Rush hour. Something we all can relate to. Way back in time when I used to go to an office daily, I hated rush hour. If I left home at a certain time, it would take me 45 minutes just to get to the office. But if I left just 15 minutes earlier, that same [...]
Archive for the ‘Top 10 Virtual Desktop Mistakes’ Category
A Virtual Desktop Storm Approaches
Posted: June 22, 2010 in Top 10 Virtual Desktop MistakesTags: boot, citrix, design considerations, hyper-v, microsoft, optimization, vdi, VMware, vsphere, xendesktop, xenserver
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Protection From Anti-Virus
Posted: June 17, 2010 in Top 10 Virtual Desktop MistakesTags: antivirus, configuration, design considerations, vdi
Protection from antivirus. Are you wondering if you read that correctly? Yes, it is correct. Odd isn’t it? Anti-virus is there to protect us, but we also need to be protected from antivirus. Antivirus solutions are critical, even in a virtual desktop environment. Many people believe that because a hosted VM-based virtual desktop image is [...]
Beware of Improper Resource Allocation
Posted: June 9, 2010 in Top 10 Virtual Desktop MistakesTags: best practices, desktop virtualization, esx, hyper-v, hypervisor, microsoft, vdi, VMware, vsphere, xendesktop, xenserver
If you ask me what type of desktop I need, I’m going to say, 2+ cores with at least 4+ GB of RAM, 500+GB hard drive, etc. If you look at what I really need, you will see 1 core and maybe 2 GB of RAM. In fact, when I look at my resource consumption, [...]
Lack of Application Virtualization Strategy
Posted: June 3, 2010 in Top 10 Virtual Desktop MistakesTags: application virtualization, best practices, design considerations, vdi, virtual desktops, XenApp, xendesktop
One app, two apps. Red app, Blue app. Old app, new app. What a lot of apps there are (Based on the original by Dr. Seuss) The pond is full of apps. And so is your organization. And you are probably not even aware of 50% of your applications. How does this relate to desktop [...]
My virtual desktop profile is important
Posted: May 26, 2010 in Top 10 Virtual Desktop MistakesTags: appsense, best practices, citrix, profile management, profiles, vdi, virtual desktops
Mark Twain said “When angry count to four. When very angry, swear”. Unfortunately, I’ve heard many users swear. It is amazing how one little action can cause so much anger towards the IT organization or bring a new project to its knees. Take the following, real world scenario, as an example: An organization had a [...]
