The Ask the Architect email inbox is getting quite large and I’ve received some great questions. I thought I would answer a question around the small-medium business (SMB) space, as it relates directly to a recently delivered Virtual Desktops for the SMB TechTalk and the reference design included within the XenDesktop Design Handbook. Namely, the [...]
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Consolidate for Small Scale
Posted: September 21, 2010 in SMBTags: design considerations, SMB, vdi, xendesktop
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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
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 [...]
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 [...]
Improper Storage Design for Virtual Desktops is a Killer
Posted: August 2, 2010 in Top 10 Virtual Desktop MistakesTags: design considerations, desktop virtualization, IOPS, vdi, virtual desktops, xendesktop
I’ve spent the last month or so discussing the top 10 mistakes seen on desktop virtualization implementation so you can learn from other’s mistakes. I’ve discussed 9 different things so far and they were: 10. Not calculating user bandwidth requirements 9. Not considering the user profile 8. Lack of Application Virtualization Strategy 7. Improper [...]
