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Holy mother of god! I've been managing full 2,000 virtual desktops and about 100 servers... I've been looking for a way out! (out of licen$ing/$oul agreement w

by l0c0b0x 13y ago

Holy mother of god! I've been managing full 2,000 virtual desktops and about 100 servers... I've been looking for a way out! (out of licen$ing/$oul agreement with MS and VMWare). Of course latency would be an issue, I wonder what solutions they have for low/limited-capacity clients.

caw 13y ago
It says it's powered by PCoIP. I've tested one of the PCoIP hardware thin clients before, and it works really well across a WAN. An employee ran from his home a graphically intensive 3D render application at 1920x1080 on one of the EVGA thin clients. We didn't test it across a 3G connection or anything like that.
l0c0b0x 13y ago
Yikes! Just looked at the pricing: http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/pricing/ http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/pricing/ Talk about high TCO! (yes, you still need the hardware to run this service). With office going online now, I'm wondering what their strategy is. This is really not what I was expecting.
- luma 13y ago
  Excluding your endpoints, do you have a current cost accounting of the entire infrastructure capex, opex, software licensing, and any professional services behind your existing 2000 seats? I work extensively in this field and the numbers they are throwing out are extremely competitive with existing on-premises View or XenDesktop implementations I've been involved with.
  - l0c0b0x 13y ago
    We're running on 4-5yr old hardware... and our maintenance contracts, even though high wouldn't amount the yearly costs to use this service. This is at least a decent option if you're planning on new infrastructure.
    - willthames 13y ago
      What about the costs of running the hardware - power, cooling, network switches, storage arrays, datacentre rental (or opportunity costs of using a server room versus more desk space for example)? Not saying it still wouldn't work out cheaper for you, but worth bearing in mind.
jrmcauliffe 13y ago
This is their solution. http://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/ http://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/ I would imagine it's at least in the ball park if you have 100 servers..

by l0c0b0x 13y ago

caw 13y ago

It says it's powered by PCoIP. I've tested one of the PCoIP hardware thin clients before, and it works really well across a WAN. An employee ran from his home a graphically intensive 3D render application at 1920x1080 on one of the EVGA thin clients. We didn't test it across a 3G connection or anything like that.

l0c0b0x 13y ago

Yikes! Just looked at the pricing: http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/pricing/ http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/pricing/ Talk about high TCO! (yes, you still need the hardware to run this service). With office going online now, I'm wondering what their strategy is. This is really not what I was expecting.

luma 13y ago
Excluding your endpoints, do you have a current cost accounting of the entire infrastructure capex, opex, software licensing, and any professional services behind your existing 2000 seats? I work extensively in this field and the numbers they are throwing out are extremely competitive with existing on-premises View or XenDesktop implementations I've been involved with.
- l0c0b0x 13y ago
  We're running on 4-5yr old hardware... and our maintenance contracts, even though high wouldn't amount the yearly costs to use this service. This is at least a decent option if you're planning on new infrastructure.
  - willthames 13y ago
    What about the costs of running the hardware - power, cooling, network switches, storage arrays, datacentre rental (or opportunity costs of using a server room versus more desk space for example)? Not saying it still wouldn't work out cheaper for you, but worth bearing in mind.

jrmcauliffe 13y ago

This is their solution. http://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/ http://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/ I would imagine it's at least in the ball park if you have 100 servers..