HP Client Virtualization Solutions and Citrix XenDesktop

HP Client Virtualization solutions offer a proven path forward       

As you consider deploying client virtualization across your enterprise, reducing cost and complexity are critical concerns. You want a simple, repeatable, validated client virtualization reference architecture that is proven to scale and operate cost-efficiently. The HP Client Virtualization (CV) Reference Architecture (RA) for Citrix XenDesktop addresses these needs by providing a validated blueprint for a complete, simpler-to-deploy, and ready-to-scale virtual desktop solution.

Unique in the industry, HP CV RA for XenDesktop client virtualization solution supports the server-hosted virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) model, as well as:

• Hosted-shared desktops

• Client-hosted desktop virtualization

• Virtualized applications

Solution Overview

Citrix XenDesktop supports VDI—a model that allows you to assign an individual virtual machine (VM) for each worker’s virtual desktop. While this delivery model is certainly effective, it is also quite costly. To overcome this problem, XenDesktop uses the unique and highly advanced FlexCast delivery technology, which supports three cost-efficient delivery alternatives:

• Hosted-shared desktops – Uses one-sixth the resources of VDI. Each user receives a virtual desktop delivered through shared sessions on a VM.
• Client-hosted DV – Runs the desktops on the client, while managing desktops from the server. This method enables secure environments/areas where offline access is required.
• Virtualized applications – Enables workers using tablets and other devices to easily access the apps they need to do their jobs, regardless of their physical location.

Supporting Citrix FlexCast by tailoring the desktop experience and providing alternative desktop delivery methods, HP CV Gen8 RA intelligently optimizes resource utilization. To further boost efficiency, HP CV RA for XenDesktop takes advantage of the highly cost-efficient HP Converged Infrastructure—where servers, direct-attached storage, and networking are converged onto one common platform. Used in concert, the components in the HP CV RA for XenDesktop create a solution that accelerates virtual desktop deployment.