Infrastructure case · Virtualization
Virtual Windows Workstation
A full remote Windows environment with a dedicated GPU
A physical GPU host turned into an isolated workstation for remote productivity and gaming workloads. Validated end-to-end, from resource allocation and drivers to hardware desktop streaming.
- Isolated workstation
- Windows 11
- Direct PCIe passthrough8 GB VRAM
- GTX 1070
- Hardware desktop streaming
- NVENC
Configuration and remote use
Windows with native graphics
Dedicated devices and full drivers support desktop and gaming workloads inside the virtual machine.
Network access
Sunshine acts as the streaming host and Moonlight as the client. Hardware encoding supports remote desktop use.
- CPU
- 8 vCPU
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Virtual disk
- 512 GB
- Hypervisor
- Proxmox VE · KVM/QEMU
- Network
- Linux bridge
Decisions and ownership
Resources and isolation
Configured IOMMU/VFIO, a dedicated GPU and VM resources. Native NVIDIA drivers run inside the guest system.
Remote workflow
Bridged networking and Sunshine → Moonlight provide network access to the desktop and GPU applications.
Troubleshooting and validation
After changes, checked GPU visibility, driver state, networking, resource allocation and streaming behavior.
Validation and acceptance
How to verify the result
- Proxmox/VM configuration, GPU passthrough, resource allocation and a streaming demonstration are available for a walkthrough.
- A practical infrastructure troubleshooting case using constrained hardware resources.
Technical details
Direct PCIe passthrough, VFIO, IOMMU, native NVIDIA drivers and hardware NVENC encoding.
Technology
- Proxmox VE
- KVM/QEMU
- VFIO
- IOMMU
- Sunshine
- Moonlight
- Linux bridge