VDI Client Comparison - Part 2

An apples-to-apples comparison on the multimedia performance of equivalently priced clients using VMware View 4.5 (PCoIP) and Citrix XenDesktop 4 (HDX).

Part 2 of 2:
In this video, we investigate the Flash media responsiveness and application compatibility of the two different clients using the same 100 Mbps LAN network and VM configuration as Part 1 -- As a reminder, one client is an integrated PCoIP zero client monitor and the other client is an Eden-class thin client.

Watch Part 1 of this video series for the frame rate performance testing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dh_6mxtb98

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• PCoIP
• PC-over-IP
• zero client
• thin client
• Samsung NC240
• VMware View
• Citrix
• XenDesktop
• HDX
• ICA
• RDP
• RemoteFX
• VDI
• virtualization
• virtual desktop

[dhmi3388]

Here's the problem that you have guys, you can't rig the tests in the customer's lab.

[jabberwolf]

PS

I'm aslo betting that they are running this off the same switch - where PCoIP is hording the bandwidth which would effect Xendesktop.

Again nice try but shows the problem with PCoIP and not why its better.

[jabberwolf]

Nice but this is one machine on the switch at a time.

1-

Try throttling the bandwidth down and you'll see the PoIP slow down dramatically.

2-

HDX - uses the combination of the local client's GPU - taking a load off the backend server.

3-

BTW the HDX from 4.5 HDX in XenDesktop 5 has improved dramaically. So while VM has jumped from 4 to 4.5, Citrix has jumped to version 5.

Small 1 site shop with vmware = vm views

large and/or multiple site= xendesktop