When we talk about XenApp and XenDesktop implementations and the aspects of profiles, we always hear the recommendation to redirect folders. It is a great way to offload portions of your profile to speed up logons, because those folders are not copied down to the system during logon. In fact, I typically recommend the redirection [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Should I Use Folder Redirection for AppData
Posted: July 29, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: AppData, best practices, Folder Redirection, profiles, XenApp, xendesktop
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Beware of VDI Defaults
Posted: July 26, 2010 in Top 10 Virtual Desktop MistakesTags: best practices, citrix, design considerations, desktop virtualization, optimization, vdi, xendesktop
Default configurations are great in that they make the setup and configuration easy. Unfortunately, they don’t work for all environments. In fact, if you simply use the defaults for an entire virtual desktop deployment, you will miss out on tons of optimizations to allow your environment to scale. Simply following the defaults is the 2nd [...]
Windows 7 Registry Optimizations for Virtual Desktops
Posted: July 23, 2010 in Optimizations, Windows 7Tags: configuration, design considerations, microsoft, optimization, Provisioning services, vdi, virtual desktops, windows 7
In another blog, I discussed Windows 7 services that you might wish to disable when going down the path of desktop virtualization. In this article, I’m now focusing on registry modification you will want to make to optimize Windows 7 for virtual desktops. I’ve broken it down into Recommended configurations, Standard Mode configurations (for Provisioning [...]
Does Cache Trump IOPS
Posted: July 21, 2010 in StorageTags: cache, design considerations, IOPS, storage, vdi, write cache
With desktop virtualization, we hear more and more about how important IOPS are to being able to support the virtual desktop. I’ve had a few blogs about it and plan to have a few more. What I wanted to talk about was an interesting discussion I recently had with 3 Senior Architects within Citrix Consulting [...]
Not Spending Your Cache Wisely
Posted: July 19, 2010 in Top 10 Virtual Desktop MistakesTags: best practices, cache, design considerations, desktop virtualization, optimization, Provisioning services, storage, vdi
It almost sounds like I’m talking about personal finances. You better plan your cache appropriately or you will run out. I’m not talking about money; I’m talking about system memory (although if you plan poorly we will quickly be talking about money). It comes down to this… system cache is a powerful feature allowing a [...]
