Vertical or Horizontal Load Balancing


Three years ago, I wrote the following best practices: Virtual Apps and Desktops Best Practice #4: To manage costs, focus on the right user experience instead of the best user experience. Typically, the better something is, the more it will cost.  So you need to find that happy place where you align user experience with… Continue reading Vertical or Horizontal Load Balancing

SAN, VDI and SMB


One of the big questions regarding virtual desktops is storage. In fact, I’ve discussed this numerous times (here and here and here). This has mostly been with a focus on IOPS. This time I want to focus on the high-availability aspect you get with shared storage, but with the focus of being on the SMB/SME… Continue reading SAN, VDI and SMB