Microsoft Softgrid Deployment

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MicrosoftSoftgrid Deployment
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Overview

• Implemented on our Citrix servers in 2004
• 2 database servers running in an active/passive
  mode.
• 2 Softgrid servers
• 1 Softgrid management server
• Netscaler load balancer between clients and
  Softgrid servers.

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Why Softgrid on Citrix

• Implemented on Citrix servers in 2004
• Started with Softgrid 3.0
• We are currently running Softgrid 4.1
• Used to deploy applications to Citrix Servers
• Gives us the ability to have more applications
  per Citrix server
• Do not have to worry about software conflicts
  between installed applications.
• Resource consumption on the servers is lower with
  applications provided by Softgrid.
• Higher Security on our Citrix servers as users do
  not need additional rights to application
  folders.
• Reduces the number of servers we have in our
  Citrix environment
• Overall reduces the number of connections we have
  in our Citrix environment.
• A user may login to one server and run all the
  applications they need via Softgrid.

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Future Plans

• Implement a second Network load balancer between
  the Softgrid servers and the database servers.
• Configure the database servers to be clustered
  removes a single point of failure
• Configure the Softgrid servers to use the
  database network load balancer for resolution.

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Contact information

• Brett Tarbox brett.tarbox_at_hsc.utah.edu
• Shelley Kelly shelley.kelly_at_hsc.utah.edu