During Citrix Synergy last week, I was in the audience watching the demos. One demo in particular, Podio, got me thinking about the value of a desktop. What is a desktop? Is it needed? Why? I’ve been a proponent of a desktop operating system and of desktop virtualization. Being a workshifting Citrite (what we call [...]
Posts Tagged ‘virtual desktops’
Is Podio the Next Generation Desktop?
Posted: May 14, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: citrix, Citrix Synergy, Podio, virtual desktops
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Here is a pretty common question… I want to virtualize my XenApp servers, how should I carve the physical server up? Should I use a bunch of small VMs or a few massive VMs? First, you have to look at a few decision points: OS Scalability: This is more of an issue in Windows 2003. [...]
Application compatibility with Windows 7
Posted: April 29, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: application virtualization, vdi, virtual desktops, windows 7, XenApp
How many of you have migrated to Windows 7? If the company you work for has, I bet there are a host of applications that are not compatible with Windows 7 (although Win7 is much better at app compatibility than Vista). So what options do you have? . Let’s say your application worked fine with [...]
Planning the XenDesktop 5 Database
Posted: January 17, 2011 in Database, XenDesktopTags: Database, design considerations, desktop virtualization, SQL, vdi, virtual desktops, xendesktop
With XenApp and previous versions of XenDesktop, the database was just the storage repository for static information. We really didn’t spend much time thinking about the impact of the database on production environments. The databases were small. They databases didn’t have a big impact on the underlying system. So what about XenDesktop 5′s SQL Database? [...]
Designing for Diskless Virtual Desktops
Posted: December 7, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: desktop virtualization, Provisioning services, vdi, virtual desktops, xendesktop
I received a few interesting question related streaming desktop images via Provisioning Services. The question asks “What is the best option for storing the write cache when the target devices are disk-less?” One question asked about disk-less physical endpoints, while another question asked about virtual machines with no disks assigned. This was a great question. [...]
