It is based on the FAS8060 platform, which is a great platform, and probably one of my favorites in the FAS8000 series lineup. Don’t believe me? Check it out in plain black and white, NetApp All-Flash FAS Solution For Nonpersistent Desktops with VMware Horizon View. All flash storage for a fraction of the price I was looking at seven years ago. In fact, today I can run a VDI environment with Horizon View for a storage cost of $55 dollars per desktop, and that’s on a NetApp All Flash FAS. With the way storage technologies has grown and evolved since 2007, cost isn’t really a factor any more when we’re talking about VDI. The Rise of the (Virtual Desktop) Machines Now we’re working with VMware Horizon View, which is full of features like 3D graphics support, and real time audio and video. Things have certainly come a long way since then. This was before linked clones existed, and we had a hard time justifying the storage costs for hosting desktops in the data center, no matter what the benefits were. We deployed VMware’s Virtual Desktop Manager for a couple of test projects, including desktops for the help desk, and desktops with admin tools for certain groups within our IT organization. My time with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, or VDI started in 2007.
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