Dan Withrow

Senior Manager of Engineering at Mechanics Bank
Has 10+ Years Of Experience

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Over 9 years ago

Commented on XenServer revolutionized my enterprise to where there is no downtime. Sometimes specific configurations can be difficult.

Please remember that multiple snapshots can be detrimental to your VMs over time. You need to keep them to a low count and consolidate as needed.

Almost 10 years ago

Contributed a review of Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service): I found the ease of deployment, scalability, and security to be to our benefit when supplying virtual applications to our clients.

About 10 years ago

Commented on IT Central Station Elite Squad

Greetings, everyone. Dan here. I have been working with computers/electronics since mid-80's. I deal with Virtualization, Microsoft infrastructure, and Citrix technologies on a daily basis. I love to improve people's ability to be productive with systems that are at…

Almost 11 years ago

Answered a question: What advantages do you see with Citrix XenApp or Desktop Solutions?

I have had a great experience with Citrix products since 2000. XenApp can be configured to provide a standard desktop environment for your students that will recycle once they log off. So you can keep your licensing down to the number of students that would be logged on at…

Almost 12 years ago

Answered a question: What do each of the VMware and Citrix products do?

Adding to Howard's points, you can virtualize NetScaler as well. It is now replacing Cisco's Load Balancing line of products. Citrix XenServer also allows for users to build their own Cloud As with Rakesh's comments, Citrix can provide some of same benefits. 1. Reduce…

Almost 12 years ago

Contributed a review of Citrix XenServer: Most people know VMWare vSphere and MS Hyper-V. XenServer fits right in the middle.

Almost 12 years ago

Commented on Comparison of VMware, Citrix and MS Hyper-V

@CTSanders I am not sure what you mean by the VDI feature set for XenServer as VDI is controlled by XenDesktop. I am also speaking about Production and not a home grown lab. 20 hosts running XenServer 6.2 with the free license key and I am able to move VMs/Storage…

Almost 12 years ago

Answered a question: VMware has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for four years. Agree/Disagree? Why?

VMWare is the grandfather of virtualization. Everyone has tried everything with it. It is a mature platform. I have to disagree with Jagdish, you still need to patch VMWare but there is an automated way of completing that chore. The only con I have seen with VMWare, is…

Almost 12 years ago

Commented on Comparison of VMware, Citrix and MS Hyper-V

Citrix XenServer 6.2 is freely available at http://www.xenserver.org; and it does not require a monthly fee unless you want to purchase commercial support and then it is a yearly support cost. The current features are equal to the previous Platinum level of licensing. It…

Projects

Almost 10 years ago

Migration from XenServer to VMWare

Almost 10 years ago

Citrix XenApp deployment on Nutanix

Almost 10 years ago

XenApp/XenDesktop deployment for Call Center

Almost 10 years ago

Upgrade of XenApp Farm

Almost 10 years ago

Deploy AutoCAD via XenApp

Deploy AutoCAD via XenApp for use by Engineers in the field, utilizing iPads

Over 9 years ago

Implementation of Skype for Business 2015

Over 7 years ago

Data Center Implementation

Experience

Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service)

Reviews

Almost 10 years ago

Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service)

I found the ease of deployment, scalability, and security to be to our benefit when supplying virtual applications to our clients.

Almost 12 years ago

Citrix XenServer

Most people know VMWare vSphere and MS Hyper-V. XenServer fits right in the middle.

Answers

Almost 11 years ago

Application Virtualization

What advantages do you see with Citrix XenApp or Desktop Solutions?

Almost 12 years ago