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A business wants to centralize services via VDI technology and to replace remote WAN desktop PCs with thin client-type machines to reduce operating costs. Which consideration supports the new…
The correct answer is C. The WAN should offer low latency and be resized. Centralizing desktops via VDI moves all compute to the data center, making WAN latency and bandwidth the critical factors that determine user experience quality for thin client users.
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A business wants to centralize services via VDI technology and to replace remote WAN desktop PCs with thin client-type machines to reduce operating costs. Which consideration supports the new business requirement?
Options
- AVDI servers should be contained centrally within a DMZ.
- BVDI servers should be contained within dedicated VLANs in each branch location.
- CThe WAN should offer low latency and be resized.
- DThe thin client traffic should be placed in a WAN QoS priority queue.
How the community answered
(17 responses)- A12% (2)
- C82% (14)
- D6% (1)
Why each option
Centralizing desktops via VDI moves all compute to the data center, making WAN latency and bandwidth the critical factors that determine user experience quality for thin client users.
A DMZ is intended for publicly accessible services exposed to untrusted networks - placing VDI servers there would introduce unnecessary security risk for internal corporate desktop users.
Distributing VDI servers to each branch contradicts the centralization goal that drives cost reduction and defeats the operational benefits of the VDI strategy.
With VDI, every keystroke, mouse movement, and screen refresh travels across the WAN between the thin client and the centralized VDI server. High latency directly degrades the interactive user experience, and the WAN must be resized to accommodate the aggregated traffic from all thin clients replacing full desktop PCs. Both low latency and adequate bandwidth are prerequisites for a successful VDI deployment across remote sites.
Applying WAN QoS priority queuing to thin client traffic can improve fairness but does not resolve the fundamental need to reduce latency and increase overall WAN capacity for VDI to function acceptably.
Concept tested: WAN design considerations for centralized VDI deployment
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/enterprise-networks/what-is-vdi.html
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