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The Dell EMC PowerFlex family provides flexible consumption and deployment models for different types of workloads. The HCI deployment model scales compute, storage, and networking as one, enabling VDI environments to start with a lower investment without compromising on performance.
The single-layer (HCI) deployment model enables customers to size their environments without overprovisioning hardware for their VDI environment, providing the flexibility to scale horizontally and vertically.
This document provides the reference architecture for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops software with Dell EMC PowerFlex family to create the virtual desktop infrastructure environments. It also provides solution design with validated Login VSI test results to assist customers in sizing their VDI environment.