Technical data

Solution Technology Overview
VMware Horizon View 5.3 and VMware vSphere for up to 2,000 Virtual
Desktops Enabled by Brocade Network Fabrics, EMC VNX, and EMC Next-
Generation Backup
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The technology solution
This solution uses EMC VNX5400
™
(for up to 1,000 virtual desktops) or
VNX5600 (for up to 2,000 virtual desktops), Brocade Ethernet Fabric or
Connectrix-B Fibre Channel switches, and VMware vSphere to provide the
storage and computer resources for a VMware Horizon View environment
of Windows 7 virtual desktops provisioned by VMware Horizon View
™
Composer. Brocade Ethernet Fabric switches for File based storage
network or Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel Fabric switches for Block storage
network.
Figure 4 shows all of the computer resources and connections.
Figure 4. Solution components
Planning and designing the storage infrastructure for VMware Horizon View
environment is a critical step because the shared storage must be able to
absorb large bursts of I/O that occur over the course of a workday. These
bursts can lead to periods of erratic and unpredictable virtual desktop
performance. Users can adapt to slow performance, but unpredictable
performance frustrates them and reduces efficiency.