Tolly Common Test Plan #1101 - Virtual Server Performance
Release date:
19 March 2009
Document Number:
RFP1101
The Tolly Common Test Plan series is a series of "Best Practices" Guides that provide field-tested product evaluation methodologies.
More information about this test plan can be found on the Tolly Common Test Plan Virtual Server Performance overview page
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McAfee Total Protection for Virtualization Evaluation in VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V Environments
Release date:
30 January 2009
Document Number:
208344
McAfee, Inc. commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate the effectiveness of McAfee Total Protection (ToPS) for Virtualization, managed by ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 4.0, in providing a comprehensive suite of security services to virtualized Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 environments — online and offline — under both VMware and Microsoft’s Hyper-V server virtualization platforms.
Tolly engineers built virtual server environments using both VMware ESX Server version 3.5 and Microsoft Hyper-V. In these environments they deployed virtual instances of Microsoft’s Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. Engineers then exercised an extensive set of functions to illustrate that McAfee could provide extensive management and protection of virtual server environments in both online and offline states.
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Acresso Software
Citrix Systems, Inc.
AdminStudio® 8.6 Optimizes Packaging
of Applications for Streaming via Citrix XenApp
Release date:
10 September 2008
Document Number:
208270
Acresso Software, Inc. and Citrix Systems, Inc. commissioned The Tolly Group to illustrate the benefits of implementing Acresso’s AdminStudio packaging solution with Citrix XenApp™ as implemented using Citrix Presentation Server 4.5.
Tolly Group engineers used the Profiler, the packaging tool built into the application streaming feature of XenApp, to provide a baseline for virtualized application packaging preparation time for a number of common enterprise applications. Engineers then implemented Acresso AdminStudio and used the solution to prepare the same applications for streaming to quantify the benefits that Acresso can bring to system administrators deploying streaming applications in a Citrix XenApp virtual delivery environment.
Tests were conducted in July 2008.
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Citrix Systems, Inc.
XenServer Enterprise 4.1.0
Performance Evaluation of XenApp in a 64-bit
Virtualized Server Environment Using XenServer
Release date:
20 May 2008
Document Number:
208304
Citrix Systems, Inc. commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate the performance of XenApp when it is virtualized and optimized by its XenServer virtualization solution.
Tolly Group engineers examined the maximum number of concurrent users a single XenApp server could support in a 64-bit virtualized server environment using XenServer. Engineers measured the performance of XenApp running on a physical 64-bit server and both 32-bit and 64-bit virtualized environments. The aim was to prove that virtualizing XenApp with XenServer does not degrade user scalability significantly compared to a native physical server environment.
Tests were conducted in April 2008.
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Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac
Microsoft Windows XP Virtualization on Mac OS X:
Feature Verification of Desktop Virtualization Software
Release date:
19 February 2008
Document Number:
208260
Parallels, Inc. commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate a wide array of features of the Parallels
Desktop 3.0 for Mac desktop virtualization software. Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac software aims to unify the user experience such that the virtual machines are integrated into the Mac operating system
user interface providing a simple yet feature-rich user experience that enhances user productivity.
Users whose work requires access to both Windows-only and OS X-only programs, have several alternatives: They can use separate machines, they can use a single physical machine that, through a utility like Apple’s Boot Camp, can be bring up either a dedicated OS X or a dedicated Windows machine, or they can employ virtualization technology. Such technology allows a single physical machine to run both the native Mac OS X operating system and a full version of Windows XP simultaneously.
This report will examine the Parallels Desktop offering with respect to features that enhance user productivity. Tests were conducted in November 2007.
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Tolly Group White Paper Series Sponsored by Citrix Systems: Virtualization’s Impact on the Desktop
Release date:
15 September 2006
Document Number:
206138
Citrix Systems, Inc. — along with help from IBM and VMware, Inc. — commissioned The Tolly Group in June 2006 to conduct a comprehensive hands-on evaluation of a desktop virtualization environment combining solutions from Citrix, ESX Server software from VMware, Inc. and IBM System X and BladeCenter servers.
Tolly Group engineers examined a variety of capabilities delivered by the Citrix Access Suite when used in a desktop virtualization solution. The tested solution included IBM blade servers and VMware virtualization; providing virtualized Windows XP "desktops" that could be accessed via remote desktop applications running on the Citrix Presentation Server.
Tests focused on scalability, performance, and feature/functionality capabilities. Specifically, The Tolly Group focused on determining how many simultaneous remote control sessions could be supported by the "broker" machine. In addition, The Tolly Group performed functional testing aimed at assessing the solution's suitability for a remote deployment model. The report is informed reading for any company considering server virtualization.
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