[Info-vax] VMware

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/10/2019 7:17 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/10/2019 1:26 PM, Grant Taylor wrote:
>> On 12/10/19 1:42 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>> But what are the applications that can exist in such an environment?
>>> That is where I get lost.
>>
>> Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a good example.  Instead of
>> having Windows (et al.) running on all the desktops and wasting
>> dedicated resources, you can run Windows in VMs with aggregate
>> resources.  So, that accounts for a LOT of VMs if there are (were) a lot
>> of desktops that are now GUI dumb terminals.
> 
> Ok, let's look at this.
> 
> What is a GUI dumb terminal?  Most of the ones I see are rather cheap 
> desktop PCs using network storage.  The only advantage I might see 
> running such in VMs is the ability to spin up a new VM with the OS and 
> apps ready to go.  Still gonna need the "GUI dumb terminal".
> 
> Now, if the desktop user is doing something very CPU intensive, perhaps 
> the VM would give less performance?
> 
> Some apps can be very CPU and video intensive.

It is 23 years since I worked with desktop PC's, but my understanding
is that the main benefits of VDI are:
* easier management (lower support cost)
* users get the same Windows no matter what physical PC
   they sit at

Arne