When you plan the specifications for remote desktops, the choices that you make regarding RAM, CPU, and disk space have a significant effect on your choices for server and storage hardware and expenditures.
Planning Based on Types of Workers For many configuration elements, including RAM, CPU, and storage sizing, requirements depend largely on the type of worker who uses the virtual desktop and on the applications that must be installed.
Desktop Types The most fundamental question to consider is whether a certain type of user needs a stateful desktop image or a stateless desktop image. Whether you use persistent or non-persistent desktops depends on the specific type of worker.
Estimating Memory Requirements for Virtual Machine Desktops RAM costs more for servers than it does for PCs. Because the cost of RAM is a high percentage of overall server hardware costs and total storage capacity needed, determining the correct memory allocation is crucial to planning your desktop deployment.
Estimating CPU Requirements for Virtual Machine Desktops When estimating CPU, you must gather information about the average CPU utilization for various types of workers in your enterprise.
Choosing the Appropriate System Disk Size When allocating disk space, provide only enough space for the operating system, applications, and additional content that users might install or generate. Usually this amount is smaller than the size of the disk that is included on a physical PC.
Desktop Virtual Machine Configuration The example settings for items such as memory, number of virtual processors, and disk space are specific to VMware Horizon .
RDS Host Virtual Machine Configuration Use RDS (Remote Desktop Services) hosts for providing published applications and session-based remote desktops to end users.