Citrix Provisioning Server for Datacenters
Breakthrough Capabilities for Delivering and Managing IT Infrastructures
Citrix Provisioning Server for Datacenters 4.5 reduces total cost of ownership and improves both manageability and business agility by virtualizing the workload of a datacenter server – operating system, applications and configuration – and streaming the workload on-demand to physical or virtual servers from the network.
Servers are stateless until streamed to; no software is preloaded or permanently loaded. No other server-provisioning approach compares in terms of economic benefits or operational efficiencies. By delivering server workloads on-demand rather than deploying them on individual servers, Provisioning Server for Datacenters 4.5:
» Simplifies and streamlines server management, and reduces software rollout risk
» Assures server consistency within silos by provisioning servers simultaneously from a single standard workload image
» Increases IT responsiveness and agility by enabling capacity on-demand – repurpose any server to do any job
» Reduces utility costs and space needs by cutting the number of backup servers that are required
» Dynamically satisfies needs for growth, disaster recovery and business continuity
Provisioning Server for Datacenters 4.5 can stream a workload to any server or server farm, extending Citrix Presentation Server’s application delivery capabilities as well as Citrix XenServer server virtualization capabilities. Importantly, Provisioning Server complements existing systems management solutions (SMS). It drives even better ROI by giving an existing SMS the additional option of “delivering” the workload as a service rather than relying on the traditional approach of “deploying” the workload by repeatedly copying it to every server.
Citrix Provisioning Server for Desktops
Breakthrough Capabilities for Delivering Physical Desktops
Citrix Provisioning Server™ for Desktops uses streaming technology to deliver a single, standard desktop image – operating system and software stack – on-demand to physical desktops from a network service. The shared desktop image is configured, delivered, and managed centrally, reducing total costs, increasing security and flexibility, and enabling an uncompromised user experience.
By delivering server workloads on-demand rather than deploying them on individual desktops, Provisioning Server for Desktops 4.5:
» Uses innovative software-streaming technology to deliver operating systems and applications on-demand to physical desktops as a service from the network.
» Desktops with the same OS/application stack can be provisioned on-demand from a single, standard image.
» No software is pre-installed or permanently installed on the desktop hardware.
» Application processing takes place at the desktop.
» Desktops can operate disklessly.
By dynamically delivering a single, standard desktop operating system and software image on-demand – rather than physically deploying them on each desktop – Citrix Provisioning Server for Desktops dramatically reduces the cost of desktop operations and management; increases data security; eliminates risks normally associated with software rollouts and patches; simplifies IT management and increases IT agility.
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