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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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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
Citrix XenDesktop on NetApp Storage Solution Guide
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.
Posted in Storage Discussion, virtual desktop
Tagged best practice, cifs, Citrix, citrix. best practice, design, flexpod, lun, multipathing, solution, storage, VDI, vDisk, virtual desktop, virtualizatio, vm clone, xendesktop, xendesktop netapp storage VDI virtual desktop protocol design best practice NFS cifs write cache vdisk PVS citrix
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Non-disruptive operation for data center and cloud solutions
One of the benefits of NetApp clustered OnTap is non-disruptive operation. The key to efficiency and the lynchpin of clustering is the ability to make sure that the cluster does not fail—ever. The nondisruptive collection of independent nodes working together … Continue reading
Posted in Storage Discussion, virtual desktop
Tagged cloud, cluster, computer, corporate apps, move, netapp, non-disruptive, VDI, virtual desktop, virtualization, volume
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Personal vDisk and IO redistribution
With the persistent (assigned) desktop configuration utilizing Citrix personal vDisk, the effect of I/O to the storage can be summarized as follows: Much of the workload that went to the write cache in a nonpersistent desktop now goes to the … Continue reading
User data in VDI
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
Posted in virtual desktop
Tagged cifs, IOPS, sizing, storage, user data, VDI, virtual desktop
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XENDESKTOP ON NETAPP CLUSTER MODE SOLUTION OVERVIEW
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a blog on the benefits of NetApp clustered Ontap with virtual desktop. I have been working on a reference architecture of XenDesktop on NetApp clustered OnTap last 3 months. There will be a … Continue reading
Posted in virtual desktop
Tagged best practice, Citrix, cluster, design, ontap, software, storage, VDI, volume, xendesktop
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5K seat Citrix XenDesktop on Hyper-V and NetApp reference architecture
It has been fun to work with my Citrix friends Seth Roth, Drew Tipton, Roland Lee and my NetApp friends Neil Glick, Will Strickland and Rob Briggs on this 5 thousand seat reference architecture. Happy reading! This reference architecture documents the … Continue reading
Posted in virtual desktop
Tagged Citrix, design, reference architecture, storage, VDI, virtual desktops, virtualizatio, virtualization
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