View4.5 on myvirtualcloud.net

Save [VDI] Storage using VM Swap File Host Placement

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:48:00 +0000

When designing VDI solutions for VMware infrastructures, one of the many ways to reduce shared storage consumption is to allow the placement of VM Swap files (.vswp) on host local storage. The .vswp file is automatically created by ESX when the VM is Powered On, and automatically removed when the VM is Powered Off.

PCoIP: Unleash the Throughput

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:37:00 +0000

PCoIP is a dynamic protocol and contains some very advanced mathematical algorithms to detect the ideal bandwidth, throughput, image quality and codecs to be utilised to stream contents to endpoints. These algorithms utilise arguments such as latency and variance to create what is called ‘rto’ metric. The higher the ‘rto’ the worse is the user experience. When ‘rto’ is close to 100 that’s when the link is in good conditions for a great user experience.

Get hold of VDI IOPs, Read/Write Ratios and Storage Tiering

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:34:00 +0000

Getting the right storage requirements for VDI can be tricky in most situations. The reason for that is the lack of information about the workload that will be running in each one of the virtual desktops. It is possible to use some pre-trended numbers as baseline, however despite this would be an indication of what the workload would likely be, it could be a point out of the curve in many cases. In the nirvana scenario the customer would have been already running a pilot and that data could be collected and trended.

Suspend Power Policy in VMware View. Should you use it?

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:39:00 +0000

One of my readers posted a comment on my VDI Calculator page mentioning that he would not see the VM storage consumption increasing when Suspend VM option was select at “Desktop State when Not in use”. Suresh Thoppay thanks for the comment!

VMware View Client DropDown Menu Automation

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:38:00 +0000

This is rather a quick tip than an article. In some cases where multiple connection brokers are available in your network, or if you have an Active-Passive DR Data Centre, or even if your users constantly move between branches, you may want want the users to automatically connect to the secondary brokers.

Why you should be using Dedicated Replica Datastores in View 4.5

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:43:00 +0000

This is one of those cases when, in my opinion, VMware was quite modest highlighting one of the VMware View 4.5 new features. VMware introduced with VMware View 4.5 the ability to select a different datastore to host Linked Clone replica disks.

A review of VMware View 4.5 Limits and Maximums

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:45:00 +0000

This post is intended to be a quick review of the new VMware View Limits and Maximums. I recommend you to read first my article “A review of VMware View Limits and Maximums” to understand the requirements to design a proper VDI architecture from an infrastructure perspective.

VDI Flash Calculator v1.3 now with Full support to New VMware View 4.5 features

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:35:00 +0000

I have just uploaded the new release of my online VDI Flash Calculator. This new release adds full support to VMware View 4.5 Disposable Disks and includes a Storage Breakdown Summary to facilitate planning of storage tiering.

Disposable Disks will benefit scenarios where virtual desktops are powered off when not in use and where storage tiering has been incorporated into the design. To use this feature make sure you enter the size of the disposable disk and select VMware View release 4.5 from the dropdown menu.

VMware View 4.5 Storage Tiering explained

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:10:00 +0000

The NDA for VMware View 4.5 has been lifted and I would like talk a little bit about an important new storage feature released with View 4.5 - Tiered Storage. Tiered Storage allow administrators to select the most adequate Datastore for a given type of disk (.vmdk) and/or workload.