This is a tool I've been using almost daily in my current project and for the past few months. Now It's finally been released to the public! The tool has been created by Chuck Hirtsius – one of the EUC Specialist's within VMware. The release you see here today is the first release of the tool … [Read more...]
VDI Paging Files – Big? Small? Or Non At All?
For the past few months I have been spending a lot of time looking at the performance of Large VDI environments, where the problems lay and where performance can be improved. When designing VDI environments, a couple of things that you should consider are the .vswp file and the GuestOS paging … [Read more...]
VMware View Desktops: IDE or SCSI? BusLogic, LSI Logic or PVSCSI?
I've seen and had many discussions around this topic when discussing VMware View desktop design, so I though I'd gather as much information as I could to help you decide. From the information below, I would personally recommend using the following: Windows XP: LSI Logic Parallel or … [Read more...]
New Possibilities With Open Source VMware VDI Client for Linux
You’ve probably already heard about VMware’s open source VDI client. VMware’s official announcement for the VMware View Open Client was released on February 4. Touted as the next step for creating a universal client to be used on any device from anywhere, VMware releasing the client as … [Read more...]