VDI-In-A-Box

VDI in a Box is an easy, low cost, all-in-one desktop virtualization solution that makes the benefits of desktop virtualization available to every business. VDI‑in‑a‑Box includes built-in high-availability and eliminates overheads of traditional VDI infrastructure—including management servers and shared storage (SANs) – by creating a farm of servers using local storage.

The solution enables administrators to quickly deliver centrally-managed virtual desktops to users, on any device with the same rich high-definition end-user experience as more expensive VDI solutions —all for less than the cost of PCs.

With VDI‑in‑a‑Box, you can give your workers the freedom to work from anywhere on any device including Windows PCs, Macs, smartphone and IPADs/Iphones using the Citrix Receiver.

Reasons why you would consider VDI-IN-A-BOX:

• Centralised and sharing data is or will become important
• Will centralising of any of your applications benefit business (eg. Can another staff member from another branch cover for a staff member on leave)
• Cost savings
• Concerned that data will be lost on PCs & Laptops (data leaked to competitors)
• Productivity gains from having documents and applications centralised
• Disaster Recovery benefits

Pros and Cons of VDI-In-a-box compared to traditional Terminal Server:

Pros	Tserver	VDI-In-A-Box	Cons	Tserver	Vdi

Simplified Management	X	X	Server Requirements	X	X
Reuse old low end hardware	x	X	Some Programs don’t work properly	X
Quick Client Installs	x	X	Server Security needs to be strong	X
Quick Replacement of Clients	x	X	Server Setup	X
Overall Network Load will be less	x	X	Sound issues/challenges especially with IP telephone soft-phones	X	X
Centralise your data	X	X	Issues Playing Video and some flash websites	X	Minor issue
Share documents across the organisation without upgrade WAN Links	X	X	Some users do not like using compared to the fastest desktops	X	X
Remote Access - access to your desktop from anywhere	X	x
Lowe Cost than VDI	X

How alltasksIT can help:

•review requirements
•implementation
•support

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