Best Practices: VMware Horizon
Hypervisor Recommended Settings
ESXi Recommended Parameter Changes and VMware KB Articles
VDI Product Recommended Settings
VMware Horizon View General Best Practices
| Horizon View Parameter | Recommended | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| View Storage Accelerator | Disable | Enabled | This is disabled through the Connection Server. Because Pure Arrays have lots of IOPS at very low latency, we don't need the extra layer of caching at the host. |
| Maximum Concurrent vCenter Operations | >=50 | ~20 | The default concurrent vCenter operations are defined in the View Connection server advanced vCenter settings. The default values are quite conservative and can be increased to higher values to allow recompose and other operations to complete much more quickly. |
| Virtual Disk Format | SE Sparse | Space Efficient sparse virtual disks are recommended on Pure Storage due to the space efficiency and preventing vmdk bloat. |
Useful Horizon View KB Articles and Whitepapers
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- VMware Horizon View Optimization Guide for Windows 7/8.1
- App Volumes with near native performance on Pure Storage
- VMware Horizon View Persona Management Deployment Guide
- VMware View Planner 3.5 - VDI Performance Characterization Tool (using Pure Storage)
- Manually deleting linked clones or stale virtual desktop entries from the View Composer database
- VMware Flings (useful Apps and Tools created by VMware engineers)
- Location of Horizon View Log Files
- Collecting diagnostic information for Horizon View
- Anti-Virus Best Practices for Horizon View White Paper
- VDI Best Practices for Symantec Endpoint Protection
- McAfee MOVE Setup Guide (for vShield EndPoint)
Reference Architectures
- FlashStack Cisco Validated Design with 5000 Horizon View 6.2 Users
- FlashStack Mini Reference Architecture with VMware Horizon 7
- Pure Storage Design Guide for Virtualized Engineering Workstations with nVidia GRID
- Pure Storage FlashStack Reference Architecture with Horizon View 6.2 on //m20
- Pure Storage Reference Architecture with VMware Horizon View 5.0.1
- Pure Storage FlashStack Reference Architecture with Horizon View 6.0
General VDI Sizing Guidelines