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 the ‘Storage’ Category
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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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 [...]
Local or Shared Storage – that is the question
Posted: April 23, 2010 in StorageTags: desktop virtualization, storage, vdi
Previously I’ve talked about how using local storage can help reduce the costs of desktop virtualization. Paul Wilson tested this type of environment to determine if it is possible or to see if I was talking crazy. The result: it is possible and I’m a little crazy. So we have a new design decision, which [...]
I’m working when I’m Idle
Posted: April 5, 2010 in StorageTags: desktop virtualization, IOPS, storage, vdi, xendesktop
I’m working when I’m idle, well from my desktop’s perspective that is the case. We all know that when a desktop starts, when a user logs on, when a user is working and when a user logs off that user has an impact on the system resources: CPU, Memory and Disk. When the user is [...]
