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VDI design considerations
8 Dell EMC SC Series: 3,000 VMware Horizon Linked Clone VDI Users | 4735-RA-V
VMware guidelines typically suggest using fewer users per volumes. With snapshot-based protection, the
number of VMs is less of a concern because recovery times change very little based on a larger user count
per volume.
Because of the small I/O size of VDI workloads, bandwidth is typically not a limiting factor. With modern
16Gb, or with higher Fibre Channel or 10Gb+ Ethernet architectures, the number of ports is less of an issue.
Four ports per controller and two controllers per storage appliance can easily handle 3,000 VDI users.