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VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is an integrated desktop virtualization solution that delivers enterprise-class control and manageability with a familiar user experience. VMware VDI, built on VMware's industry leading and proven virtualization platform, provides new levels of efficiency and reliability for your virtual desktop environment.
To ensure our joint customers the best possible solution for VMware, F5 is a VMware Technology Alliance Partner. F5 provides technology that ensures your VMware VDI deployment is secure, fast and available.
Read the following documents for more information about F5's solutions for VMware VDI.
Why do I need F5 for VMware VDI implementations?
F5 greatly enhances the efficiency of VDI deployments through precise load balancing, traffic management and by offloading processor-intensive functions such as SSL termination and compression.
Benefits of F5 for VMware VDI
- F5 provides more uniform load distribution on the VDI Connection servers using a unique pesistence method
- F5 can help accelerate virtual desktop traffic, providing an experience equal to or better than a private link, but at a fraction of the cost.
- F5 can significantly improve hardware capacity in a virtual environment, saving time and money.
- F5 can dramitically accelerate the transfer of files and reduce overall bandwidth utilization across the WAN, increasing the satifaction levels of both end users and IT departments
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How do I deploy F5 with VMware VDI?
F5 has made deploying our products with VDI implementations extremely easy with our comprehensive deployment guide. The deployment guide includes step-by-step procedures on how to configure F5 devices with VDI, including the code for an iRule that provides a persistence method not possible with other devices. After deployment, our community-based site, DevCentral, provides forums, tips and tricks, and much more.
