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Jul
15
2010

VDI reference architecture with HP, Microsoft and Citrix

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Written by Misha Hanin   

At HP's Tech Forum conference, HP started to market a VDI reference architecture, and deployment offer, with Microsoft and Citrix. The brochure can be seen here. The VDI offer can be seen here.

The nuts and bolts of the architecture includes:

  • HP ProLiant BL460c server blades
  • HP StorageWorks P4800 SAN
  • HP Insight Control for System Center
  • Citrix XenDesktop 4.0 enterprise edition
  • Hyper-V R2

There are new HP infrastructure services for VDI to help you get started

 
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