The team over at VDI Drones (a.k.a. performance guru’s) informed me about their latest (major) release; version 3.2. I thought I’d do brief write-up on what’s new. In short, VDI Drones is benchmarking software aimed at corporate environments/users. VDI Drones lets you benchmark and/or loadtest everything from 1 up to 10.000 machines with just a few mouse clicks. No scripting knowledge required.
Continue ReadingMeltdown and Spectre – Minimize impact and avoid performance problems – how Stratusphere UX can help!
Average time to read: 4 minutesWhen it comes to both Meltdown and Spectre, the question you should be asking yourself is not if you are affected or at risk – because you most likely are. The question you should be asking yourself is what do I need to do and how does it impact the performance of my server/desktop farm?! Whether it’s virtual or physical, Microsoft, VMware or Citrix based, desktop or server, it doesn’t matter, all need to be looked after.
The ultimate IOPS cheat sheet!
Average time to read: 13 minutesLately I’ve seen a lot of talk about IOPS, we need as many as possible and as such we are constantly on the look out for new ways to boost performance. No matter what kind of infrastructure we build, virtual or physical, or what ever products we use, in the end it all comes down to the end user experience. Topics often relate to flash like storage solutions, converged infrastructures, Citrix provisioning services, Machine Creation Services, or a combination of the above.