Desktop Virtualization: A Cost and Performance Comparison

The cap-ex cost of a desktop virtualization deployment can be perceived as prohibitive. Important factors in this cost are the expenses of storage and management software. Quest vWorkspace 7.5 was specifically designed to lowerthese costs, enabling customers to adopt desktop virtualization at the lowest cost possible while still fulfilling the requirements of both SMB and enterprise customers.

This paper presents the result of research comparing the cost and deployment speed of desktop virtualization using the four most well-known desktop virtualization products and their preferred hypervisors:

• Quest vWorkspace 7.5 with Hyper-V Server R2 SP1
• Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 with XenServer 5.6 SP2
• VMware View 5.0 with ESXi 5.1
• Citrix VDI-in-a-Box 5.0 with Hyper-V R2 SP1

The research found that vWorkspace 7.5 provides the lowest cost desktop virtualization on the market today, due in part to significant storage savings. It also provides the fastest possible provisioning times, delivering, right out of the box, unparalleled agility and flexibility for organizations of any size.