[ovirt-users] VDI experience to share?

[Giorgio Bersano]

2016-06-15 12:26 GMT+02:00 Michal Skrivanek <michal.skrivanek at redhat.com>:
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>> On 15 Jun 2016, at 12:18, Giorgio Bersano <giorgio.bersano at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi everyone,
>> I've been asked to deploy a VDI solution based on our oVirt infrastructure.
>> What we have in production is a 3.6 manager (standalone, not HE) with
>> a 3.5 cluster (CentOS 6) and a 3.6 cluster (CentOS 7), iSCSI storage,
>> fully redundant networking.
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>> What is not clear to me is the client side, especially because we have
>> been asked to implement a thin client solution but I've been almost
>> unable to find suitable devices.
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> if that client can still be a PC, albeit diskless, it’s still easier and probably cheaper than any other special hw.

That's a worrying statement, we were explicitly asked for thin clients
(low power, low noise, small form factor).

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>> Is there anyone in this list willing to share his/her experience on
>> this topic? Probably my search skill is low but I've only seen
>> references to IGEL. Other brands?
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> not that i know of, and even that one had (or still have?) some issues with SPICE performance as it’s not kept up to date

That's even more worrisome.

Thanks,
Giorgio.