Performance evaluation of VDI environment

Hafiz Ur Rahman; Farag Azzedin; Ahmad Shawahna; Faisal Sajjad; Alyahya Saleh Abdulrahman

doi:10.1109/INTECH.2016.7845102

Performance evaluation of VDI environment

Hafiz Ur Rahman, Farag Azzedin, Ahmad Shawahna, Faisal Sajjad, Alyahya Saleh Abdulrahman

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Abstract

Virtualization technology is widely used for sharing the abilities of computer systems by splitting the resources among various virtual PCs. In traditional computer systems, the utilization of hardware is not maximized and the resources are not fully consumed. By using the virtualization technology, the maximum utilization of computer system hardware is possible. Today, many organizations especially educational institutes are adopting virtualization technology to minimize the costs and increase the flexibility, responsiveness, and efficiency. In this paper, we built a virtual educational lab in which we successfully implemented Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and created more than 30 virtual desktops. The virtual desktops are created on the Citrix XenServer hypervisor using the Citrix XenDesktop. Finally, we used benchmarking software tool called Login VSI in order to measure the performance of the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and the XenServer hypervisor. The results have shown that the system performs well with 30 virtual desktops without reaching the saturation point.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 6th International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology, INTECH 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	104-109
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509020003
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INTECH.2016.7845102
State	Published - 6 Feb 2017

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Name	2016 6th International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology, INTECH 2016

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Keywords

cloud computing
hypervisor
virtual desktop infrastructure
virtualization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications
Hardware and Architecture
Software

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Ur Rahman, H., Azzedin, F., Shawahna, A., Sajjad, F., & Abdulrahman, A. S. (2017). Performance evaluation of VDI environment. In 2016 6th International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology, INTECH 2016 (pp. 104-109). Article 7845102 (2016 6th International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology, INTECH 2016). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/INTECH.2016.7845102

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Ur Rahman, H, Azzedin, F, Shawahna, A, Sajjad, F & Abdulrahman, AS 2017, Performance evaluation of VDI environment. in 2016 6th International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology, INTECH 2016., 7845102, 2016 6th International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology, INTECH 2016, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 104-109. https://doi.org/10.1109/INTECH.2016.7845102

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Ur Rahman H, Azzedin F, Shawahna A, Sajjad F, Abdulrahman AS. Performance evaluation of VDI environment. In 2016 6th International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology, INTECH 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. p. 104-109. 7845102. (2016 6th International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology, INTECH 2016). doi: 10.1109/INTECH.2016.7845102

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