June 2010 - Posts

 

After the main buzz of the server virtualization the next key thing in the industry is Desktop virtualization or else known as VDI. Some of the enterprise companies looking at this solution as a way to increase their hardware life cycle and for some it is a method to tightly control the access point for their central data access. Never the less this is a important technology for the Service partners as well.

To have a better idea of how to size this solution for customers using HYPER-V  and Windows 2008 R2 connection broker Microsoft has released the new capacity planning document.

named as “Remote Desktop Virtualization host Capacity Planning in Windows Server 2008 R2”. You can get a copy of this article from here.

dynamic memory allocation, 3-D graphical experience for remote users via Remote FX and preparation for Cloud computing are few of the major promises to come along with it. In an opening-day keynote speech at Microsoft Corp.’s Tech•Ed 2010 North America conference they has release the official note saying public can expect this service pack on end of the July. Stay tune for this and see what experiment you can experience.

I would be more happy to see the Dynamic memory allocation feature which will allow the VPC to dynamically borrow the memory from other VPC’s when they’re under utilized.

If you’re interested in knowing more detail on HYPER-V information under the hood then you’ll find the following poster is for you. Apart from techies even pre sales can find this as useful explaining their customers how exactly HYPER-V  function in various scenarios.

This poster has clearly define with 8 sections namely as,

HYPER-V poster

  • Architecture
  • Virtual Networking
  • Virtual Machine Snapshots
  • Live Migration
  • Storage Interfaces
  • Storage Types
  • Storage Location and Paths
  • Import and Export

    You can download if from here.
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