Tag Archives: cifs

Citrix ShareFile Series – Overview

Posted on 2013-09-24 by zhurachel

I am working on Citrix ShareFile NetApp Insight presentation. NetApp Insight will be in  Las Vegas from Oct 7 to 9. If you have a chance to attend, please come to my sessions: XenDesktop 7 best practice and design, and … Continue reading →

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Where should I put Citrix PVS vDisk?

Posted on 2013-09-13 by zhurachel

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 →

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Citrix XenDesktop on NetApp Storage Solution Guide

Posted on 2013-04-19 by zhurachel

I am very happy to announce new technical paper Citrix XenDesktop on NetApp Storage Solution Guide is released.  Thanks for Neil Glick to architect and set up the whole infrastructure with me, and Will who did all the performance testing.

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User data in VDI

Posted on 2013-03-15 by zhurachel

User data is the end-user data or home-directory data. In a virtual desktop environment, the home directory data located in a NetApp volume is shared through the CIFS protocol and is mapped as a drive letter in the virtual desktop. … Continue reading →

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