VDI Design Guide—Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on VxRail and vSAN Ready Nodes

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  Business challenge
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  Technology solution
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  Key benefits
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  Document purpose
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  Audience
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  We value your feedback

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  Solution architecture
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  Architecture overview
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  Scaling the solution
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  Enterprise solution pods

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  Key components
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  VxRail Appliance
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  vSAN Ready Nodes
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  Dell EMC Ready Solutions VDI-optimized configurations
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  vSAN software-defined storage
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  NVIDIA vGPU
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  Physical network components
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  VMware vSphere
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  Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
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  Client components

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  Design sizing and guidelines
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  Platform configurations
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  CPU
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  Memory
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  NVIDIA vGPU considerations
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  External vCenter considerations
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  Sizing considerations
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  User density recommendations
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  Design assessment

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  Design enhancements
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  File workload guidance
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  Data center infrastructure

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  Conclusion
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  Next steps

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  References
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  Dell Technologies documentation
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  VMware documentation
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  Citrix documentation
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  NVIDIA documentation