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17 Dell EMC PowerVault ME4024 and VMware Horizon View with 1,300 Persistent VDI Users | 3919-RA-VDI
4.3.2 Steady state
The steady-state load is where the system spends most of its time and is the most important phase. It is what
defines the pass/fail result in Login VSI. The performance of the ME4024 array was rated as Good under full
load, according to the Login VSI tool, at more than 13,000 IOPS of continuous load.
4.3.3 Test results
The following chart shows the test results.
The chart shows the ME4024 array has more than enough performance to support 1,300 users. The load was
sized to allow for headroom during workload spikes, or a change in the desktop configuration.
The baseline in the chart is programmatically determined using the first group of machines to log in. This
defines the no-load performance. The threshold is determined as the performance change that would be
noticeable to users or would cause delays to either the login or application launch process. These two criteria
set the boundaries for the VM performance. The blue line shows average performance across the test
applications.