I’ve had another discussion with people passionate about memory overcommitting for virtual desktops. My stance is it can be dangerous if you take it too far. Unfortunately, many reports I see talking about the value of memory overcommit take it too far. So where is just far enough? Let’s go through an example (I’ve generalized [...]
What I’m Reading- Tuning SCVMM for VDI deployments Vishwa Kumbalimutt's blog Site ... February 23, 2011VDI management has different usage patterns compared to server virtualization management For example VDI VMs are powered on during the morning when the ...blogs.technet.com/.../tuning-scvmm-for-vdi-deployments.aspx(author unknown)
- Paper: Reference Architecture for Citrix XenDesktop, using UCS, Hyper-V and NetApp February 2, 2011Cisco has released a paper titled: Reference Architecture Based Design for Implementation of Citrix XenDesktop Using Cisco Unified Computing System, Microsoft Hyper-V, and NetApp Storage. The paper is really exhaustive and contains 162 pages. This paper reports the results of a study evaluating the scalability of the Citrix XenDesktop environment on a Cisco […]Kenneth van Surksum
- Optimizing PVS February 23, 2011While everyone using Provisioning Services (PVS) in a productive environment should be aware of the basic networking best practices outlined within CTX117374 or the design considerations at CTX125126, there are a couple of advanced configuration options that are not widely known. Today I would like to discuss some of these. Subnet Affinity The Subnet Affinit […]Thomas Berger
- XenServer for XenDesktop - How many network cards do I need? February 22, 2011No matter what the size of the project, you'll always need to ask yourself: How many network cards do I need? Unfortunately it's not always immediately apparent and will vary depending on requirements for redundancy, throughput, security, scalability and network connectivity. However, I've put together a few general guidelines to help you on y […]Andy Baker
- Repurposed PCs deliver Windows 7-like experience using XenApp Hosted Shared Desktops February 23, 2011Users today are demanding a more personalized and elegant computing environment. The expectations of IT look-and-feel in the workplace are increasing as enterprise users begin to crave the same experience delivered by consumer products. In this entry I refer to "Windows 7 experience" and "Windows 7-like desktops" to describe the general l […]Daniel L’Hommedieu
- Technical Insight in to the Citrix-Cisco Validated Design Guides October 25, 2010You must have seen the announcements around Citrix and Cisco partnering together to deliver a joint comprehensive solution for desktop virtualization. This is very exciting and there is a lot of industry buzz around it. Being the Citrix Consultant onsite at Cisco along with Frank Anderson from the XenDesktop Product Marketing team, I would like to provide te […]Bhumik Patel
- Let's make it official and call it "user virtualization" September 30, 2010When we talk about desktop virtualization, we often discuss the " layer " concept where we split the Windows OS into virtual hardware, OS, application, and user layers. The industry has generally agreed on terms like "hardware virtualization" and "app virtualization" (and even "desktop virtualization"), but when it com […]brian@brianmadden.com
- Tuning SCVMM for VDI deployments Vishwa Kumbalimutt's blog Site ... February 23, 2011
