Category Archives: NetApp Clustered ONTAP

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

Posted on 2014-02-27 by zhurachel

This CVD provides a 2000-Seat Virtual Desktop Infrastructure using Citrix XenDesktop 7.1 built on Cisco UCS B200-M3 blades with NetApp FAS 3200-series and the VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1 hypervisor platform. The architecture deployed is highly modular. While each customer’s environment … Continue reading →

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Excalibur: The merge of XenDesktop and XenApp

Posted on 2013-06-07 by zhurachel

With XenDesktop 7.0 release, the new unified Citrix FlexCast management architecture combines VDI and hosted shared desktops and apps from a single platform. XenApp farms can now be deployed and managed within XenDesktop Studio.  This also means XenApp servers can be … Continue reading →

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NetApp Clustered ONTAP NDMP Copy Configuration

Posted on 2013-05-13 by zhurachel

I was moving virtual desktop data last week between a four node NetApp Cluster and a two node cluster.  NDMP copy becomes handy for moving data. NDMP copy is different from cluster mode to 7 mode so I want to … Continue reading →

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