Technical data

Solution Architectural 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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vCenter Operations Manager for View platform profile desktops
Table 15 shows how this solution stack was sized based on the following
vCenter Operations Manager for View platform requirements.
Table 15. Platform characteristics
Platform Component
Technical Information
VMware vCenter Operations
Manager vApp
The vApp consists of a user interface (UI)
virtual appliance and an Analytics virtual
appliance.
For 500 virtual desktops
 UI appliance requirements: 2 vCPU, 5 GB
RAM, and 50 GB hard disk space
 Analytics appliance requirements: 2
vCPU, 7 GB RAM, and 300 GB hard disk
space
For 1,000 virtual desktops
 UI appliance requirements: 2 vCPU, 7 GB
RAM, and 75 GB hard disk space.
 Analytics appliance requirements: 2
vCPU, 9 GB RAM, and 600 GB hard disk
space.
For 2,000 virtual desktops
 UI appliance requirements: 4 vCPU, 11
GB RAM, and 150 GB hard disk space.
 Analytics appliance requirements: 4
vCPU, 14 GB RAM, and 1.2 TB hard disk
space.
VMware vCOps for View
Adapter
The vCOps for View Adapter enables
integration between vCenter Operations
Manager and VMware Horizon View and
requires a server running Microsoft Windows
2008 R2. The adapter gathers View related
status information and statistical data.
For 500 virtual desktops
 Server requirements: 2 vCPU, 6 GB RAM,
and 30 GB hard disk space.
For 1,000 virtual desktops
 Server requirements: 2 vCPU, 6 GB RAM,
and 30 GB hard disk space.
For 2,000 virtual desktops
 Server requirements: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM,
and 30 GB hard disk space
Platform
characteristics