Comments on: Using vSphere Client on Ubuntu Linux with Single Application RDP

By: rbrambley

rbrambley — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:36:31 +0000

Brian,

That's good enough proof for me, but if you invstigate further let me know.

Playing "devil's advocate" for further comparison:

By: rbrambley

rbrambley — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:36:31 +0000

Brian,

That's good enough proof for me, but if you invstigate further let me know.

Playing "devil's advocate" for further comparison:

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By: Brian Atkinson

Brian Atkinson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:48:59 +0000

Rich,

Very quickly comparing the three options is interesting:
1.) RDP session with a full desktop and VpxClient has seven processes running
2.) seamlessrdp session with VpxClient has five processes running
3.) RDP session with the single program (VpxClient) has three processes running

The three processes in #3 above are also present in #2 and #1. The RDP session with a program (#3) is the base, if you will. The other options simply add more overhead on top of these same three processes.

The full RDP session has the most overhead, as it supports a desktop (explorer.exe) and anything running in the system tray - this included an antivirus process in my tests. The RDP with a program option you presented definitely requires the least amount of overhead.

My tests weren't very thorough or extensive, but I suspect that delving deeper into this with my handy sysinternals detective kit would most likely only further prove the point.

By: rbrambley

rbrambley — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:08:25 +0000

Brian,

Thanks and “cleaner” is a great way to describe it. I don't have performance stats to back it up, but my experience has been “snappier” even over the WAN. I wonder if RDP to a single application has a smaller overhead then full desktop?

By: brianatkinson

brianatkinson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:57:00 +0000

Good read. I like your solution better! Its cleaner and doesn't rely on 3rd-party add-ons to the vCenter server, which sometimes makes security people start asking lots of questions.

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By: rbrambley

rbrambley — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:23:41 +0000

Sure. I've used locally hosted VMs via seamless windows. Sometimes
it's not worth the effort to build a VM on multiple pcs, or if the
desktop I'm on has limited CPU and RAM installing a host hypervisor
and running a VM isn't a good option.