Use RDS (Remote Desktop Services) hosts for providing hosted applications and session-based remote desktops to end users.
An RDS host can be a physical machine or a virtual machine. This example uses a virtual machine with the specifications listed in the following table. The ESXi host for this virtual machine can be part of a VMware HA cluster to guard against physical server failures.
Item |
Example |
---|---|
Operating system |
64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, or Windows Server 2012 R2 |
RAM |
24GB |
Virtual CPU |
4 |
System disk capacity |
40GB |
Virtual SCSI adapter type |
LSI Logic SAS (the default for Windows Server 2008) |
Virtual network adapter |
VMXNET 3 |
1 NIC |
1 Gigabit |
Maximum number of client connections total (including session-based remote desktop connections and remote application connections) |
50 |
For more information about RDS host configuration and tested workloads, see the VMware Horizon 6 Reference Architecture white paper at http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMware-Reference-Architecture-Horizon-6-View-Mirage-Workspace.pdf.