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Solution Technology 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

 Storage

A critical resource for the implementation of the End-User

Computing environment. Because of the way desktops are used,

the storage layer must be able to absorb large bursts of activity as

they occur without unduly affecting the user experience. This

solution uses EMC VNX FAST Cache to efficiently handle this

workload.

 Backup and Recovery

Optional components of the solution that provide data

protection in the event that the data in the primary system is

deleted, damaged, or otherwise unusable.

 Security layerBackup and Recovery

An optional solution component from RSA, which provides

consumers with additional options to control access to the

environment and ensure that only authorized users are permitted

to use the system.

 Other Security layerBackup and Recovery

Additional, optional, components that may improve the

functionality of the solution exist, depending on the specifics of

the environment.

 Solution architectureSecurity layerBackup and Recovery

Provides details on all the components that make up the

reference architecture.

Desktop virtualization broker

Desktop virtualization is a technology that encapsulates and delivers

desktop services to a remote client device like thin clients, zero clients,

smartphones, and tablets. It allows subscribers from different locations to

access virtual desktops that are hosted on centralized computing

resources at remote data centers.

In this solution, we used VMware Horizon View to provision, manage, broker,

and monitor the desktop virtualization environment.

VMware Horizon View 5.3 is a leading desktop virtualization solution that

enables desktops to deliver cloud-computing services to users. VMware

Horizon View 5.3 integrates effectively with vSphere 5.5 to provide:

 Performance optimization and tiered storage support—View

Composer optimizes storage utilization and performance by

reducing the footprint of virtual desktops. It also supports the use

of different tiers of storage to maximize performance and reduce

cost.

Overview

VMware Horizon