Mark Twain said “When angry count to four. When very angry, swear”. Unfortunately, I’ve heard many users swear. It is amazing how one little action can cause so much anger towards the IT organization or bring a new project to its knees. Take the following, real world scenario, as an example: An organization had a [...]
Archive for May, 2010
My virtual desktop profile is important
Posted: May 26, 2010 in Top 10 Virtual Desktop MistakesTags: appsense, best practices, citrix, profile management, profiles, vdi, virtual desktops
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How many desktop images do I really need?
Posted: May 24, 2010 in ABC School DistrictTags: application virtualization, design considerations, desktop virtualization, images, vdi
One of the main goals with desktop virtualization is to reduce the number of required desktop images. The fewer number of images, the easier it is to support and maintain the desktop environment, which makes desktop virtualization so promising when compared to the traditional desktop approach. The goal is a single image, but oftentimes, other [...]
How Much Bandwidth Do I Need for My Virtual Desktop
Posted: May 20, 2010 in Top 10 Virtual Desktop MistakesTags: bandwidth, best practices, Branch Repeater, desktop virtualization, vdi, xendesktop
Do you ever wonder how much bandwidth you need to do a desktop virtualization implementation? Regardless of the flavor of virtual desktop being implemented (hosted shared, hosted VM-based VDI, local streamed, etc), the network plays a critical role. That should not be surprising (if it is, we need to have an even bigger discussion). If [...]
I Choo, Choo Choose You
Posted: May 18, 2010 in ABC School District, Reference DesignTags: design considerations, FlexCast, Reference design, vdi
From the words of Ralph Wiggum, I Choo, Choo, Choose You [to be my FlexCast model]. Choosing the correct FlexCast model always leaves people wondering if they made the right decision. The answer to this question requires us to look closer into the user requirements. For example, the ABC School District Reference Design was recently [...]
The truth about XenDesktop 4 scalability
Posted: May 5, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: design considerations, GeekSpeak, scalability, Synergy, xendesktop
We’ve heard about it, we’ve seen it and we’ve read about it from Citrix, from VMware, from Microsoft and from just about everyone else. We see one report showing one technology is better than the other but then we see another report showing the exact opposite. Doesn’t this leave you wondering what you should do next. You might be wondering what in the world am I talking about?
