Recommended(?) GPU for DL380 Gen10 for Transcoding 4K. Non VM.

[DasGoG]

Hello

Was looking into any possible recommendations as to a good GPU for transcoding 4K on the local Proliant. Does not need multiple inputs or any VM support.

Would be working on OMV 6 OS sitting on top of Debian.

[support_s]

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1. HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Server

2. HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Plus Server

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[DasGoG]

I appreciate the response and links but I neglected to specify a more direct question as to, has anyone actually had any success or recommendations on specific cards?
I sort of was hoping to get specific cards people used and had a good experience with.

[Suman_1978]

Hi,

I am no expert in Graphics, but here is what you can do to check the compatibility.

Check the QuickSpecs,. page# 60 for supported Nvidia cards.
https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a00008180enw

Then on the Nvidia portal check if those cards support the technology what you are looking for.

If you want to install any other card that is not listed in the QuickSpecs, it may not work as its not tested.

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[DasGoG]

I guess I have no confidence in my research cause I had a GEN9 I bought a card for, had to get it twice cause it was incompat, but I swearit said it was. Anyway, this is not your issue but would you say that this card is compatable?

I mean, both ends say it is. But still I question myself.

Shown to be compat GPU

(https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=a00018787en_us&page=GUID-5FD86323-5AE4-43DC-8E1F-0430E25A6B8D.html)

HPE NVIDIA Quadro P2000 GPU 871969-001 HPE NVIDIA Quadro P2200 GPU Module P16021-001

And then shown to be capable of Transcoding

(https://cdn.cnetcontent.com/syndication/feeds/hp-ent/inline-content/SI/F/0/F0F879FE8E3EB9DAF78C876FC8692191F4380029_source.PDF)

Performance of the Quadro, P2000, P4000, and P6000 24GB Graphic Accelerators
• P2000 has 1024 cores, P4000 has 1792 cores, and P6000 has 3840 cores.
• P6000 24GB has 24 GB GDDR5 memory
• Power consumption: 75W,105W, 250W
• Support OpenGL 4.3, Shader Model 5.0, DirectX 11
• Dedicated H.264 encode engine that's independent of 3D/compute pipeline and delivers real-time performance for
transcoding, video editing, and other encoding applications.
• Provides the ability to texture from and render to 16K x 16K surfaces. This is beneficial for applications that demand the
highest resolution and quality image processing.
• NVIDIA SMX delivers more processing performance and efficiency through a new, innovative streaming multiprocessor
design that allows a greater percentage of space to be applied to processing cores versus control logic, enabling greater
model complexity.
• Hyper-Q feature that enables multiple CPU cores to simultaneously utilize the CUDA cores on a single GPU.
• The high speed PCIe Gen 3.0 data transfer, available on the, P4000 (8GB), and P6000 (24GB) maximizes bandwidth
between the HPE ProLiant server and the Tesla processors.

[DasGoG]

Hello

So after my research and presumed needs I have indeed come to choose the Quadro P2000 card. It has h.264 and HEVC (h.265) capability Transcode capability.

I am going to need a PCI Riser/Kit to go along with this as my Gen10 is equped will full SSD Drive ports in the rear and would need to remove.

On https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=a00018787en_us&page=GUID-EF91453D-49DF-46D0-A342-8720CA4BB94F.html I see a list of Risers but really I have no idea what they mean for me.

My eyes focas on;

2 x8 x16 PCIe riser 875058-001

or

3 x16 GPU riser P19163-001

But really unsure.  I woiuld need the cage as well I assume.

Am I going in the right direction here?