Several Intel IT folks (and others!) have expressed concern over the back-end implications of hosting a streamed computing solution. How many clients can be supported by a server? How will streaming affect the network? Well, we had the same questions so we constructed a lab experiment to find out.
Streaming was more efficient than we expected. We demonstrated that server utilization remained low and network utilization improved over time. We successfully executed a variety of applications including audio and video. We also encountered a few challenges.
Want to know more? Read our full report: Streaming and Virtual Hosted Desktop Study
IT@Intel
Intel® vPro™ Expert Center
Great job Cathy & team, you have a fantastic report here! This study really illustrates that each of these emerging compute models have varied results on specific workloads.
A quote from the whitepaper "Virtual Hosted Desktop is better suited for standardized applications with relatively static screens, such as data entry. Streaming more efficiently supports multimedia and other
dynamic applications, including unified communications."
Jason A. Davidson
http://www.intel.com/go/emerge