Virtual desktops and storage
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"Today VDI is ready for some users, but it'll probably take another 18 to 24 months before most of the challenges related to protocol limitations, performance and offline support get resolved," said Brian Gammage, a vice president/Gartner fellow who covers client computing.
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VDI vendors and products |
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Citrix Systems Inc. |
Microsoft Corp. |
Parallels |
VMware Inc. |
Hypervisor |
XenServer |
Hyper-V |
Virtuozzo Containers |
VMware ESX |
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) product |
XenDesktop |
Licensed from Citrix Systems |
Depends on third-party session brokers: Ericom Software's PowerTerm WebConnect and Quest Software Inc.'s vWorkspace |
VMware View |
Offline capabilities |
Via Citrix Thin Client by late 2009 or 2010 |
Will leverage Citrix Thin Client when available |
N/A |
Via VMware Offline Desktop (available as experimental release) |
Application virtualization |
XenApp |
App-V |
Via application templates |
ThinApp |
VM image sharing |
Via Provisioning Server |
Licensed from Citrix |
Built into Virtuozzo Containers |
Via VMware View Composer linked clone feature |
Biggest benefit |
Most advanced desktop and application virtualization products |
Hyper-V is part of Windows Server 2008 |
Lowest infrastructure requirements; cost-efficient and low degree of complexity |
Strongest and most widely deployed hypervisor |
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This was first published in August 2009
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