A few months ago we released the XenDesktop Design Handbook that contained a collection of reference designs, implementation guides and planning guides. When it was initially released, it had a few items. Over the past couple of months we have included additional items like Bandwidth planning Windows 7 optimization guide VM resource allocation SMB reference [...]
Posts Tagged ‘optimization’
XenDesktop Design Handbook – No Registration Required
Posted: November 22, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: design considerations, optimization, Provisioning services, Reference design, vdi, Virtual desktop, windows 7, xendesktop
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Provisioning Services and CIFS Shares
Posted: November 5, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: optimization, Provisioning services, vdi
Looks like we can use CIFS shares to store our vDisk images. Yes, you heard that right, CIFS shares are OK to use. Take a look at Citrix Sr. Consultant Dan Allen’s blog about Provisioning Services and CIFS Stores – Tuning For Performance. Why does this matter? First we’ve always said not to use CIFS [...]
Many of us who worked on XenApp servers with Windows 2000/2003 remember tuning the SMB settings of MaxMpxCt. In short, this allowed a XenApp server to make more simultaneous SMB connections to a file server. Think about it, on XenApp, you have 50-100 users making connections to a file server. The file server sees those [...]
Windows 7 Optimization Guide for XenDesktop
Posted: October 20, 2010 in OptimizationsTags: best practices, design handbook, desktop virtualization, optimization, vdi, virtual desktops, windows 7, xendesktop
If you have been following my ongoing commentary regarding Windows 7 optimizations for virtual desktops, you have probably been wondering when all of this information will be put into a document. Well, it has finally happened. Based on many of the items Citrix Consulting has identified, we have our initial Windows 7 optimization guide for [...]
Optimize Your Virtual Desktop Recycle Bin
Posted: October 13, 2010 in OptimizationsTags: desktop virtualization, optimization, vdi, virtual desktops, windows 7, xendesktop
I’m reading more and more Windows 7 optimization guides for virtual desktops and I’m starting to believe that many people are focusing too much on scalability and too little on the user experience. I’ve spoken about people taking optimizations too far before, but this time I want to talk about one item… the Recycle Bin? [...]
