Technical data

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

Table 5. Recommended EMC VNX storage needed for the Horizon Data

NFS share

NFS shares for:

Configuration

Notes

500 users:

 Two data movers

(active/standby CIFS variant

only)

 Eight 2 TB, 7,200 rpm 3.5-inch

NL-SAS disks

Provided that each

user has 10 GB of

private storage

space

1,000 users

 Two Data Movers

(active/standby CIFS variant

only)

 Sixteen 2 TB, 7,200 rpm 3.5-

inch NL-SAS disks

2,000 users

 Two Data Movers

(active/standby CIFS variant

only)

 Twenty-four 2 TB, 7,200 rpm

3.5-inch NL-SAS disks