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Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops VDI Reference Architecture for Dell EMC PowerFlex family
Executive summary Product overview Solution architecture Test and performance analysis Testprofile1 – Login VSI Task Worker Testprofile2 – Login VSI Knowledge Worker Testprofile3 – Login VSI Power Worker Testprofile4 – Login VSI Multimedia Worker Best practices
Management infrastructure
Windows 10 optimization
Scaling guidelines
NVDIA vGPU considerations
Conclusion References Configuration details

Management infrastructure

Management infrastructure

  • Combining management infrastructure and virtual desktops in the same cluster is acceptable for small-scale and pilot environments to validate the VDI benefits. Dell EMC recommends having dedicated nodes for the management infrastructure and VDI compute within the same or different clusters in the large-scale environment to avoid performance issues.

    The following table lists the sizing requirement for management server components:

    Table 8.              Management VMs

    VM

    vCPU

    Memory (GB)

    Hard disk (GB)

    vCenter Appliance

    4

    16

    340

    Delivery Controller

    4

    12

    60

    StoreFront

    4

    8

    60

    License Server

    4

    8

    60

    Active Directory

    4

    8

    60

    DHCP/DNS

    4

    8

    60

    File Server

    4

    8

    2048

    SQL Server

    4

    8

    200

    SVM

    12

    18

    16

    PowerFlex Gateway

    2

    4

    60

    PowerFlex Manager

    8

    32

    200

    PowerFlex Presentation Server

    2

    6

    60

    Note: Number of VMs and configuration may differ depends on the size of the overall deployment.