1Y0-403 · Question #235
Scenario: A Citrix Architect is designing a new 2,000-user Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environment. The environment will use Windows Server 2016 for all Site infrastructure components (Delivery…
The correct answer is D. The infrastructure servers should be placed in 1 resource pool, and the VDA machines should be. Explanation/Reference:
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Scenario: A Citrix Architect is designing a new 2,000-user Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environment. The environment will use Windows Server 2016 for all Site infrastructure components (Delivery Controllers, StoreFront servers, and Citrix Director). Machine Creation Services (MCS) will be used to provision Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) machines. The environment will include 2 primary use cases:
- Windows Server 2016 VDA machines providing hosted applications
- Windows 10 VDA machines providing random, non-persistent VDI
The IT team has NOT yet purchased the hardware that will be used for the environment, and will build the Hardware Layer components based on the architect's recommendations. How should the architect design the Citrix Hypervisor resource pools based on Citrix leading practices?
Options
- AWindows Server 2016 VDA machines should be placed in 1 resource pool, Windows 10 machines
- BWindows Server 2016 machines should be placed in 1 resource pool, and all Windows 10 machines
- CThe infrastructure servers and all VDA machines should be located in 1 resource pool.
- DThe infrastructure servers should be placed in 1 resource pool, and the VDA machines should be
How the community answered
(25 responses)- A4% (1)
- B8% (2)
- C16% (4)
- D72% (18)
Explanation
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Orla P.Apr 13, 2026D is your answer. Citrix leading practice is to keep infrastructure servers (Delivery Controllers, StoreFront, Director) in their own dedicated resource pool, separate from your VDA machines, so that resource contention on the VDA side never impacts control plane availability and you can manage each pool independently as the environment scales.
Hiroshi T.Apr 21, 2026Thought A made sense until I recalled Citrix docs separating infra from workload pools.
Anjali D.Apr 18, 2026Has to be A, separate pools by OS type keeps things clean and manageable.
Orla P.Apr 20, 2026Anjali, that reasoning makes sense on the surface, but D is the right call here because separating pools by OS type actually creates unnecessary overhead and limits resource flexibility, whereas D allows the scheduler to allocate resources dynamically across workloads regardless of OS. Clean and manageable is a nice goal, but the exam rewards the option that reflects how modern hypervisors actually optimize utilization.