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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

Hardware

Configuration

Notes

For 500 virtual desktops

 5 x 300 GB, 15k rpm 3.5-inch SAS disks

For 1,000 virtual desktops

 5 x 300 GB, 15 k rpm 3.5-inch SAS disks

For 2,000 virtual desktops

 10 x 300 GB, 15k rpm 3.5-inch SAS disks

Optional for

infrastructure storage

For 500 virtual desktops

 5 x 300 GB, 15k rpm 3.5-inch SAS disks

For 1,000 virtual desktops

 5 x 300 GB, 15 k rpm 3.5-inch SAS disks

For 2,000 virtual desktops

 10 x 300 GB, 15k rpm 3.5-inch SAS disks

Optional for vCenter

Operations Manager

for View

Servers for

customer

infrastructure

Minimum number required for 500 virtual desktops:

 2 physical servers

 20 GB RAM per server

 Eight processor cores per server

 Four 1 GbE ports per server

 Additional CPU and RAM as needed for the

VMware vShield Endpoint components.

Minimum number required for 1,000 virtual desktops:

 2 physical servers

 48 GB RAM per server

 Eight processor cores per server

 Four 1 GbE ports per server

 Additional CPU and RAM as needed for the

VMware vShield Endpoint components.

Minimum number required for 2,000 virtual desktops:

 2 physical servers

 48 GB RAM per server

 Eight processor cores per server

 Four 1 GbE ports per server

 Additional CPU and RAM as needed for the

VMware vShield Endpoint components.

These servers and the

roles they fulfill may

already exist in the

customer environment

Refer to vendor

documentation for

specific details

concerning vShield

Endpoint resource

requirements

EMC backup

See EMC backup and recovery options for VSPEX End

User Computing with VMware Horizon View available

on EMC Online Support.