Dell Validated Designs for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) in vSAN-based environments simplify and extend your VMware environment. By combining compute, storage, virtualization, and management, Dell Validated Designs for VDI are the ideal solutions for your VDI environment.
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.