VDI Reference Architecture—VMware Horizon 8 on Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes with 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors

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  Business challenge
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  Solution overview
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  Key benefits
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  Document purpose
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  Audience
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  We value your feedback

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  Architecture overview
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  Enterprise solution pods
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  Scaling the solution

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  vSAN Ready Nodes
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  Dell EMC Ready Solutions for VDI-optimized configurations

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  Testing process
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  Load generation
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  Profiles and workloads
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  Test configurations
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  Test results and analysis

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  Platform configurations
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  CPU
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  Memory
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  NVIDIA vGPU considerations
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  Sizing considerations
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  Display protocol
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  Recommended BIOS settings
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  Design assessment

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  Conclusion

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  References

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  Appendix A: Definition of performance metrics