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 [...]
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RAM Smorgasbord
Posted: November 3, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: hyper-v, vdi, VMware, vsphere, xenserver
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Optimize your Virtual Desktop Image
Posted: June 29, 2010 in Top 10 Virtual Desktop MistakesTags: best practices, desktop virtualization, microsoft, optimization, vdi, VMware, vsphere, windows 7, xendesktop
Building a virtual desktop is simply a matter of installing the Windows operating system. Right? Slow down… although this will work, it won’t give you the best performance and scalability. One of the items that many people mistakenly forget to accomplish is to optimize the base operating system. This is the 7th mistake out of [...]
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, [...]
