Citrix, Multimedia Redirection Effects on Server Capacity
Multimedia Redirection: Effect on Server Capacity for Citrix Xendesktop Virtual Desktops – October
Our Findings:
Organizations considering deploying virtual desktops as part of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) benefit by best utilizing the server and client resources that are available for deployment. VDI deployments are often associated with higher datacenter build-out costs due to the infrastructure required to deliver virtual desktops to the targeted user population. An IT department can save money by reducing the number of servers required to support these users. Multimedia redirection (MMR) technology can increase the number of virtual desktops a server can support by offloading the execution of multimedia content to a capable client. Principled Technologies put this methodology to the test. In our tests, a server running VDI sessions using Citrix XenDesktop* 4 and HDX* (High Definition User Experience), the Citrix MMR protocol, supported 43.5 percent more virtual desktops running with MMR turned on; thus, enabling MMR is an effective method for reducing server load.
OUR PROCESS
To determine how enabling MMR affected our server’s virtual desktop capacity, we used the Login Consultants Virtual Session Indexer* (Login VSI*) Beta benchmark. Login VSI consists of several workloads that perform a range of tasks to simulate a typical office user. The results show the maximum number of virtual desktops a server can support for a maximum response time of a particular task. In addition to the performance scores from the Login VSI benchmark, we measured server and client CPU utilization and network bandwidth.
Read the full Citrix, Multimedia Redirection White Paper.
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Citrix, Multimedia Redirection Effects on Server Capacity
Multimedia Redirection: Effect on Server Capacity for Citrix Xendesktop Virtual Desktops – October
Our Findings:
Organizations considering deploying virtual desktops as part of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) benefit by best utilizing the server and client resources that are available for deployment. VDI deployments are often associated with higher datacenter build-out costs due to the infrastructure required to deliver virtual desktops to the targeted user population. An IT department can save money by reducing the number of servers required to support these users. Multimedia redirection (MMR) technology can increase the number of virtual desktops a server can support by offloading the execution of multimedia content to a capable client. Principled Technologies put this methodology to the test. In our tests, a server running VDI sessions using Citrix XenDesktop* 4 and HDX* (High Definition User Experience), the Citrix MMR protocol, supported 43.5 percent more virtual desktops running with MMR turned on; thus, enabling MMR is an effective method for reducing server load.
OUR PROCESS
To determine how enabling MMR affected our server’s virtual desktop capacity, we used the Login Consultants Virtual Session Indexer* (Login VSI*) Beta benchmark. Login VSI consists of several workloads that perform a range of tasks to simulate a typical office user. The results show the maximum number of virtual desktops a server can support for a maximum response time of a particular task. In addition to the performance scores from the Login VSI benchmark, we measured server and client CPU utilization and network bandwidth.
Read the full Citrix, Multimedia Redirection White Paper.
