Although I haven't fully researched any of these solutions, VMWare VDI sounds exciting. It runs on VMWare ESX server and allows anyone with a thin client (I have also heard it is possible with a web browser) to connect (even at boot-up without the need for Remote Desktop or VNC etc) to the VMWare server. The end user experience is exactly the same as if they had a PC at their desk. Also there are snapshot modes (to enable roll-back of patches/software installs) and the option to refresh the user environment to the way it was (when it was created) whenever the Virtual Machine is power cycled.
What I need to figure out is how beefy a server would have to be and how many servers would be needed to handle 100's of PC's at one time....
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Hi Bruce, I see this has been out for a while. Did you get an answer? How many VM Desktops on each ESX host?
Hello Rose,
Thank you for your comment!
I haven't deployed a solution or received feedback from anyone on this.
I am mainly looking to project what would be required for various scenarios (in case we are asked to provide a "what will it take" answer in a day...
So the scenarios would be multiples of ~20 PC's (so say 20,40,80 - up to 200), each with and without standard Office package (there usually would be some other applications for the PC, but those are usually thin web based applications).
My question is how many desktops per ESX host could be comfortably used (in our case Blade server with 8GB RAM.. 3Ghz Dual processor)
At this time I am still looking at general information.
I look forward to seeing more comments on my blog! :)
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