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BP1018 Sizing and Best Practices for Citrix XenDesktop with Dell EqualLogic Storage 43
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Firmware: 5.1.1 (R189834) (H2)
• 1 x Dell EqualLogic PS6510E:
o 48 x 1TB 7.2K SATA disks
o Dual 2 port 10 GbE controllers
o Firmware: 5.1.1 (R189834) (H2)
Performance
Monitoring
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SAN HeadQuarters – 2.1.1
• vCenter Performance monitoring
Performance monitoring on
EqualLogic arrays.
Performance monitoring and
capture at the ESXi host.
Solution configuration – Software
components
Description/Version
Citrix XenDesktop
Version 5 Platinum Edition
Citrix Desktop Delivery Controller Server
Version 5
Citrix Provisioning Services
Version 5.6
Hypervisor
VMware vSphere 4.1 (ESXi 4.1)
Microsoft SQL Server
Version 2008 Enterprise Edition (64-Bit)
Windows 7 Enterprise
VDI Clients for characterization tests
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise R2 x64
VMs for hosting Citrix XenDesktop PVS and DDCs.
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise R2 x64
VMs for hosting Citrix XenDesktop PVS, DDCs, vCenter
Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Login VSI launchers and
other infrastructure VMs.