Hello,
We are trying to build a high performance Remote Apps system for our infrastructure. We have a handful of applications that are windows only, and we have a large number of Macs in our organization that need the same access as our Windows users. We want to expand our current delivery from just the few low resource apps (IE for certain IE only web portals, ms office, etc) we're serving, to also provide a great experience for users of our video surveillance system, as well as our security suite of door alarms, badges, locks, etc.
My supervisor asked me to build something above the norm. He then started introducing additional ideas, but I believe he has confused, or maybe just fused a few different systems. After doing a little research, it appears concepts he mentioned such as VDI may not even apply here.
I don't think we want or need VDI, or Remote desktop. What we want is strictly remote apps, and I would appreciate it if some folks could give me some engineering workflow suggestions for setting this up for good performance. I said we have a large number of Macs, but providing a reliable Remote apps system for say 100 CALs should suffice.
So Far I have 1 Dell Poweredge R730 with 1 Nvidia Grid K2 GPU, dual CPU and more than enough memory. 8 TB on 6 SAS disk (7.2k) with Raid 5. Server 2019 installed.
Some of the ideas , terms I've run into (But not completely sure they apply specifically to Remote apps):
- Using VDI (Hyper V) to some how serve individual sessions or each user.
- Using a Remote Apps server cluster (farm). Why?
- Using multiple Session Broker servers. Why?
We currently have a single Poweredge R720 running Win 2012 R2 with no GPU acceleration. It functions Okay, but somewhat lackluster.
Any suggestions or good blogs greatly appreciated.