Desktop Virtualization Two cups and a piece of string won’t cut it in a virtual world. If you are virtualising your desktops, your network must be able to cope with the additional traffic load, and resilient enough to support users who require access to their desktops at all times. How can you ensure it measures up?
A poorly configured network can lead to poor response times and service drop-outs. It can also worsen the bootstorm problem, incurred when many users log in at once.
“The whole networking side is something that lots of people forget about until they’ve done the project,” warns Tony Lock, programme director at analyst Freeform Dynamics.
A virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) configuration in which an entire virtual machine is hosted centrally for each user represents the worst-case scenario for any harried network manager. Neverth
