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If you're going to travel a lot, I would recommend using a lightweight laptop and use a remote server with GPU. You can either access GPUs on demand or rent a

by ea016 8y ago

If you're going to travel a lot, I would recommend using a lightweight laptop and use a remote server with GPU. You can either access GPUs on demand or rent a server by the month. Hetzner[0] offers a GeForce 1080, 64 GB ram and Quad-Core i7 for ~$115 / month (+ setup fee). [0] https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/ex51-ssd-gpu https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/ex51-ssd-gpu

znpy 8y ago
This. Other options could be: 1. Get an external gpu with an enclosure that you can attach to your laptop when needed. 2. Build a GPU enabled desktop computer, leave it connected to the internet somewhere (home or office) and access it via a VPN connection. These, together with renting from Hetzner, are the options I would consider/advice.
- jryan49 8y ago
  Wouldn't this require a constant internet connection?
  - rovr138 8y ago
    The computer at home setup, depends. For you on the road, no. You could script everything and have the computer at home every X amount of time pull down from AWS/Dropbox, run and upload. For office/rented server, they will probably be online all the time. For you, just to remote in or upload files. Then it’s run remotely and you don’t need to be connected. Then you connect to pull down results
  - znpy 8y ago
    Maybe not constant, but certainly "readily available". Don't get me wrong now, I understand that this might not be feasible or comfortable. But OP did not actually describe his/her needs that much, so we are all speculating. Some good questions that OP could answer might be: 1 - Do you need to do your computation on the spot, like gather data and perform computations in "real time" ? 2 - When you say "travel", what do you actually mean? Do you "travel" like "I am always on a train/plane/bus" or "I move from a site to another constantly but when I'm there I can access a desk and a stable internet connection" or "I move from an airbnb to another" or something completely different ? 3 - What are your security/confidentiality requirements ? 4 - What are your constraints (weight, connectivity, budget, operating costs) ? 5- What are your preference in terms of tradeoff? 6 - What can you compromise on? And what do you value the most? Speed? Computing power? mobility? Energy efficiency? Operating costs? OP should really answer some of these questions, then we can all come up with better solutions.
    - znpy 8y ago
      Tangently related (mobile GPU): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjty3I3Cdg8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjty3I3Cdg8 In this video Linus Sebastian is using a Razr Blade because that is the laptop he chose as a daily driver, but OP could use any laptop compatible with the enclosure. I would like to add that using external GPUs is nothing new and there are people that have successfully attached high end external gpus even to old laptops like the glorious ThinkPad X220 (via an ExpressCard adapter).

by ea016 8y ago

znpy 8y ago

This. Other options could be: 1. Get an external gpu with an enclosure that you can attach to your laptop when needed. 2. Build a GPU enabled desktop computer, leave it connected to the internet somewhere (home or office) and access it via a VPN connection. These, together with renting from Hetzner, are the options I would consider/advice.

jryan49 8y ago
Wouldn't this require a constant internet connection?
- rovr138 8y ago
  The computer at home setup, depends. For you on the road, no. You could script everything and have the computer at home every X amount of time pull down from AWS/Dropbox, run and upload. For office/rented server, they will probably be online all the time. For you, just to remote in or upload files. Then it’s run remotely and you don’t need to be connected. Then you connect to pull down results
- znpy 8y ago
  Maybe not constant, but certainly "readily available". Don't get me wrong now, I understand that this might not be feasible or comfortable. But OP did not actually describe his/her needs that much, so we are all speculating. Some good questions that OP could answer might be: 1 - Do you need to do your computation on the spot, like gather data and perform computations in "real time" ? 2 - When you say "travel", what do you actually mean? Do you "travel" like "I am always on a train/plane/bus" or "I move from a site to another constantly but when I'm there I can access a desk and a stable internet connection" or "I move from an airbnb to another" or something completely different ? 3 - What are your security/confidentiality requirements ? 4 - What are your constraints (weight, connectivity, budget, operating costs) ? 5- What are your preference in terms of tradeoff? 6 - What can you compromise on? And what do you value the most? Speed? Computing power? mobility? Energy efficiency? Operating costs? OP should really answer some of these questions, then we can all come up with better solutions.
  - znpy 8y ago
    Tangently related (mobile GPU): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjty3I3Cdg8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjty3I3Cdg8 In this video Linus Sebastian is using a Razr Blade because that is the laptop he chose as a daily driver, but OP could use any laptop compatible with the enclosure. I would like to add that using external GPUs is nothing new and there are people that have successfully attached high end external gpus even to old laptops like the glorious ThinkPad X220 (via an ExpressCard adapter).