 support
hardware client -> hardware server (1:1)
you can purchase hardware host cards that accelerate the PCoIP
protocol for an individual workstation/blade machine
you might need to upgrade the firmware to versions that include
VMware View 4 support
3D will work if you have a real 3D graphics card in the machine
since the Teradici card hardware accelerates the output of the physical
graphics card
Coming Soon
software client -> hardware server (1:1)
you can purchase hardware host cards that accelerate the PCoIP
protocol for an individual workstation/blade machine
you might need to upgrade the firmware to versions that include
VMware View 4 support
3D will work if you have a real 3D graphics card in the machine
since the Teradici card hardware accelerates the output of the physical
graphics card
Future Work
hardware client -> hardware server (1:m)
software client -> hardware server (1:m)
Teradici has demonstrated a proof-of-concept that provide hardware
acceleration of PCoIP traffic (compression, encryption etc.) for
multiple VMs running on an ESX server.
I believe this was demoed using multiple PCI cards installed in the
ESX server machine with multiple compression units that can be mapped to
different VMs.
There is no announced ship date for any form of this
'hardware-PCoIP-acceleration-for-ESX' solution.
Also, in order to deliver a complete 3D graphics story this would
need to be coupled with some form of proper Direct3D/OpenGL support for
guest OSes running in ESX VMs and we (VMware) haven't announced anything
that delivers that piece.
[EDIT:
Apologies, apparently I am mistaken; wponder tells me that the software
client -> hardware host card doesn't work yet. This is why you
shouldn't trust engineers I guess. It is certainly our/Teradici's
intention to support software client connecting to hardware host card,
however that did not make the View 4.0 release. Updated and filled out
more information accordingly.]
