A few weeks ago the oVirt team announced the release of a new version of this Open Source virtualization platform, the 3.5. Among the innovations introduced by this editions it should be pointed out the possibility of eliminating snapshots of virtual machines that are no longer necessary while the virtual machine is still running, the expansion of import and export domains storage and the ability to add and provide hypervisors from bare-metal.
The use of technology in general and more specifically of desktop virtualization in educational environment is one of the most interesting topics for the UDS Enterprise online community. In fact, two of our most popular posts over the past two weeks deal with this subject. The third one talks about the differences between persistent and non-persistent virtual desktops.
Find below the links to these three articles so you’re abreast of the most outstanding news according to our followers:
VDI at the V International Conference on Virtual Campus
A few days ago, we analyzed in a post the advantages and disadvantages of persistent virtual desktops. To complete that information and gather all the data to decide which type of virtual desktops is the best for us to deploy, today we’re going to do the same with non-persistent virtual desktops:
When users access non-persistent desktops, none of their application data or configurations is saved with the desktop. When the session is over, the virtual desktop returns to its original state before another user can connect, or it is destroyed and assigns the user a new virtual desktop each time a connection is made.
One of the important issues that must be evaluated before deploying a VDI project is whether the virtual desktops are going to be persistent or non-persistent. The UDS Enterprise team has analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the two options to make the most appropriate decision for each business. Below we sum up the features of persistent desktops and throughout this week we will publish another post on non-persistent desktops.
With the resources of a persistent desktop, each user has their own desktop running on a specific virtual machine. These types of desktops allow for a greater personalization of one’s workspace, but require more storage and backup resources.
On 28 and 29 October the V International Conference on Virtual Campus will be held in Panama City organized by the Technological University of Panama and the University Network Virtual Campus.
The aim of this event is to strengthen academic and research collaboration between organizations from Europe and the American continent that work for the development of virtual education. To do so, work areas such as educational innovation, the development of technological support tools or virtualization and internationalization of education will be discussed.
