Hi,
I’m testing View5 on vSphere5 and have an design question regarding multiple locations. See the picture below. We have two locations, each has its own datacentre. Unfortunately those specific two locations are currently connected only via 20/20 Mbit VDSL internet connection and this can’t be currently improved.
The LOCATION 2 is actually a branch office with many clients and also its own small datacentre (also based on vSphere5). The main datacentre is at LOCATION 1 and there is where I would like to put all my virtual desktops (not only for LOCATION 2 but for all other locations as well) and where the View Connection Manager will be. The problem is that on the LOCATION 2 (the branch office) there are some file servers that users on that location heavily uses.
Question no. 1:
a) Put virtual desktops on LOCATION 1 -> in that case PCoIP will provide me an good enough connection, the problem is accessing file serves on LOCATION 1 from virtual desktops (this is the GREEN path).
b) Put virtual desktops on LOCATION 2 -> in that case client will have to go through the connection manager and then to the virtual desktop on LOCATION 2 and back to the client … any idea how would this work (this is the PURPLE path) … it seem like an heavy network overhead? However, that would ensue fast access to file servers on LOCATION 2.
Another solution is to put View Connection Manager also in the LOCATION 2, but that would make me administer another system and I would like to keep things simple.
What do you suggest?
Question no. 2:
Do I have to route traffic from LOCATION 2 to LOCATION 1 where the View Connection Manager lives through VPN or is the PCoIP traffic encrypted by itself and is OK to put it through (controlled) DMZ?
Thanks for help!
