[THIN] Re: 3d Video on servers
- From: Ben N <bennordlander@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 11:04:48 -0700
We are looking at XenApp though and not XenDesktop. I couldn't find in my
searching relating to HDX and XenApp together (that doesn't have to do with
flash)
-BenN
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Russell Robertson <
russell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well they are demoing Google Earth via XenDesktop here…
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> http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/676
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> You can download a XenDesktop POC and try it.
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> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Ben N
> *Sent:* 17 May 2010 18:11
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> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: 3d Video on servers
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> well we definitely don't' care about flash, talking more about applications
> that require some 3d rendering support like the Bing and Google map
> applications that do 3D.
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> -BenN
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> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Russell Robertson <
> russell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Some if it works on XenApp like HDX for Flash. You’ll need to be fairly up
> to date on both client and server side versions of XenApp and online
> plugins.
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> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Ben N
> *Sent:* 17 May 2010 17:50
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> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: 3d Video on servers
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> Thanks for bringing up HDX, i have done some reading now.. It looks like
> this is strictly for XenDesktop.. any chance that they have HDX working with
> XenApp you think?
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> -BenN
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> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Russell Robertson <
> russell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I think the key here is that if you need proper 3D functionality, you might
> want to check out HDX 3D Graphics. However, this relies on you running
> XenDesktop on workstation blade. Effectively one user per blade. This is the
> basis for Flexcast, choosing the best solution for the type of user.
> Otherwise HDX for Flash might be okay, I think some of your apps are Flash
> based? Would need tested, I think latency has to be quite low and depends on
> the implementation of Flash.
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> I’ve gone to http://hdx.citrix.com to get the URL and it looks like
> they’ve change the options again, so probably best heading over there
> initially and seeing what options are best.
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> Russell
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> *Russell Robertson* | [image:
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> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Greg Reese
> *Sent:* 17 May 2010 17:03
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: 3d Video on servers
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> Have you tried the new features available in HDX?
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> Whether or not virtual desktops would be better is kind of a loaded
> question. Maybe, maybe not.
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> I have seen demos of advanced 3d graphics in both XenApp and XenDesktop
> environments and I know it is in fact possible.
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> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Ben N <bennordlander@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> we are looking to maybe replace our desktops and just give all our users a
> Citrix Desktop (full screen publish desktop).
> The one problem we see is we can't use applications like Bing Maps 3D or
> Google Earth which some of our users actually need to use.
> Our Dell servers don't support 3d in their video nor can they have PCI
> Express video cards. We are quoting servers now and Dell still can't do it.
> We might try HP next.
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> How is everyone getting around this? Do you buy servers somewhere else?
> Would virtual desktops be better instead of XenApp?
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> -BenN
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