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4 Testing results
There are two phases that a VDI environment spends significant time and resources supporting: the login and
steady state phases. These are the primary concerns for administrators since they happen every work day.
These two phases must perform well for an environment to be user friendly.
The boot phase is far less common and only happens in specific circumstances. It is far less important
because it normally occurs outside business hours and has very little user impact.
The environment used for the testing is documented in appendix A.
4.1 VDI performance data
The profile used is the default knowledge worker profile. It covers the majority of the core applications
deployed and generates a balanced workload. The following information from the Login VSI website lists
details of the workload.
The knowledge worker profile is designed for 2(v)CPU environments. This is a well-balanced intensive
workload that stresses the system smoothly, resulting in higher CPU, RAM, and I/O usage.
The knowledge worker workload uses the following applications:
• Adobe
®
Reader
• Freemind/Java
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• Photo Viewer
This profile also uses native Windows applications (Notepad and 7-Zip) to complete the print and zip actions
used by the workload meta functions.
By using a standardized profile, the workload generated can easily be duplicated or verified in any
environment.