Issues in the management of user profiles in VDI environments

Issues in the management of user profiles in VDI environments

The data, documents and application configurations of the user are saved in the user profile when the user is working with a Windows desktop. Different information is stored in the user profile, such as:

 -Desktop appearance, desktop background, themes, screen configuration, use of Aero in Windows 7, etc.

 -Application configuration, navigator preferences, tool bars, office software tool configurations, etc.

 -Documents. These documents are stored in the “My documents” folder of the user profile.

How to analyze VDI storage needs

How to analyze VDI storage needs

In some cases, when analyzing the storage needs for a VDI platform we look at saving disk space when using template-based or non-persistent desktops. Nevertheless, it is necessary to bear in mind that all the I/O operations on disc in a standard job platform are made on local discs located in each post.

In a VDI environment, all these I/O operations take place concurrently on shared storage. Tasks such as updates of OS patches, antivirus, user logins scans… produce a large amount of concurrent I/O operations that are referred to as “storms”. These storms produce a deterioration in the performance of the storage because these I/O operations are accumulated in queues and this, obviously, causes an irregular performance of the virtual desktops.

Why VMware and Citrix will launch Linux VDI

Why VMware and Citrix will launch Linux VDI

Very shortly after Citrix announced its Linux technologies for vApp and virtual desktops in XenDesktop and XenApp, VMware reported that Horizon View will support Linux in 2015. And why these firms have decided to take this step? It is very simple. Companies using Linux and Windows would find a VMware and Citrix unified virtualization tool very useful.

In this way, they would no longer maintain two virtualization platforms, two support teams, two protocols, two clients and two different environments. They could manage everything centrally.

UDS Enterprise will support Fedora & CentOS

UDS Enterprise will support Fedora & CentOS

UDS Enterprise extends the range of supported operating systems. The next version of this connection broker will provide, among others, virtual desktops for Red Hat based distributions. In this way, Fedora, CentOS… join the Linux distros family compatible with this software.

The UDS Enterprise development team is working on its new version, which will be released in Q1 2015.

oVirt new version & KVM virtual classrooms management

oVirt new version & KVM virtual classrooms management

Our team’s tips to make the most of the new version of oVirt and the creation and management of virtual classrooms with KVM have been the most read topics in our blog for the last weeks.

In case you didn’t have the opportunity to have a look at these articles when we published them, here you are the links:

How to make the most of oVirt 3.5

Creating an affordable high-performance virtual classroom

Managing and restoring KVM virtual classrooms

Keep your data safe with desktop virtualization

Keep your data safe with desktop virtualization

A VDI platform may greatly improve the security of critical information, as it allows administrators to ensure the user workstation environment by controlling access to virtual desktops, refusing the use of non-authorized devices, if necessary.

On the one hand, the use of non-persistent virtual desktops permits you to immediately change the status of a user station platform back to a stable and valid configuration. A completely new desktop is presented to a user each time they open a session, which completely isolates viruses or any other type of malware.

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