Hi all,
I am trying to work out which protocol would be better for my remote Branch Office workers connecting back in to VMWare View VDI environment?
There will be 120 users and I am trying to determine the BW of the WAN link based upon deciding which Display protocol I will end up using. I understand VMWare View has the option of both RDP and PCoIP.
I have come across the following which is causing the confusion:
The primary advantage of PCoIP is speed and display quality. The primary advantage of RDP is that common protocol on some restrict network is available. Neither is “better”; they are just different:
1.Use PCoIP if any of the following are true for you: 1.You want to display better quality graphics, video, and sound.
2.If bandwidth is not a problem because you are on a high-speed connection.
2.Use RDP if any of the following are true for you: 1.You don’t know your network quality, set RDP is better than PCoIP
2.If graphics, video, and sound quality are not an issue.
3.If you have limited bandwidth because you are on dial-up or a slow DSL connection.
I have read on a VMWare white paper that you should use Network WAN optimization if you are using RDP due to the overhead on the TCP handshake constantly reoccurring and that built-in RDP compression is 2:1. But if you chose to use UDP based PCoIP you don’t need WAN optimization as this is built in and includes a compression of 100:1
Seems to me that PCoIP is the better of the two protocols in that you don’t need to install optimization in the network, but at the same time I am reading that PCoIP is best used for 3D graphics and video (non-of which I will have) and should be used when bandwidth is plentiful...... but then if I opt for RDP to keep WAN costs down am I going to need Optimization installed too?
My question is, which do I go with over a WAN and why?
Thanks in advance
David
Humble network engineer got himself involved in VMware