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SimpliVity Citrix XenDesktop Reference Architecture
SimpliVity has built reference architecture by implementing a 4 nodes SimpliVity OmniStack as a building block. With SimpliVity solution, it is flexible to start a small Pod and scale out to thousands virtual desktops. OmniStack systems are clustered together to … Continue reading
Posted in simplivity, storage, virtual desktop
Tagged hyper-converged, HyperConverged, MCS, simplivity, xendesktop
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Citrix XenDesktop RAM Cache – An awesome way to save your IOPS
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
Posted in storage, virtual desktop
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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
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
Posted in flexpod, NetApp Clustered ONTAP, virtual desktop
Tagged Citrix, citrix. best practice, design, flexpod, Write cache
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Join me for FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop Validated Design webex
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
Posted in flexpod, NetApp Clustered ONTAP, Storage Discussion, virtual desktop
Tagged Citrix, citrix. best practice, CVD, design, flexpod, netapp, storage, VDI, virtual desktop
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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
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
Posted in flexpod, NetApp Clustered ONTAP, virtual desktop
Tagged cisco, Citrix, CVD, design, netapp, storage, UCS, virtual desktop, vSphere, xendesktop
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XenDesktop 7.1 with vSphere 5.1 on NetApp CVD is published
Finally after many late nights, we finished our CVD XenDesktop 7.1 with vSphere 5.1 on NetApp. I had great time working with the best engineers in Citrix and Cisco. I will start my series blog posts on this CVD shortly. Happy … Continue reading
Posted in flexpod, virtual desktop
Tagged cisco, Citrix, citrix. best practice, CVD, design, flexpod, netapp, refere, storage, VDI, virtual desktop
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Where should I put Citrix PVS vDisk?
Often there is a debate if we should put Citrix XenDesktop PVS vDisk on CIFS or SAN LUN. I like CIFS’s simplicity and SAN LUN’s resilience. Can we have both? Answer is SMB 3. To verify I setup a lab with … Continue reading
Excalibur: The merge of XenDesktop and XenApp
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
Posted in flexpod, NetApp Clustered ONTAP, virtual desktop
Tagged cisco, Citrix, CVD, excalibure, flexpod, netapp, storage, synergy, xendesktop
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Addressing the Evolution to a Mobile Workforce
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and mobile work styles are driving the demand for delivering desktop, apps, and data as a service to any mobile device. Data needs to always be available so it can be delivered to end-users at … Continue reading
Posted in virtual desktop
Tagged Citrix, excalibure, netapp, synergy, virtual desktops, xenapp, xendesktop, xendesktop 7
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