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Pocket ACE Guide

WithPocketACE,ITadministratorscaneasilydeployatrusted,managed,andmoresecurevirtualdesktop

instancetooffshorepartners.Thevirtualdesktopinstancescanbedistributedusingportablemediaor

download.ThevirtualdiskofthePocketACEcanbeencryptedtoreducetheriskoflostdata.Bysetting

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specificnetworkquarantinepolicies,trafficbetweenoffshorepartnerscanbelimited,allowingonly

communicationbetweenthePocketACEinstanceandtheenterprisenetwork.

Providing Disaster Recovery

UsingPocketACE,organizationscaneasilypackagedesktopinstanceswithallthenecessaryenterprise

applicationsforuseinthecaseofadisaster.Theseinstancescanbedeployedtoportablemediadevicesand

storedsafelyinasecureoffsitefacility.Ifadisasteroccurs,thePocketACEinstancescanbequickly

distributed

andused.

Distributing Beta or Trial Software

UsingPocketACE,ISVscandistributesoftwarepreinstalledasavirtualapplianceeitherbydownloadoron

aportablemediadevice.AnISVcanprovideacompleteworkingenvironment,ensuringnocompatibility

issues.CustomEULAscanbecreatedandusedtoensurethatauseragreestopriortousingan

ACEinstance.

Inaddition,anexpirationperiodcanbesetthatdisablesanACEinstanceafteranallottedperiodoftime.

Choosing a Portable Media Device

BeforedeployingPocketACEinstancestoendusers,administratorsmustdecidewhichportablemedia

devicestouse.PocketACEsupportsawidearrayofdevicesthatinclude:

 Flashmemorydrives(USBKeys)

 Flash‐basedAppleiPodmobiledigitaldevices

 HardDriv ebasedAppleiP odmobiledigitaldevices

 Portableharddrives

Howaportablemediadevicewillbeusedandtransportedareimportantconsiderations.Inaddition,the

performanceofthedeviceandthetargethostarebothimportantconsiderations.Inallcases,useahighspeed

USB2.0compliantdevice.Flash‐basedportablemediadevicesthatofferthefastest

read/writespeedtypically

offerthebestperformance.Table 1providespostedperformancespecificationscollectedfromleading

manufacturersofdifferentdevices.

ExternalUSBharddrivesandpocketdrivesofferhighercapacities,typicallyatlowercost.Althoughthese

devicesusuallypostslowerread/writespeedsthanUSBflashdrives,theyhandlesequentialandrandom

writes

better.Overall,theyofferbetterperformance.Pocketflashdrivesarelikelyfoundtobemoreportable

Table 1. Portable Media Device Specifications

Manufacturer Device Type Read Write

Manufacturer14GBUSBFlash 30MB/sec 18MB/sec

Manufacturer24GBUSBFlash 24MB/sec 10MB/sec

Manufacturer34GBUSBFlash 30MB/sec 21MB/sec

Manufacturer44GBUSBFlash 15MB/sec 9MB/sec

Manufacturer58GBUSBFlash 30MB/sec 25MB/sec

Manufacturer616GBUSBFlash 9MB/sec 5.3MB/sec

Manufacturer Device Type RPM Avg. Seek

Manufacturer7USB8GBPocketDrive 4600 11.0ms

Manufacturer8USB6GBPocketDrive 3600

Manufacturer9USB8GBPocketDrive 3600