Virtual Desktop Performance

Boost Virtual Desktop Performance with SoftNAS.

Prioritize User Experience for Increased Productivity in a Virtual Environment

Deliver On-Premises Performance for Virtual Desktops

SoftNAS and public clouds offer a compelling solution for IT organizations looking to meet the high expectations for end-user satisfaction in a virtual environment, especially as many workers are now working remotely from the office with less bandwidth than commonly found in a controlled office environment.

Cloud-based Desktops – Moving the back end from internal IT infrastructure to public clouds enables relocation of the desktop to a cloud region nearest the users
Business Applications – Co-location of the business applications to the same location of the cloud-based desktop significantly reduces latency and overheard
Cloud Performance – Running on state-of-the-art cloud hardware built for massive scale with sizable transmission lines
Cloud-based Services – Run desktops and business apps on same cloud hardware (e.g. Teams, Office365, Web Apps)
Data – SoftNAS manages data flows outside the virtual desktop environment for security and performance benefits

A properly configured VDI solution, underpinned by SoftNAS storage, provides the user experience needed to ready your organization for the transition.  

User Acceptance of Virtual Desktop Performance

Virtual desktop deployments are primarily measured by the user experience of running apps locally and the responsiveness of the service to user input. Achieving high user satisfaction is critical for a successful VDI deployment. SoftNAS Cloud NAS provides essential features to meet user expectations.

User Data Integration

Securely migrate local user data

Built-in Lift & Shift for secure, remote, tracked data upload

Data Storage Fees

Minimize expenses with block storage

Compression, & Deduplication

User Profiles

Enable persistent virtual desktops

Prioritize user preferences for better experience

Data Performance

Overcome latency with high performance data storage

Accelerate data with customized management

Load Management

Scale to meet increased demand

Manage storage needs based on usage

SoftNAS Cost & Performance Benefits for Virtual Desktop

Data Management

Manage data storage usage by eliminating 50 – 80% of data with compression, deduplication, and block by block redundancies

Storage Management

Manage the complete VDI storage environment in block storage for SSD, HHD and cold storage making data highly available and accessible at a reduced cost

Data Compression

Support major protocols including iSCSI, CIFs/SMB, and NFS

SoftNAS Business Application Performance Enhancements

SoftNAS provides a private, secure connection to virtual desktops and the associated cloud block storage supporting those desktops and applications. This connection offers four options to maximize the performance of the applications running in the virtual environment.

Compute, RAM, and Network Speed – Adding additional compute resources to SoftNAS provides expanded cache, throughput, and IOPS for data management
L1 and L2 Cache – SoftNAS comes standard with 50% of system RAM setup as an L1 cache – expansion is available using NMVE or SSD disk per storage pool for additional cache storage
Default Client Protocols – Customizing data protocols eliminates the issues of slow Windows NFS performance. For example, iSCSI is the preferred protocol for SQL database storage
Dedicated Channel from Client to NAS – A cloud NAS virtual appliance improves performance with dedicated storage, client connections, and a cache and CPU to quickly move data