FlashStack with Cisco UCS and Pure Storage FlashArray//m for 5000 Citrix XenDesktop Users
Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs) are designed, tested, and documented to facilitate and improve customer deployments. This document provides a reference architecture and design guide for up to 5000 seat mixed workload on Cisco UCS and Pure Storage FlashArray//m with Citrix XenApp server-based sessions, XenDesktop persistent and pooled Windows 10 virtual desktops on VMware vSphere 6. The solution is a predesigned, best-practice data center architecture built on the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), the Cisco Nexus® 9000 family of switches, Cisco MDS 9000 family of Fibre Channel switches and Pure Storage all flash array.
"Virtualization, service orientation, and the Internet have converged to sponsor a phenomenon that enables individuals and businesses to choose how they'll acquire or deliver IT services, with reduced emphasis on the constraints of traditional software and hardware licensing models."
- CHRIS HOWARD, RESEARCH VICE PRESIDENT, GARTNER
