The XenDesktop core components require three virtual machines, as detailed in the following table.
Table 2: Virtual machine minimum requirements for XenDesktop core components
Citrix Delivery Controller |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
1 |
4 GB |
40 GB |
Citrix StoreFront |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
1 |
4 GB |
40 GB |
Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent |
Microsoft Windows 10 Create the master image used to deploy a pool from XenDesktop on this virtual machine. |
Specifications depend on the size of your workload. |
The following table lists the minimum hardware requirements for all XenDesktop components.
Table 3: Minimum hardware requirements
All core components on one server for evaluation only, not a production deployment |
5 GB RAM |
All core components on one server for test deployment or a small production environment |
12 GB RAM |
Citrix Delivery Controller |
5 GB RAM, 800 MB hard disk |
Citrix Studio |
1 GB RAM, 100 MB hard disk |
Citrix Director |
2 GB RAM, 200 MB hard disk |
Citrix StoreFront |
2 GB RAM |
License server |
2 GB RAM |
