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| Dec 14 2007, 12:24 PM EST (current) | todd_muirhead | 3 words added, 2 words deleted |
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Technologies on both the Desktop and in the Datacenter are providing more efficient solutions. It is important to consider both sides of these solutions as part of planning any deployment. Examples of these desktop to datacenter solutions are thin clients, remote desktops, virtualized desktops, and applications that sync and resync with central servers.
In order to examine different client technologies and the changes they necessitate in the datacenter, four example client use case scenarios are given in this paper. In each scenario the solution architecture, datacenter impact, and potential benefits are covered. Highlights from the paper have been included directly on this wiki page, for full details see complete paper as linked above.
Discussion and questions about the paper can be written in the commentsdiscussion areathreads section at the bottom of this page.
A key aspect of selecting a client solution is understading how that choice will effect the utilization and architecture of the datacenter. The following table summarizes some of the benefits and effects on the datacenter of selecting certain technologies to support the different user types:
Whitepaper - End to End Architecture: Impacts of New Client Technologies on Datacenter Architecture
End to End Architecture: Impacts of New Client Technologies on Datacenter Architecture(308KB)In order to examine different client technologies and the changes they necessitate in the datacenter, four example client use case scenarios are given in this paper. In each scenario the solution architecture, datacenter impact, and potential benefits are covered. Highlights from the paper have been included directly on this wiki page, for full details see complete paper as linked above.
Discussion and questions about the paper can be written in the commentsdiscussion areathreads section at the bottom of this page.
Whitepaper Highlights - Different User Types Equals Different Solutions
The profile or type of end user should dictate the best client solution. The following diagram from the whitepaper shows how some different solutions map to client type.A key aspect of selecting a client solution is understading how that choice will effect the utilization and architecture of the datacenter. The following table summarizes some of the benefits and effects on the datacenter of selecting certain technologies to support the different user types:
| User Scenarios | Key Technologies | Potential Benefits | DataCenter Effects |
| Mobile | Vista – Offline Files, Bitlocker Office2007 – Outlook Cache mode Laptop - MultiCore Processors | Ability to work Offline Data Security Data Backup Powerful local processing Better Collaboration between Mobile Users | Upgrade to Exchange 2007, Office SharePoint Server 2007 Additional File Server Capacity |
| Call Center | Ardence – Software Streaming Dell OptiPlex Diskless Clients | Centralized Boot Image Simple Reset, Reconfigure, or Upgrade of Clients Centralized control of all data – no data on client | Ardence servers added Additional File server capacity |
| Remote | Citirx Presentation Server Microsoft Terminal Services Widespread Internet Access | Remote Access from many types of client devices Remote Access over internet to apps Centralized control of data | Remote Access Servers added Installation and Config of apps for use in Remote Access Increased Use of Internal applications |
| Developers | Server and Desktop Virtualization Remote Desktop | Additional Resources / Flexibility for Developers Centralized Control of Source Code and Development Process Support for Remote Development Centers | Smaller requirements for individual Development and Test Systems Virtualization Server Farm Additional SAN capacity to support Virtualization Server Farm |
