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ICA (XenApp & XenDesktop) >>>>>>>> RDP or PCoIP
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So much to learn...
Does anyone have a link to a recent good overview article on Virtualization? I found a 2009 Infoworld 'Deep Dive' article, but at this point it is 2 years out of date.
I am trying to understand the technical differences between some of the differing approaches. For instance, the Marathon solution we are implementing somehow sits on top of or modified the windows server OS, but that does not make sense to me.
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You could check out these articles. I haven't read them, but Ars Technica is usually pretty good. They're VMware focused, so they probably won't talk about Marathon.
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Thanks Ken, I'll give them a look.
Marathon looks like a closed shop. Their 'white papers' are marketing fluff and there is nothing resembling useful technical info on their site that I can find. It looks like they are attempting to generate a significant portion of their revenues from 'consulting' as in holding useful info back and selling it in the form of services.
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I can't say I've ever heard of them, but I'm pretty much a VMware guy.
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I've not heard of Marathon either. I ended up being a VMware guy after reviewing the big three, HyperV and Xen being the other two.
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IMO for just setting up a test environment at home it doesn't matter what you use. Bare metal or something sitting on top of windows (virtual box works well for that).
If you are interested in actually learning about the major players in virtualization that's a different story. I just thought the original intent was to setup a lab at home to test out some software and AD.
Best advise I could give is to pick one thing to learn and focus on that first (virtualization or the other software products). It's not like rebuilding the test setup over and over would be a bad thing (likely be a very good thing actually).
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IMO for just setting up a test environment at home it doesn't matter what you use. Bare metal or something sitting on top of windows (virtual box works well for that).
If you are interested in actually learning about the major players in virtualization that's a different story. I just thought the original intent was to setup a lab at home to test out some software and AD.
Best advise I could give is to pick one thing to learn and focus on that first (virtualization or the other software products). It's not like rebuilding the test setup over and over would be a bad thing (likely be a very good thing actually). Good points all around.
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