Protocol Calculator

Hi, welcome to release the VDI (Display) Protocol Calculator.

To understand the concepts behind this calculator read my article http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=1564

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The Bandwidth Offset calculation is NOT, in any way, calculated using numbers, formulas or algorithms provided by Teradici or VMware. This feature is offered in experimental mode without any warranties and it is based on my own experience and tests in lab and production environments.

Permanent link to this article: http://myvirtualcloud.net/?page_id=1562

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Greg S.

02/01/2011 at 1:02 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment

Any plans to add other protocols such as ICA, ICA w/HDX, RGS, etc…?
Andre Leibovici

02/01/2011 at 5:51 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

Greg, yes, eventually. However, firstly I am planning other features for the next releases.
Barry Schiffer

02/02/2011 at 2:40 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment

ICA with HDX would be much appreciated. Would use it once a week when ICA is in it.

What I miss is color depth and resolution. Being able to choose is not needed but just mentioning the values used for calculation would be great!
Marcel Broesky

02/02/2011 at 12:48 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

I agree with Barry. Resolution and color depth would help us greatly!
Bjorn Andersson

02/07/2011 at 6:22 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

Great Tool!
Will publish a link to this and to the VDI Calculator on my blogg on wednesday (only swedish thought. )
Andre Leibovici

02/07/2011 at 8:58 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

@Bjorn Andersson
Thanks, I really appreciate.
View Admin

02/23/2011 at 2:49 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

Do you know how to reduce the Framerate on a Zero Client?
Andre Leibovici

03/09/2011 at 11:49 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

Release Tracking

Release 1.1
- Added VMware View 4.6 compatibility
- Added Experimental Bandiwtdh OffSet Calculation
- Added Experimental graph for Bandiwtdh OffSet Calculation
- Added Audio Remoting Calculation

Release 1.0
Klaus Becker

05/10/2011 at 5:54 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

Hi Andre, really great tool. I would recommend you have a look at our Virtual Desktop Accelerator (VDA) product that will help with latency on RDP. I noticed you suggest to no longer use RDP if latency goes beyond 150ms. With VDA you can go well beyond this threshold at the cost of some more bandwidth. This is a software-only solution for RDP and ICA. A free 30 day eval version can be downloaded from our website.
Marcelo

10/05/2011 at 10:16 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment

Hi André,

As per the last release date of the tool I guess we can assume it is not considering PCoIP on View 5, correct ?
Any ideas on when you plan to have it released ?

Cheers,

Marcelo
Derek

10/20/2011 at 8:38 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

Any update on when you will have ICA for XenDesktop 5.5 support?
Blair Sanders

10/28/2011 at 10:28 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment

Great tool for calculating downlink bandwidth requirement (from VDI VM to user). What are the uplink requirements (from user to VM)? I assume these are much lower than the downlink. This would be important for users connecting over ADSL and other asymmetrical broadband services.

Thanks, Blair
Phil. L

02/08/2012 at 1:55 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

Hello,
Is a new version plan to consider View 5.0 (less bandwith) ?
Jonathan S.

05/04/2012 at 12:36 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

I third the View 5 (or 5.1) bandwidth update.

In my testing, I am seeing general Office-type use (answering emails, mucking around in Word and Excel, light web-browsing) that 50 to 90 kbps is a nice average number. So, I just selected “Custom” for User Profile and used a range of values between 50 and 90 to get an idea of what to expect.
Matthew Graci

10/09/2012 at 7:02 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

Andre,

What tool are you using to create/embed your forms (or spreadsheets?) used for the calculators?

Thanks,
-matt
Andrew

10/28/2012 at 2:15 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment

How is the Simultaneous 480p Video being calculated in the results? The number entered here is affecting both the per user bandwidth and total bandwidth. Is it simultaneous videos played within each user session? Does the office plus MM profile include video in the calculations?
Andre Leibovici

10/29/2012 at 6:05 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment

@Andrew
The protocol calculator has not been updated in a while and does not reflect bandwidth consumption based on latest versions of PCoIP and RDP. I’ll work to update and add new existing protocols.

Is it simultaneous videos played within each user session?
Yes

Does the office plus MM profile include video in the calculations?
Yes, but not 480p

Andre
Andre Leibovici

10/29/2012 at 6:07 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment

@Jonathan S.
Yes, thanks for your message. I’ll be updating the calculator soon.
For now keep using the custom option.

Andre