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With SimpliVity OmniStack, you can start small with as few as two OmniStack nodes (for storage HA) and grow the environment as needed. This provides the flexibility of starting with a small scale proof of concept and growing to large … Continue reading →

After 2 month LoginVSI extensive tests, I finally published this performance white paper. This white paper documents the results of SimpliVity-led testing to provide evidence of these efficiency gains on Citrix XenDesktop. Two Citrix XenDesktop provisioning methods, Machine Creation Services … Continue reading →

The data center technology has been changing. We have gone through standalone server, shared storage, virtualization, flash and now hyperconverged infrastructure. Traditional data centers have different IT groups to manage server, network and storage.  Customers are asking for central management, less moving parts, quick … Continue reading →

  In this reference architecture, NetApp and Citrix validated multiple desktop deployment use cases at scale: In the first deployment scenario, we validated 2,000 nonpersistent desktops with a Citrix XenDesktop– hosted VDI and XenApp-hosted shared desktop workloads. In the second … Continue reading →

Citrix Synergy 2015 is just around the corner, and we can’t wait to share what we’ve been working on with Citrix, as well as some insight to what is coming soon! If you’re interested in understanding how to provide mobile … Continue reading →

FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix and NVIDIA enhances virtual desktop infrastructure to encompass real-time 3D graphics capabilities. This new solution, FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop and NVIDIA GRID brings together best-in-class components to overcome the challenges graphics-intensive visualization workloads.  

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →