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The Dell Validated Designs for VDI are built on vSAN Ready Nodes appliances. These Ready Nodes are true hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platforms providing performance, flexibility, and scale for VDI environments.
Dell vSAN Ready Nodes ensure that your pre-validated configuration works with vSAN technology and the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops software suite. Installing Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops with its VDI components on vSAN Ready Nodes enables organizations to quickly deliver Microsoft Windows virtual desktops or server-based hosted shared sessions on a wide variety of endpoint devices.
The Dell VDI Solutions team completed a rigorous verification process to ensure compatibility with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, providing confidence in joint solution compatibility. The Citrix Ready program makes it easy for customers to identify complementary products and solutions that can enhance Citrix environments. Customers can be confident that Dell VDI Solutions have successfully passed a series of validations established by Citrix and can be trusted to work effectively with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops in order to deliver secure, fast, and flexible apps and desktops.
The purpose of this document is to introduce the architecture, components, design options, best practices, and configuration details for successful VDI deployments for vSAN Ready Nodes with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops.
This document is intended for decision makers, managers, architects, developers, and technical administrators of IT environments who want an in-depth understanding of the value of Dell Validated Designs for VDI that deliver Microsoft Windows virtual desktops using Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops VDI components on vSAN Ready Nodes.