Overview
NICE DCV is a high performance remote streaming protocol that enables user to securely access remote desktop or application sessions, including 3D graphics applications hosted on servers with high-performance GPUs.
The QUIC UDP-based transport protocol enables users to run high frame rate, highly dynamic workloads, such as gaming, media workloads experiencing fluid and responsive streaming quality, especially under sub-optimal network conditions.
NVIDIA Gaming drivers are pre-installed for best performance and optimally smooth user experience.
NICE DCV offers end users a wide range of client devices, including native clients for Windows, Linux, and MacOS operating systems. Native clients support up to 4 monitors at 4K resolution each and the Windows client also supports USB redirection for 3D mice and USB storage devices. In addition, NICE DCV helps customers with remote Linux desktops to reduce session costs by supporting multiple Linux sessions from a single high performance server.
On AWS, NICE DCV provides the streaming protocol e.g. used by Amazon Appstream 2.0 and AWS RoboMaker.
Highlights
- Performant responsive gaming and media remote desktop experience enabled by high performant QUIC/UDP protocol. Based on NICE DCV from AWS.
- Secure TLS encrypted leading-edge 3D remote desktop connection on high-end NVIDIA T4 cloud GPUs. Includes file transfer option.
- Windows 2019 machine desktop with full Administrator access to manage own applications.
Details
Typical total price
$1.15/hour
Pricing
Free trial
Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
|---|---|---|---|
g3.4xlarge | $0.04 | $1.876 | $1.916 |
g3.8xlarge | $0.04 | $3.752 | $3.792 |
g3.16xlarge | $0.06 | $7.504 | $7.564 |
g3s.xlarge | $0.03 | $0.934 | $0.964 |
g4dn.xlarge | $0.02 | $0.71 | $0.73 |
g4dn.2xlarge Recommended | $0.03 | $1.12 | $1.15 |
g4dn.4xlarge | $0.04 | $1.94 | $1.98 |
g4dn.8xlarge | $0.04 | $3.648 | $3.688 |
g4dn.12xlarge | $0.06 | $6.12 | $6.18 |
g4dn.16xlarge | $0.06 | $7.296 | $7.356 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
|---|---|
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
Vendor refund policy
There is no additional charge to use DCV on Amazon EC2. You only pay for the EC2 resources you create to run and store your workloads.
Legal
Vendor terms and conditions
Content disclaimer
Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Includes NICE DCV 2023.1-16388 with optimized QUIC/UDP support, Indirect Display Driver (IDD) for Windows hosts and other new features and patches. More information can be found here: https://www.ni-sp.com/9-11-2023-nice-releases-dcv-2023-1-including-new-features/ . Further security patch provided by Microsoft and optimizations.
Additional details
Usage instructions
- Make sure the instance security groups allow inbound traffic to TCP and UDP port 8443.
- Start the NICE DCV client (Optionally click "Connection Settings" -> Click "Protocol" -> Select Automatic or QUIC in the pulldown menu -> Click "OK")
- Connect to your remote machine by the entering your <public_dns> or external IP address in the address field.
- Authenticate using username and password you can find in the EC2 console when clicking the "Connect" option of the instance.
You can also switch to the standard TCP based DCV protocol in step 3) above to compare performance of both protocols and to leverage the best protocol for your use case. In case you are upgrading from a previous AMI version please note that a new DCV client available as well.
Resources
Support
Vendor support
AWS Support customers can open a support case with AWS (https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/).Free support is available through forums (https://forums.aws.amazon.com/forum.jspa?forumID=366 ), technical documentation (https://aws.amazon.com/documentation/dcv/ ) and our Tips and Tricks (https://www.ni-sp.com/nice-dcv-tips-and-tricks/ ).
AWS infrastructure support
AWS Support is a one-on-one, fast-response support channel that is staffed 24x7x365 with experienced and technical support engineers. The service helps customers of all sizes and technical abilities to successfully utilize the products and features provided by Amazon Web Services.
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Customer reviews
Easy access to high end hardware
Setup and launch of this high end windows server is super easy thanks to the provided instructions and default settings. With the preinstalled Remote Desktop software NICE DCV the access to the server is fast and easy and the usage experience is very smooth. Additional software e.g. for 3D post processing can be installed easily and used without any latency or bumpy movements of 3D objects.