We continue our post series about VDI adoption and lifecycle management of virtual desktops. In previous articles we talked about the planning , acquisition and the deployment of the new fleet of desktops. Today this analysis comes to an end talking about operating with virtual desktops.
Operating with virtual desktops has certain significant differences with respect to operating with standard platforms:
The recent release of a new version of XenServer 6.5 and a new version of the XenServer Workload Balancing (WLB) adds more features, a better user interface, more advanced monitoring features and changes in licensing, making this technology really useful for Citrix XenServer, XenDesktop, HDX and XenApp users.
The WLB is made up of 4 layers. The upper layer is the most important, since it allows to automate workload balancing, but the most used and powerful are the 3 underlying layers.
A few weeks ago we told you how the University of Sevilla achieved a significant cost saving migrating from vsphere to oVirt. Today we come back to this topic to describe the VDI architecture used by this organization to make the most out of its resources.
First of all, it is necessary to have a suitable chassis to the virtual infrastructure deployed. The University of Sevilla uses Dell Blade iron they already had and they have been incorporating Blade servers to add new elements to the infrastructure. In this way, the initial investment was not too expensive, and as you can extend it easity, it turns out to be a quite affordable solution and easy to pay off.
In one of our articles last week we talked about the importance of using multi-hypervisor management tools and that the team responsible for managing multiple hypervisors at the same time has a specific and appropriate training. Today we analyze how the management and administration policies and the road map of the virtual infrastructure should be addressed.
To configure an environment with multiple hypervisors, it is recommended to do it as consistent as possible. In order to get a simple management, one shoul adopt, if possible, similar policies and configurations for all deployed hypervisors, so that administrators can move easily from an environment to another.
OpenStack has included UDS Enterprise in the supporting companies list that are actively involved in the development of the project. The development Team has been working for months to implement connectivity to OpenStack to the VDI connection broker.
This action is part of VirtualCable’s policy of spreading and supporting Open Source initiatives for the benefit of the community.
