Specifications

9 • Introduction 2X VirtualDesktopServer
How does 2X ApplicationServer work?
2X ApplicationServer extends Windows Terminal Services by using a
customized shell and virtual channel applications using the Microsoft RDP
protocol. Due to these extensions, a new Client is required (although it uses
the same RDP protocol as mentioned above) on all computers that will be
accessing the 2X ApplicationServer.
How does 2X LoadBalancer work?
2X LoadBalancer works by acquiring information from the Terminal Servers or
Citrix Servers with the aid of the 2X Terminal Server Agent installed on each
server. This information includes system resources and the number of
sessions running on the server. With this information, 2X LoadBalancer will
be able to load balance both desktops and seamless applications.
The 2X LoadBalancer can be configured to use either ‘Resource based’ or
‘Round Robin’ load balancing methods. Resource based load balancing
forwards the connections to the server with the highest available resources.
The Round Robin method uses a round-robin schedule, where each terminal
server participates in turn, irrelevant of the status of each terminal server.
The 2X LoadBalancer offers the facility of reconnecting sessions.
How does 2X VirtualDesktopServer work?
2X Virtual Desktop Server extends a number of different virtualization
technologies (VMware, Sun VirtualBox, MS Virtual Server, Virtual Iron,
Parallels and MS Terminal Server) to allow the publishing of virtual desktops
to the 2X Client. When a client requests a virtual desktop, the system finds a
guest on one of the least loaded hosts, starts or restores the guest and, using
Microsoft RDP protocol, the virtual desktop is presented to the user.