My way or the highway?
There appears to be a divergence in the VDI business… running VDI only in the data center, or running it as an IT updatable image on the desktop or laptop. VDI serviced through the data center where...
View ArticleA shoe in
We are often asked what is an example of a simple VDI deployment, in other words where can Zero Client replace desktops computers that access to technical support is a problem. The answer … libraries....
View ArticleSo you need an app server, and Citrix will break the bank?
Application servers are really nice. They encapsulate or package applications and just deliver them to the desktop, almost irrespective of what that desktop is. So if you’re using Windows 7 but the app...
View ArticleWhy your desktops are not secure… do you hear me FBI, and Homeland Security?
One of the problems that large enterprises have, and that includes government agencies, are that secrets get out. While it is commonly known that USB thumb drives can either be used to copy vast...
View ArticleAnyone from FEMA out there… emergency networks in a box thanks to VDI and...
The boy scouts motto is “Be Prepared.” Fedearal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) motto is similar, to prepare for disaster before it happens and stockpile whatevers necessary to deal with the...
View ArticleOnce more from the top
I was asked to start the soups to nuts description, what it is, how it works, why it works and the pieces you need to make it work. So I will. VDI stands for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. It is the...
View ArticleSo how do you know what’s right for you?
Investing in VDI is a staged process. First you look at the market and try to figure out what type of VDI best suits your environment. Perhaps it could be two types of VDI solutions and not one? How...
View ArticleHow many IOPS do I need or Hi ho, Hi ho. It’s off to work we go?
No, it’s not about the song from the Disney classic, Snow White… but the work done in virtual environments using IO, not Hi ho… First let’s define IOPs. IOPS means Input-Output Operations Per Second....
View ArticleJust imagine… 100 Win8 and Win7 users running from a single small SSD!
Yes its true… the wonders of deduplication now makes it possible for a hundred users to have a hundred full instances of Windows 8 or Windows 7 running from a single 128GB SSD drive… and be blindingly...
View ArticleAnd the weakest link in the chain is …?
The answer is likely the hard drives, although could be anything. The problem with hard drives are that they are slow, even though we recommend the SAS 15k drives, which are much, much faster than the...
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