NTCrashes Blog: XenDesktop Project… Starting!
Oh yeah XenDesktop to the MAX! We have been in the planning phase for quite some time as deploying over 5000 virtual desktops is a little bit of a change and challenge.
So first had to decided on Virtualization Platform… Do we add to the existing VMWare ESX environment or build a new one? After many talks New one it is, and XenServer 5.6 was the choice. Second decision, Storage? Again do we utilize existing infrastructure or build out a new one? Build a new one that is going to be dedicated to XenDesktop. Now time to prove all this… Pretty simple with XenServer and their true saying 10 til Xen! Within about 2 hours the first Win7 box was getting its final make over. vDisk provisioned and once I get the DHCP scope created and device's MAC addresses allowed on the network, we will have about 100 Desktops rocking!
Just about to start a small XenDesktop project with only about 5000 XenDesktop's. Most likely will be building a small XenServer farm to support it! More to come on the challenges, tweaks, and work-a-rounds as they come… Going to be fun.