Engineering capabilities
- Pool and shared storage design
- GPU passthrough for VDI workloads
- Live migration configuration
- Migration from legacy XenServer
Cloud & Virtualization
Citrix Hypervisor
Xen-based hypervisor deployed mainly where virtual desktop and application delivery workloads sit alongside server virtualization.
Security & hardening
- Isolated management network
- Role-based access control
- Patch and hotfix cadence
Citrix Hypervisor pool architecture
A Xen-based pool sized for mixed server and virtual-desktop workloads, with management traffic separated from tenant networks.
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Management
- Pool master
- XenCenter access
- Patch baseline
Management interfaces on an isolated network with role-based access.
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Compute pool
- Hosts
- Live migration
- GPU passthrough
Homogeneous hosts so migration and pooling behave predictably; GPUs assigned for VDI workloads.
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Storage
- Shared storage repository
- Multipath
- Snapshot policy
Shared storage sized for the IO profile of desktops, which differs sharply from servers.
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Protection
- VM backup
- Offsite copy
- Restore testing
Backups exercised on a schedule; snapshots are not backups.
Frequently asked questions
Is Citrix Hypervisor still a sensible choice?
Mainly where Citrix virtual apps and desktops are already the delivery platform. For general server virtualization, VMware, Proxmox or Hyper-V are the more common answers.
We are on legacy XenServer u2014 what now?
The upgrade path is assessed against hardware support and licensing, with a parallel pool and staged migration rather than an in-place jump on production.
How is VDI sized differently?
Desktops are IO and boot-storm sensitive. Sizing works from concurrent sessions, storage IOPS and GPU requirements rather than raw CPU counts.
Scope the work before you commit budget
Send the environment details and get an engineered proposal with assumptions, risks and a rollback path.