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Does OS "tuning" help VDI performance? (Part 1)

A few weeks ago a commenter here (edgeseeker) suggested that I was “still living in the 90’s” when I stated that tuning the desktop OS, removing services and tweaking certain configurations could improve performance in a VDI environment...

Published Sep 22 2010 by Ron Oglesby , 7,541 views, 23 comments

Brian’s wrong… about VDI and Local Storage.

A couple of weeks ago Brian wrote an article titled “ F*** the SAN. VDI storage should be local! ” It had about 40 comments and 3000 views in its first day, showing the emotion and interest in this topic. It really sparked a small war within...

Published Jul 27 2010 by Ron Oglesby , 9,558 views, 47 comments

Where is all this virtualization going?

A lot of vendors have been talking about the future of virtualization. Ron Oglesby is not impressed. In this editorial, he paints a picture for how he sees virtualization in the next 2-3 years. The impact or the changes that he suggests could be as major as virtualization itself....

Published Aug 27 2006 by Ron Oglesby , 19,894 views, 51 comments

Citrix plans to enter VDI space: An analysis of their solution

In this article, Ron Oglesby talks about Citrix's upcoming Remote Desktop Broker product, their entry into the VDI space. While this product will only provide a stopgap solution, it will be useful in many scenarios....

Published Aug 03 2006 by Ron Oglesby , 17,407 views, 39 comments

Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI): What's real today, what's not, and what's needed

The concept of the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) has become trendy in the past few months. In this article, Ron Oglesby looks at what can realistically be done today, and what we need from vendors to make this a real solution moving forward. He also explorers the parallels between VDI and server-based computing....

Published Jul 20 2006 by Ron Oglesby , 44,282 views, 52 comments

BriForum 2006 Video: Ron Oglesby on Citrix Large Farm Design

Ron Oglesby is well-known for many reasons in this community, one of which is his experience with large server farms. (Hundreds of servers, thousands upon thousands of users.) In this session, Ron is going to share his experience with you and talk about what he learned about how Citrix REALLY works when it's put under pressure....

Published Nov 13 2005 by Ron Oglesby , 9,648 views, 0 comments

How the Default Load Evaluator can Ruin your Day

This is the true story of a Citrix administrator's worst day on the job. It's about how the loss of five Citrix servers in his environment brought the remaining twelve down, why the default load evaluator is to blame, and how you can prevent it from happening in your environment. By Ron Oglesby...

Published Dec 09 2004 by Ron Oglesby , 21,704 views, 12 comments

Scripting MetaFrame Data Store Printer Mapping

This article, part of Ron Oglesby's "Scripting for Citrix MetaFrame" series, details a pair of scripts that you can use to dump all printer mappings from the IMA Data Store to a text file. A second script allows you to bulk import the mappings back into the data store....

Published Jun 27 2004 by Ron Oglesby , 11,198 views, 2 comments

Basic KIX Login Script for Citrix Users

This article, part of Ron Oglesby's "Scripting for MetaFrame" series, describes the basic best practices of using a KIX logon script in Citrix MetaFrame and Terminal Server environments....

Published Jun 11 2004 by Ron Oglesby , 29,022 views, 35 comments

Writing a Script to take a MetaFrame Server Online or Offline

This is the first article in Ron Oglesby's "Scripting for MetaFrame" series. This article details a set of scripts created to take a server offline by removing it's published applications and bring it back online by re-adding the applications....

Published May 27 2004 by Ron Oglesby , 15,310 views, 13 comments

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