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Case Studies

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University of Tennessee Knoxville

University of Tennessee Knoxville boosts competitive edge with Citrix virtualization on FlexPod.

Apr 19, 2013
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Guy M. Turner Uses NetApp with Citrix

Guy M. Turner Uses NetApp with Citrix XenServer, Citrix XenApp for Rapid Recovery and Faster Application Access

Jul 22, 2010
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HVB Leasing GmbH

HVB Leasing optimizes server performance through virtualization.

Jul 22, 2010

Data sheets

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NetApp Virtual Storage Console for Citrix XenServer

Manage storage directly from Citrix XenCenter.

Oct 26, 2012
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Citrix and NetApp Solution Overview

Citrix and NetApp have developed an optimal solution for unifying desktop virtualization and storage management to create a comprehensive virtualized desktop infrastructure.

Jun 9, 2011
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Citrix StorageLink Adapter for NetApp

StorageLink optimizes the management of storage in a virtualized environment automatically unifying virtualization management for increased agility and reduced management costs.

Oct 27, 2009

Links

Solution Briefs

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Citrix XenDesktop Built on FlexPod

To meet the challenges of today’s IT organizations, NetApp and Cisco have collaborated to create the FlexPod datacenter solution. FlexPod provides Citrix XenDesktop customers an easy-to-deploy, self-contained virtual desktop solution in a rack. XenDesktop on FlexPod is a preconfigured and validated desktop architecture built on a flexible and secure shared IT infrastructure using leading technology from NetApp, Cisco and Citrix.

Oct 18, 2012
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Simplify Your Citrix XenServer Environments With NetApp Virtualization Solutions

Realize the full potential of a virtual infrastructure with storage solutions that match the efficiency, flexibility, and scalability of virtualized servers.

Feb 23, 2009
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The Essential Storage Platform for Citrix XenDesktop

NetApp can help you realize the full potential of your virtual desktop environment with storage that’s flexible, available and cost-effective.

Feb 23, 2009

Solution Guides

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Citrix ShareFile StorageZones on NetApp Solution Guide

This solution guide highlights the architecture developed jointly by Citrix and NetApp for running Citrix ShareFile with customer-managed StorageZones on NetApp storage that allows IT to store mission-critical data on the premises.

Apr 19, 2013

Technical Overviews

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Citrix XenDesktop and NetApp VDI Best Practice Guide

This document is intended to provide advanced technical personnel - architects, engineers and consultants – with data to assist in the planning, design and deployment of a Citrix XenDesktop hosted VM-based (VDI) solution that scales to 5000 desktops. This document presents the findings of internal Citrix testing that simulates a large enterprise deployment of VDI desktops.

Jul 15, 2010
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Citrix XenServer and NetApp Storage Best Practices Guide

This document presents best practices for using NetApp® storage systems as networked attached storage solutions for Citrix® XenServer™.

Jul 15, 2010
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File System Alignment Best Practices for Citrix XenServer Environments

This document provides guidelines for preventing, detecting, and correcting file system misalignment issues for virtual machines hosted on VMware® ESX, Microsoft® Hyper-V™, and Citrix XenServer infrastructures.

Jul 22, 2010
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XenServer 5.5 Single Server Scalability with XenDesktop 4.0

The purpose of this test was to provide the data needed to substantiate the maximum number of Windows XP virtual desktops per host for XenServer 5.5 using XenDesktop 4. ). This information provides a data point that customers may reference in designing their own implementations. It is not intended to provide a comprehensive set of tests, workloads, hardware evaluations, etc., and many factors can influence whether other tests will experience the same results.

Apr 20, 2010

White Papers

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Accelerating NetApp SnapMirror Replication with Citrix CloudBridge

NetApp SnapMirror is used for replication of file systems across datacenters for disaster recovery and business intelligence mining. This white paper covers the additional benefits for replication with SnapMirror provided by Citrix CloudBridge, which compresses the data and significantly improves WAN utilization in the presence of latency and packet loss.

Apr 24, 2013
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IDC Analyst White Paper: Desktop Virtualization and Storage Solutions Evolve to Support Mobile Workers and Consumer Devices

Flexible desktop virtualization solutions offer a very different value proposition as vendors realize that no single technology model can address an entire organization's needs. Citrix understands the needs of different user types adds complexity at the storage layer and as a result is partnering with NetApp. Our efforts in leveraging the storage optimization, data management, and scalability capabilities of storage platforms are yielding benefits. Learn more in this white paper.

Apr 19, 2013
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Comparison of virtualizing Citrix XenApp with XenServer 5.5

On Intel Xeon X7350 & X5570 host servers, using NetApp storage

Aug 12, 2009
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Deployment Guide for Citrix XenDesktop 5 with NetApp Storage

Technical Report: Deployment Guide for Citrix XenDesktop 5 on VMware vSphere and Citrix XenServer on NetApp Storage.

Jun 9, 2011
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Desktop Virtualization Efficiencies with Citrix and NetApp

Citrix XenDesktop and NetApp storage systems provide an optimal combination of virtual desktop management, multiple deployment models, application virtualization, and storage management solutions to minimize virtualization’s impact on IT infrastructure and deliver on the promise of a more efficient, secure, and easier to manage desktop environment—without compromising the user experience.

Jul 22, 2010
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Taming the Impact of Server Virtualization on Networked Storage

With Citrix, Microsoft, and NetApp

Jul 22, 2010

Videos

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XenServer and NetApp - Better Together (1:43:32)

In this interactive webinar Lee Bushen from Citrix and Luke Reed from NetApp will be presenting overviews of their combined technologies providing demonstrations & deep dives in to the unique XenServer/NetApp integrations helping you maximize your storage efficiency. Topics include - A XenServer 5.6 overview - A NetApp storage overview - Citrix StorageLink discussion and demos - StorageLink Site Recovery technology which will automate & simply your Disaster Recovery contingency plans.

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Citrix Ready StorageLink Challenge NetApp Video (4:05)

NetApp Uses Citrix to Virtualize 130 tier-1 Applications, Integrates with StorageLink & XenDesktop 4

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