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Case Studies

582KB 		Bimba Manufacturing pulls the plug on DAS, air conditioning, and high costs

Jul 22, 2010
769KB 		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
654KB 		HVB Leasing GmbH

HVB Leasing optimizes server performance through virtualization.

Jul 22, 2010

Data sheets

480KB 		NetApp Virtual Storage Console for Citrix XenServer

Manage storage directly from Citrix XenCenter.

Oct 26, 2012
170KB 		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
126KB 		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

 NetApp & Essentials for XenServer

NetApp storage for Citrix Essentials for XenServer environments
NetApp 50% Virtualization Guarantee* Program

Use 50% less storage in your virtualized environment. Guaranteed.
NetApp Storage for Citrix Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

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

Solution Briefs

 NetApp Storage Solution for Citrix ShareFile Enterprise

The on-premises storage system is a central component of customer-managed StorageZones. With NetApp you can start small and scale storage performance or capacity to meet rapid growth. Consolidate your data for Citrix ShareFile, XenDesktop, and XenApp onto a unified architecture with secure multi-tenancy. NetApp storage efficiency features can help you further reduce costs by using fewer disk drives, less power, and less data center space.

Nov 7, 2012
874KB 		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
312KB 		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
1MB 		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

Technical Overviews

4MB 		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
Citrix XenDesktop on Cisco UCS, Citrix XenServer, and NetApp

Citrix XenDesktop on Cisco UCS, VMware vSphere, and NetApp

9MB 		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
511KB 		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
NetApp & Citrix: Deployment Guide for Hosted Shared Desktops and On-Demand Apps

This technical report provides a step-by-step guide and best practices for deploying hosted shared desktops and on-demand applications with Citrix XenDesktop on VMware® vSphere® using NetApp storage. This document can be used as a stand-alone example of a XenApp deployment or as an additional layer in a XenDesktop deployment.
299KB 		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

 Reference Architecture: Citrix XenDesktop on FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud

This document describes the architecture and deployment procedures of an infrastructure comprised of Cisco, NetApp, Microsoft, and Citrix virtualization technologies. The intended audience includes, but is not limited to, sales engineers, field consultants, professional services personnel, IT managers, partner engineering staff, and customers who want to deploy the core FlexPod architecture.

Nov 5, 2012
463KB 		Better Virtualization Outcomes with Citrix Essentials for XenServer and NetApp

EMA analyst whitepaper

Jul 22, 2010
Citrix and NetApp together, deliver a harmonious virtualized IT environment

534KB 		Comparison of virtualizing Citrix XenApp with XenServer 5.5

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

Aug 12, 2009
5MB 		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
972KB 		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
251KB 		Taming the Impact of Server Virtualization on Networked Storage

With Citrix, Microsoft, and NetApp

Jul 22, 2010

Videos

7:49 		Citrix and NetApp: Synergy in the Field and with Customers

Listen to this conversation between Julie Parrish, Sr. VP, Global Partner Sales, NetApp and Rick Baker, VP WW Sales Strategy, Citrix to hear about the Citrix and NetApp alliance, the newly announced announced XenDesktop Built on FlexPod solution, executing together at the street level, and what this means to both partners and customers.

Mar 31, 2011
1:43:32 		Citrix XenServer and NetApp - Better Together

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.

Aug 13, 2010
4:05 		Citrix Ready StorageLink Challenge NetApp Video

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

Feb 24, 2010

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