PCI-E SSD – my world of IT

Virtual Desktops on PCI-E SSD – 19 users @ 2ms response time!

Posted on 20 June, 2012 Updated on 20 June, 2012

This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series Virtual Desktops on PCI-E SSD

Currently our VDI setup is only used in the Library and so we very rarely max out the usage on our server, however ealier today I spotted that we had 19 of our 20 VDI clients in use, by in use thats students logged in actively engaging with their computers. I couldn’t resist checking up on the performance stats and… Read more

Virtual Desktops on PCI-E SSD – Hardware close up

Posted on 19 June, 2012 Updated on 19 June, 2012

This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Virtual Desktops on PCI-E SSD

Proving that PCI-E SSD works fine in standard servers (like the HP DL line) is a key goal of this series of posts, above you can see the PCI-E SSD churning away quite happily serving up virtual desktops.

Virtual Desktops on PCI-E SSD – Getting the image ready

Posted on 30 May, 2012 Updated on 30 May, 2012

This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series Virtual Desktops on PCI-E SSD

One of the great things about VDI is the ability to create a ‘golden image’, that’s one single image that includes the OS and Software which can be accessed from any endpoint. Whatever VDI software you go with will then take that golden image and duplicate it multiple times to provide the desktops for your users. However this masse creation… Read more

Virtual Desktops on PCI-E SSD – Intro

Posted on 30 May, 2012 Updated on 31 May, 2012

This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series Virtual Desktops on PCI-E SSD

In this series I am going to be looking at how PCI-E SSDs can be used with VDI, I’ll be covering the hardware in use, the user experience and also why I believe PCI-E SSDs to be the best option to get your virtual desktops running as fast as possible.