Enhancing Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with Hybrid Cloud Environments and GPU Acceleration

Abstract

This research paper focuses on the implementation and testing of a cloud based Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) that combines both cloud technology and GPU acceleration. The paper explores how various technologies, such, as Citrix Virtual Apps, Windows 11 Virtual Desktops, VMware vSphere and NetApp Storage can be integrated within a data center framework. The study emphasizes the importance of hybrid cloud environments in addressing scalability,security and disaster recovery challenges faced by VDI systems. In particular it highlights the significance of NVIDIA A40 cards for GPU accelerated Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and the use of SPECviewperf 2020 to evaluate performance. The validation process involves conducting tests, on disaster recovery scenarios using NetApp SnapMirror while also evaluating the performance of NetApp AFF A400 storage systems. The results demonstrate that this system effectively handles latency issues and performs well in large scale VDI deployments.