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Solution Architectural Overview
VMware Horizon View 5.3 and VMware vSphere for up to 2,000 Virtual
Desktops Enabled by Brocade Network Fabrics, EMC VNX, and EMC Next-
Generation Backup
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Table 20. Example applications
User Type
CPU
(virtu
al
CPUs)
Memor
y (GB)
IOP
S
Equivale
nt
referenc
e virtual
desktops
Numb
er of
users
Total
referenc
e
desktop
s
Heavy
users
Resource
requiremen
ts
2
8
12
Equivalent
reference
virtual
desktops
2
4
2
4
100
400
Moderat
e users
Resource
requiremen
ts
2
4
8
Equivalent
reference
virtual
desktops
2
2
1
2
100
200
Typical
users
Resource
requiremen
ts
1
2
8
Equivalent
reference
virtual
desktops
1
1
1
1
300
300
Total
900
The VSPEX End-User Computing Solutions define discrete resource pool
sizes. For this solution set, the pool contains 500, 1,000, or 2,000. In the case
of Table 20, the customer requires 900 virtual desktops of capability from
the pool. The 1,000 virtual desktop resource pool provides sufficient
resources for the current needs and room for growth.
In most cases, the recommended hardware for servers and storage will be
sized appropriately based on the process described. However, in some
cases you may want to further customize the hardware resources
available to the system. A complete description of system architecture is
beyond the scope of this document but you can customize your solution
further at this point.
Storage resources
In some applications, there is a need to separate some storage workloads
from other workloads. The storage layouts in the VSPEX architectures put all
of the virtual desktops in a single resource pool. In order to achieve
Fine tuning
hardware
resources