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 [...]
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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
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Optimize your Virtual Desktop Image
Posted: June 29, 2010 in Top 10 Virtual Desktop MistakesTags: best practices, desktop virtualization, microsoft, optimization, vdi, VMware, vsphere, windows 7, xendesktop
Building a virtual desktop is simply a matter of installing the Windows operating system. Right? Slow down… although this will work, it won’t give you the best performance and scalability. One of the items that many people mistakenly forget to accomplish is to optimize the base operating system. This is the 7th mistake out of [...]
