Windows 2008R2 / Win 7 to Win 2016 & Win 10 RDP RemoteFX upgrade

Dear,

For a upgrade of a control room I want to make a POC to integrate follow systems.

We currently have following setup:

  1. Single Win 2008 R2 Hyper-V Host:
  • HP DL380 + Quadro 6000
  • Running multiple Win 2008 Guests
  • Running one W7 Guest using RemoteFX to a Dell D10D thin client showing 28 VGA camera’s.
  1. Win 2016 Hyper-V Cluster
  • Dual HP DL380 (no GPU) + Storage
  • Running 6x Win 2012 Guests (no open session)
  • Running 28x Win 7 Guests (RDP no GPU) on Dell D10D thin client for HMI.
  1. Two Win 7 Workstations for Millstone camera-system showing ±4 FHD camera’s / workstation.
  • Workstations are connected with FHD DVI extenders to the controlroom.
  • Every workstation is connected to two FHD videowall screens.

We want to integrate all in a Hyper-V cluster. I was looking to add two P2000’s to the Win 2016 cluster and make 3 Win 10 test guests using Remote FX to show all camera content on a videowall using thin clients controlled by thinmanager. The current thin client is only RDP 8, so we’ll also test with Win 10 IOT thin clients supporting RDP 10.

Questions:

  1. Is the P2000 the right GPU for the job? With only 3 clients I suppose it is. Should it be enogh for 5 clients to make it future proof?
  2. Should I still use Remote FX or go for DDA and use the H.264/AVC 444 graphic mode?
  3. Are there other options or things to consider or test?

regards,
Pascal