When I talk about virtual desktop specifications, we often break down our users into a few different categories (Light, Normal, Power, and Heavy). These categories correspond to the resources we allocate to the virtual desktop (assuming we are talking about the hosted VM-Based desktop model). This should be no surprise. This discussion directly relates to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘hyper-v’
RAM Smorgasbord
Posted: November 3, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: hyper-v, vdi, VMware, vsphere, xenserver
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Fun TechTalk on XenDesktop Enterprise Design
Posted: September 10, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: best practices, design considerations, desktop virtualization, hyper-v, microsoft, Provisioning services, TechTalk, vdi, VMware, windows 7, xendesktop
One of the best things about my position is I get to talk to a lot of smart people, do some pretty cool things (like playing around with the iPad), and constantly learn. For example, any idea why you would modify the “Maximum Transition Rate”? Do you even have an idea what it is? I [...]
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
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 [...]
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, [...]
Hyper-V and XenDesktop – What the School Decided
Posted: June 2, 2010 in ABC School DistrictTags: hyper-v, Reference design, vdi, xendesktop
To cluster or not to cluster, that was the question for the ABC School District. For those of you that read through the ABC School District reference design noticed that the environment was based on Microsoft Hyper-V. And not only that, it consisted of two distinct groupings: Virtual Desktops Infrastructure Why the two groupings? Because [...]
