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VDI Design Guide—VMware Horizon on Dell Three Tier Architecture
Introduction Solution Architecture
Architecture overview
Solution architecture
Physical architecture overview
Servers PowerEdge R660 server PowerEdge R760 server PowerEdge R860 server Dell Technologies Validated Design VDI-optimized configurations NVIDIA GPUs Physical network components
Storage
Dell PowerMax Dell PowerStore Dell PowerVault File workload Dell PowerStore T storage Dell PowerScale file storage Data center infrastructure Client components
Software
Overview VMware vSphere VMware Horizon Horizon clone technology NVIDIA vGPU
Validation Sizing the Solution Backup and Restore Summary References

Software

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  • Horizon clone technology

    VMware Horizon 8 offers the following methods for cloning desktops:

    • Full clones—Typically used for testing purposes or to create management VMs, this technology is not ideal for VDI because full copies have no connection to the original VM. You must update each VM with this approach
    • Instant clones—Available with Horizon Universal Subscription, Horizon Standard Subscription, and Horizon Enterprise Edition (TERM) licenses, this technology provisions a VM the instant a user requests one. The result is a far easier approach to operating system updates and patch management because the VM is created when it is needed. You can use a combination of products such as VMware App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager to emulate persistence.
    Note: Horizon Linked Clones and Composer were deprecated in Horizon 8 2006 and completely removed in Horizon 8 (2012).