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Introduction to Cloud Pod
Architecture 1
The Cloud Pod Architecture feature uses standard View components to provide cross-datacenter
administration, global and flexible user-to-desktop mapping, high availability desktops, and disaster
recovery capabilities.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Understanding Cloud Pod Architecture,” on page 7
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“Configuring and Managing a Cloud Pod Architecture Environment,” on page 8
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“Cloud Pod Architecture Limitations,” on page 8
Understanding Cloud Pod Architecture
With the Cloud Pod Architecture feature, you can link together multiple View pods to provide a single large
desktop brokering and management environment.
A View pod consists of a set of View Connection Server instances, shared storage, a database server, and the
vSphere and network infrastructures required to host desktop virtual machines. In a traditional View
implementation, you manage each pod independently. With the Cloud Pod Architecture feature, you can
join together multiple pods to form a single View implementation called a pod federation.
A pod federation can span multiple sites and datacenters and simultaneously simplify the administration
effort required to manage a large-scale View deployment.
Figure 1‑1. Basic Cloud Pod Architecture Topology
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In the example topology, two previously standalone View pods in different datacenters are joined together
to form a single pod federation. An end user in this environment can connect to a View Connection Server
instance in the New York datacenter and receive a session on a desktop in the London data center.
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