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Hello vmrulz,
"The current incarnation of Nvidia drivers and ESXi do not allow for VMware HA or DRS or vmotion.
Yes, as you are essentially using passthrough of a (part of a) piece of hardware - making a functional method of 'vMotioning' a current state graphics card IO (without interruption) isn't a trivial task.
"So throw out all the things we've become accustomed for HA and load balancing for better graphics performance. Argh."
Sorry to hear that you are frustrated regarding this, but I assume you have been in IT some time and understand that in many spheres often benefits/features come with trade-offs/caveats based on the fundamentals of how these features function (e.g. expecting 10x compression with no negative IOPS impact).
"So basically who is really doing this? Does this mean Nvidia has sold about total 10 of these cards worldwide?"
Actually they are fairly common - look at any Horizon View cluster or similar VDI product (schools/colleges is a big market) and they will generally be utilising GRID cards.
Bob