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BP1018 Sizing and Best Practices for Citrix XenDesktop with Dell EqualLogic Storage 31
• None of the system resources on the ESXi servers hosting virtual desktops reached maximum
utilization levels at any point in time.
• In the 100% Pre-boot scenario, the login completed within 20 to 25 minutes.
• In the 20% Pre-boot scenario, the login duration increased to 100 minutes.
• During boot storm simulation, we observed nearly 15000 IOPS on the two array configuration.
• The Stratusphere UX tool represented 100% of the virtual desktops in ‘GOOD” category on the
one array configuration. On the two array configuration, the virtual desktops represented as
“GOOD” were more than 98%.