When working on desktop transformation designs, many start with the VDI (personal) model. I tend to go for the RDS (Shared) model. There are many reasons why, but mainly it is because Scalability: Most agree that a shared desktop environment achieves better scalability than personal desktop environments. Storage: Due to the shared operating system, the [...]
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When starting to transform a desktop, many people get stuck at one of the first decisions: What type of virtual desktop should I implement? (VDI, RDS, Local VM, etc) There are so many options for so many use cases that we are stuck analyzing our users until we confuse ourselves even more. The problem is [...]
XenApp is The First Step.
Posted: November 4, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: TechTalk, XenApp, xendesktop
I’ve heard many people talk about how to start their desktop transformation projects when they are looking at 5000 desktops. How do you even begin? The number of desktops, users and applications is so overwhelming many can’t even figure out how to begin. The desktop environment is so vast that making any change looks impossible. [...]
If you could ask a Citrix consulting architect a question, what would it be? Would you ask a specific design question about your environment? Or would you focus on better understanding a XenDesktop concept? Or would you ask them who their favorite Star Trek captain is (Benjamin Sisko)? What if you could ask 8 architects? [...]
How we decided between Kaviza, XenDesktop or XenApp
Posted: September 14, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: kaviza, XenApp, xendesktop
I’ve been absent from the blogging world for some time due to summer holiday and working on two different projects with two new technologies (Kaviza and CloudStack). In the future, I’m might be able to talk about CloudStack items, but today the focus is on Kaviza. The project I’ve been involved with is focused on [...]
