One of the big questions regarding virtual desktops is storage. In fact, I’ve discussed this numerous times (here and here and here). This has mostly been with a focus on IOPS. This time I want to focus on the high-availability aspect you get with shared storage, but with the focus of being on the SMB/SME [...]
Archive for August, 2010
SAN, VDI and SMB
Posted: August 31, 2010 in SMB, StorageTags: desktop virtualization, High Availability, Load Balancing, NetScaler, SMB, SME, vdi, Virtual desktop, xendesktop, xenmotion
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Desktop Virtualization for the SMB
Posted: August 20, 2010 in SMBTags: desktop virtualization, SMB, vdi, Virtual desktop
I’ve been part of quite a few desktop virtualization designs in my day. Most of these are for enterprise customers with over 10,000 desktops. When you get to this scale, you have to take into account so many different variables that you need many different options. What about the SMB organizations? The smaller organizations (500 [...]
Virtual Desktop Mistakes Conclusion
Posted: August 11, 2010 in Top 10 Virtual Desktop MistakesTags: best practices, design considerations, desktop virtualization, Provisioning services, vdi, virtual desktops, xendesktop
The virtual desktop top 10 list is complete! Of course there are numerous things people can do to mess up their environment, but the 10 discussed are probably the 10 most critical. If you get them wrong, you will struggle to survive. But the list doesn’t end there. My colleagues (Tarkan Koçoglu, Nicholas Rintalan and [...]
Virtual Desktop Bandwidth – Revisited
Posted: August 9, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: bandwidth, best practices, Branch Repeater, citrix, design considerations, desktop virtualization, vdi, virtual desktops, xendesktop
Back in May 2010, I started my Top 10 Mistakes Made with Virtual Desktops. I talked about how much bandwidth certain activities require when using XenDesktop and HDX. The table I provided is great, but it does pose the question, “What does a person do with this information?” Since then, I’ve been able to spend [...]
Optimize Windows 7 Visual Effects for Virtual Desktops
Posted: August 3, 2010 in Optimizations, Windows 7Tags: best practices, design considerations, desktop virtualization, microsoft, optimization, vdi, VMware, windows 7, xendesktop
Some of you might be aware, others might not. Did you know that the mouse icon in Windows 7 (and earlier versions) has a shadow? I bet a bunch of you are looking for it now. It is hard to see, but it is there. Something that most people wouldn’t recognize as being on or [...]
