Author Archives: zhurachel

About zhurachel

I am a solution architect focus on virtualization and storage.

OpenStack vs AWS

Posted on 2015-02-27 by zhurachel

Service OpenStack Project Name Amazon Virtual Machines Compute Nova EC2 Virtual Block Devices Block Storage Cinder EBS Object Storage Object Storage Swift S3 Virtual Networks Networking Neutron (formerly Quantum) VPC App Orchestration Orchestration Heat CloudFormation App Monitoring Measurement Ceilometer CloudWatch … Continue reading →

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Citrix XenDesktop RAM Cache – An awesome way to save your IOPS

Posted on 2015-01-23 by zhurachel

We have been fighting storage IO battle since day one. There are many flash technologies on the storage vendor side. Now Citrix Provisioning Service has an awesome and easy to use feature called RAM Cache on the hypervisor RAM that can … Continue reading →

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Hope I can meet you at Vegas!

Posted on 2014-10-24 by zhurachel

Hope you are as excited as we are for Insight 2014 Las Vegas! I will have 6 NetApp break sessions and a XenDesktop on Hyper-V lab. This will keep me busy.  Also you can find me at virtualization booth.  Hope … Continue reading →

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Citrix XenDesktop Design Guide is published

Posted on 2014-10-23 by zhurachel

Design guide for Citrix XenDesktop on NetApp Storage is published today. The Citrix XenDesktop 7.5 system, which now incorporates both traditional, hosted Windows 7 or Windows 8 virtual desktops, hosted applications, and hosted shared Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows … Continue reading →

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Big Hammer for virtual desktop

Posted on 2014-06-25 by zhurachel

As a solution architect in a storage company, I am often asked by customers and sales engineers how many IOPS per desktop. My answer is always it depends. Virtual desktop IOPS is a myth. It varies by application, the stage of … Continue reading →

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Citrix Synergy 2014

Posted on 2014-05-01 by zhurachel

I am excited to go to Citrix Synergy every year. It is a time to get to hear what Citrix is going to say about  virtual desktop, cloud and data mobility. Also it is always so good to meet my Citrix friends. I … Continue reading →

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$37 per Desktop for storage: Citrix Ready VDI Capacity Program

Posted on 2014-04-16 by zhurachel

Citrix Ready VDI Capacity Program  Citrix Ready has created an opportunity for storage partners representing several different VDI storage options to plug their storage solutions into a turnkey “VDI Capacity” test environment located in our Santa Clara, CA solutions lab. … Continue reading →

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CVD: FlexPod Reference Architecture for a 2000 Seat Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with Citrix XenDesktop 7.1 on VMware vSphere 5.1: Storage

Posted on 2014-03-06 by zhurachel

Two nodes FAS3240 with 4 shelves DS2246 were utilized in the deployment to support 1450 users of hosted shared desktops (HSD) and 550 users of hosted VDI (HVD). Clustered Data ONTAP version is 8.2P4. To support the differing security, backup, … Continue reading →

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Join me for FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop Validated Design webex

Posted on 2014-03-04 by zhurachel

FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop Validated Design Converged solutions, which combine desktop operating systems, applications, compute, network and storage improve agility, simplify the deployment and reduce the cost of desktop virtualization. In this webinar, you will discover how the validated … Continue reading →

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