Deploy Horizon VDI on Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform One SDS Block

December 3, 2024

This document describes the reference architecture for the implementation of Horizon VDI on Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform One SDS Block (VSP One SDS Block) storage. It combines VSP One SDS Block, Horizon VDI, Hitachi Advanced Server and VMware Hypervisor technology to enable an enterprise level solution for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

Extensive testing was executed to evaluate the performance and capabilities of VSP One SDS Block, although the VSP One SDS Block cluster used in this guide was configured with the minimum number of storage nodes. VSP One SDS Block can scale out the number of nodes in the storage cluster, expanding the amount of I/O the whole storage cluster can process. This paper presents the results of a series of tests conducted using Login VSI Enterprise, the industry standard benchmarking tool for VDI workloads. For these tests, Knowledge Worker user workloads was selected. The performance testing of Horizon VDI with VSP One SDS Block storage demonstrated impressive results, particularly with 350 Windows 10 instant clones.

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