Citrix has updated their document that provides design guidance for Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 deployments that leverage Citrix XenServer 6.0. It should not be considered as a replacement for other Citrix XenServer or XenDesktop design guidance, but rather an addendum that will assist in design decisions specifically related to using Citrix XenServer as the hypervisor. For […]
One of the first things that must be determined with designing virtual desktop solution based on the hosted VM-based virtual desktop is resource allocations. Because this type of virtual desktop is sharing CPU and memory resources with other virtual desktops, the allocation of resources can have an impact on the rest of the XenDesktop design. […]
Citrix Consulting Solutions has released a white paper that gives an overview of bandwidth planning and requirements for XenDesktop. Overview Regardless of the flavor of virtual desktop being implemented (hosted shared, hosted VM-based VDI, local streamed, etc.), the network plays a critical role, especially for remote and branch officeusers. If the network bandwidth is not […]
