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Does anyone come across Hardware Sizing for Microsoft VDI Infrastructure on windows 2012 Server.
We are looking at 250 Virtual Desktop with combination of Pooled and Personal Virtual Desktop
And 750 as Application Virtualization. Which will also include System Center.
If anyone have come across Hardware Sizing calculator or if anyone knows how to size the hardware.
Awaiting for response.
Thanks & Regards,
Santosh
Santosh Dave Head of Infrastructure Technology & Services Elite Technologies Middle East Kingdom of Bahrain, Manama.

Actually this does not solve my query, unlike Citrix has such a calculation doesnt Mircosoft have calculation or calculator?
Storage
Capacity is determined by the number of images, the number of desktops, and the type of desktops.
Formula:
Golden image: 2 * total golden image size
VDI-in-a-Box appliance: 75 GB (can be reduced)
Per pooled desk"font-family:Verdana, Arial, 'Sans Serif' !important;margin-margin-bottom:10px !important;font-size:9pt !important;">Assumptions for pooled desktops: User and profile data are stored externally for pooled desktops. Desktops are refreshed frequently
(at least weekly or bi-weekly). If that is not the case in your deployment, or if you have applications that require more write space, allocate more than 15% per pooled desktop.
Per personal desk"vdi-sizing__li_3F4E509727EF4A30802173732E1053D6" style="margin-margin-bottom:5px;font-size:9pt !important;">Swap space: VM RAM size * number of VMs
Thin clone expansion buffer: 10% * golden image size * number of desktops
Example:
50 pooled desktops
40 pooled desktops + 10 personal desktops (80/20 split)
Golden image
2 * 20 GB * 2 = 80 GB
VDI-in-a-Box appliance
75 GB
Image space per desktop
15% * 20 GB * 50 = 150 GB
Pooled: 15% * 20 GB * 40 = 120 GB
Personal: 8 GB * 10 = 80 GB
Swap space
2 GB * 50 = 100 GB
Thin clone expansion buffer
10% * 20 GB * 50 = 100 GB
Recommended per-server storage
Total: 505 GB
Recommended: 750 GB to about 1 TB
Total: 555 GB
Recommended: 850 GB to about 1 TB
I am surprised how come Cirtix who is depended on Microsoft and has such an explaination where as no where on microsoft site I find any such calculation of calculator.
Regards
Santosh
Santosh Dave Head of Infrastructure Technology & Services Elite Technologies Middle East Kingdom of Bahrain, Manama.

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