1Y0-401 · Question #399
Scenario: The company is designing a cost-efficient environment for the call center workers. The IT department is replacing the existing thin clients with newer models. What are the benefits of…
The correct answer is C. Rapid provisioning and highest user density. Hosted VDI with Provisioning Services enables rapid provisioning of virtual desktops and supports higher user density within the VDI environment by optimizing storage and I/O.
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- AHighest user density and lowest cost
- BHighest level of user personalization
- CRapid provisioning and highest user density
- DLow cost and highest application compatibility
How the community answered
(29 responses)- A14% (4)
- B7% (2)
- C76% (22)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
Hosted VDI with Provisioning Services enables rapid provisioning of virtual desktops and supports higher user density within the VDI environment by optimizing storage and I/O.
Hosted VDI, which provides dedicated virtual machines, inherently offers lower user density and higher per-user costs compared to hosted shared server environments.
While Hosted VDI provides better personalization than shared servers, PVS itself is focused on image management and efficiency, not direct personalization enhancement.
Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) excels at rapidly provisioning virtual machines by streaming a single master image, which reduces boot times and simplifies image management for VDI. It also significantly optimizes storage I/O and centralizes the OS disk, allowing for a higher density of virtual machines to run efficiently on the underlying hardware compared to VDI deployments that use individual full-clone disks.
While Hosted VDI offers high application compatibility, it is not considered the 'low cost' option when compared to shared server environments, making this option partially incorrect.
Concept tested: Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) benefits with VDI
Source: https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-provisioning/current-release/overview.html
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