DellCompellentStorageCenterSAN&CitrixXenDesktop1,000DesktopReferenceArchitectureADell|CompellentTechnicalWhitePaperDellCompellentTechnicalSolutionsDellCompellentStorageCenterSAN&CitrixXenDesktop1,000DesktopReferenceArchitecture2THISREFERANCEARCHITECTUREISFORINFORMATIONALPURPOSESONLY,ANDMAYCONTAINTYPOGRAPHICALERRORSANDTECHNICALINACCURACIES.THECONTENTISPROVIDEDASIS,WITHOUTEXPRESSORIMPLIEDWARRANTIESOFANYKIND.©2011DellInc.Allrightsreserved.ReproductionofthismaterialinanymannerwhatsoeverwithouttheexpresswrittenpermissionofDellInc.isstrictlyforbidden.Formoreinformation,contactDell.Dell,theDELLlogo,andtheDELLbadgeandCompellentaretrademarksofDellInc.Citrix,XenServerandXenDesktoparetrademarksofCitrixSystemsInc.MicrosoftandHyper-VaretrademarksofMicrosoftCorp.Othertrademarksandtradenamesmaybeusedinthisdocumenttorefertoeithertheentitiesclaimingthemarksandnamesortheirproducts.DellInc.disclaimsanyproprietaryinterestintrademarksandtradenamesotherthanitsown.August2011DellCompellentStorageCenterSAN&CitrixXenDesktop1,000DesktopReferenceArchitecture3ContentsFigures.......................................................................................................................4Introduction................................................................................................................5ExecutiveSummary.......................................................................................................5KeyFindings................................................................................................................6TestedArchitecture.......................................................................................................6FastTrack................................................................................................................8LoadGeneration........................................................................................................8SystemCenterVirtualMachineManager...........................................................................9XenDesktop5............................................................................................................9Windows7..............................................................................................................10Antivirus.................................................................................................................10StorageCenterConfiguration.......................................................................................10XenDesktop“Master”ImageManagement...........................................................................10MachineCreateServiceandHyper-VConfiguration............................................................11DataProgressionandReplaytechnologyandtheMasterImage..............................................12TestingResults............................................................................................................14BootTest................................................................................................................14LoadTest...............................................................................................................16MediumWorkloadResults............................................................................................17HeavyWorkloadResults..............................................................................................18DynamicMemoryConsideration........................................................................................19FunctionalIOPS...........................................................................................................20Conclusion.................................................................................................................21ReferenceMaterials......................................................................................................22DellCompellentStorageCenterSAN&CitrixXenDesktop1,000DesktopReferenceArchitecture4FiguresFigure1.TestedArchitecture...................................................................................................................8Figure2.VirtualDiskRelationshipperVolume.........................................................................................9Figure3.StorageTiers...........................................................................................................................11Figure4.CustomStorageProfile............................................................................................................11Figure5.CSVTiers.................................................................................................................................13Figure6.ReplayStatistics......................................................................................................................13Figure7.SSDIOPSDuringBootStorm....................................................................................................15Figure8.15KIOPSDuringBootStorm....