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For organizations looking to improve employee experience and productivity while also reducing costs, a virtual app and desktop delivery project based on a hyperconverged solution should rank toward the top of their list. Streamlined management, improved performance, and optimized costs are a few of the key benefits. Cisco HyperFlex is an industry-leading hyperconverged solution that pairs well with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops projects.
Cisco releases comprehensive architectural documents on specific solutions known as Cisco Validated Designs, or CVDs. One of their latest CVDs for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops includes Cisco HyperFlex HXAF220-M5 all-flash hyperconverged nodes and HyperFlex HXB200 M5 compute-only nodes to create the most economical infrastructure based on Hyper-V 2019 and the following:
- Guidance for up to 5,000 RDS sessions and 4,000 VDI instances
- A 32-node Cisco HyperFlex cluster
- Server 2019, Server 2016, Windows 10, and Office 2016
- System Center 2019
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1909
- Citrix Provisioning Services 1909
- LoginVSI test data
- And much more!
Check out the document yourself: HyperFlex M5 All-Flash Hyperconverged System with Hyper-V 2019 and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops.
This is truly an enterprise-grade solution to meet the needs of a demanding, modern workforce. The information contained within the document will guide you through the process of building out the necessary hardware and software components per best practices. Think of it as a reference architecture and deployment guide all in one.
I’m also personally excited to see this CVD based on Hyper-V. At Citrix we believe in providing our customers with choices to best suit their preferences and needs. Hypervisor selection is a big part of that.
I trust you’ll find the CVD document very helpful for your project. If you have feedback on the document or want to share what you’d like to see in future documents, please use the Feedback link on the page or let us know in the comments below.
Until next time, happy architecting your Citrix and Cisco solutions!
