Specifications

A Principled Technologies test report 5
Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server:
Uncompromised virtual desktop performance
Figure 4 shows the fabric usage throughout the test. The peak usage was due to virtual
desktop receiving streaming VHDs via Citrix Provisioning Services at boot up.
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Figure 4: Fabric usage throughout the test.
Figure 5 shows the IOPS recorded throughout the test. Citrix Provisioning Services
caches the desktop image in memory, resulting in a significant reduction in disk read operations.
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Figure 5: IOPS throughout the test.