Rapid VMware deployment with Virtual SAN Ready Nodes
Lately you hear a lot about EVO:RAIL. But EVO:RAIL isn’t the only thing in the deployment kit. There’s also Virtual SAN Ready Nodes. Virtual SAN Ready Nodes are a preconfigured ready-to-go hardware solution. Virtual SAN Ready Nodes are prescriptive in that they provides the size and quantity of…
Graphic workload testing with Login VSI
Last week Floris van der Berg, an R&D engineer at Login VSI, blogged about testing graphic workloads with Login VSI. More and more companies want to use graphics software in their virtual environment. But, before you implement it throughout your complete organization, you want to…
Login VSI introduced Login VUM Beta
At VMworld 2014 in San Francisco Login VSI announced a new product, Login VUM. Login VUM is based on Login VSI, but instead of simulating with multiple users to test the capacity of a system, it simulates just one user on a production system. A…
Login VSI 4.1 is out with new workloads and more
Today Login VSI, Inc. announced a new version of Login VSI: Login VSI, Inc. announces Login VSI 4.1, a substantial update to its flagship product. Login VSI is the industry-standard performance validation solution for centralized virtualized desktop and server-based environments. The new release, which has…
PAR3241 – VMware Horizon View: Finally the Replacement for Server-Based Computing?
I just visited VMworld breakout session PAR3241 – VMware Horizon View: Finally the Replacement for Server-Based Computing? Speakers: Spencer Pitts, EMEA EUC Practice Lead Edwin Weijdema, Enterprise Architect Imtech ICT This session is not about a fantastics new feature which blows server based computing right…
VMware OS Optimization Tool
In May 2013 Sander wrote two great articles (post 1, post 2) on optimization of desktop operating systems for use in a VDI environment. Today I ran into a new VMware fling, a VMware OS optimization tool. The VMware OS Optimization Tool allows you to…
What’s the impact of Microsoft Office on VDI?
I regularly get questions from customers what the impact is of the Microsoft Office version on their VDI deployment. It’s a common misunderstanding that the sizing and performance of a VDI deployment is equal when using Microsoft office 2007, 2010 or 2013. But until now…
VDI optimization script (part 2)
In my previous article I wrote about a VDI optimization script from Microsoft for Windows 8 and Windows 7. This article focuses on the features and services you could disable or adjust to increase the performance of your VDI desktops. There are a lot of…
VDI optimization script (part 1)
In the summer of 2010 Erik wrote an article about “How to: Optimize guests for VMware View” in which he describes all sorts of changes he makes for a Windows XP or Windows 7 virtual desktop in a VDI environment. The changes that are suggested…
AJ discusses VDI storage solutions
AJ discusses VDI storage solutions with Jonathan Klick from VKernel/Quest/Dell.
Update: Storage optimization with Atlantis
Since my article on ‘Storage Optimization with Atlantis‘ on April 3rd, I’ve been in contact with Atlantis and got some additional information I would like to share with you. First of all, in the article it says the following: Another point of interest is, does…
Storage optimization with Atlantis
In our quest for native PC performance in a VDI solution we are always looking for better, faster and simpler storage solutions. To improve storage performance several vendors have introduced different solutions like controller cache, SSD disks, flash memory. Last week I received an e-mail…
Should the VDI world watch out for the new VDI solution by Oracle?
Last Friday I attended a VDI presentation from an Oracle (formally Sun) reseller on the brand new Oracle VDI solution. First of all, the audience was very different from the ‘usual virtualization’ crowd. A lot of former Sun enthusiasts, who have a very different view…