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CVD: FlexPod Reference Architecture for a 2000 Seat Virtual Desktop...
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....
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$37 per Desktop for storage: Citrix Ready VDI Capacity Program
Citrix Ready VDI Capacity Program Citrix Ready has created an opportunity for storage partners representing several different VDI storage options to plug their storage solutions into a turnkey “VDI...
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Citrix Synergy 2014
I am excited to go to Citrix Synergy every year. It is a time to get to hear what Citrix is going to say about virtual desktop, cloud and data mobility. Also it is always so good to meet my Citrix...
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Fast Login = NetApp Flash Cache + Citrix UPM
Fast login means in virtual desktop deployment. We can control how many VMs to boot at the same time but difficult to control the number of simultaneous user login. This makes fast login even more...
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Big Hammer for virtual desktop
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...
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Citrix XenDesktop Design Guide is published
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,...
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Hope I can meet you at Vegas!
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....
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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...
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OpenStack vs AWS
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...
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FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop and NVIDIA GRID
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...
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Join NetApp at Citrix Synergy 2015
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...
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NetApp All-Flash FAS Solution For Persistent and Nonpersistent Desktops with...
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...
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The future is now: Hyper-converged Infrastructure
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...
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The future is now: Hyper-converged Infrastructure
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 diff…...
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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...
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VDI Without Compromise with SimpliVity OmniStack and Citrix XenDesktop
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...
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SimpliVity OmniStack Virtual Desktop Design and Sizing Guidelines
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...
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Resilient and Scalable File Service on VMware vSAN™ with Cohesity
I am excited that my reference architecture is published. I had a great experience to work with VMWare team throughout the solution design, implement, test and write up. The vSAN and Cohesity...
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Bringing Simplicity, Scalability, and Resiliency to Nutanix AHV Protection
Traditional data center infrastructure has many separate silos of compute, storage, networking, and virtualization resources. Procurement, deployment, and management of these separate components are...
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