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Virtual Machine Test Image Build
Table 8 summarizes the virtual machine image used to provision desktop sessions in the Citrix XenDesktop
environment for pooled desktops. The image conformed to testing tool standards and was optimized in accordance
with the Citrix PVS optimization wizard that is built into the PVS imaging tool.
The reference architecture and performance tests presented in this document were run on Windows 7 optimized
using the PVS optimization wizard.
Table 8.
Virtual Machine Image Attributes
Attribute
Pooled Desktops
Desktop operating system
Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 (32-bit)
Hardware
VMware Virtual Hardware Version 11
vCPU
2
Memory
2048 MB
Memory reserved
2048 MB
Video RAM
35 MB
3D graphics
Off
NIC
1
Virtual network adapter 1
VMXNet3 adapter
Virtual SCSI controller 0
LSI
Virtual disk: VMDK 1
6 GB
Virtual floppy drive 1
Removed
Virtual CD/DVD drive 1
Passthrough IDE
Applications
● Login VSI 4.1.4 application installation
● Adobe Acrobat 11
● Adobe Flash Player 16
● Doro PDF 1.82
● FreeMind
● Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
● Microsoft Office 2010
● Adobe Acrobat 11
● Adobe Flash Player 16
● Doro PDF 1.82
● FreeMind
● Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
● Microsoft Office 2010
VMware tools
Release 10.0.0.3000743
Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA)
Version 7.8
Citrix PVS Agent
Version 7.8
Deduplication and Compression Features
You can use deduplication and compression to improve storage efficiency (Figure 27).