Product Description Remote Desktop Rental (DaaS)
Desktop as a Service (DaaS) is a service that allows you to work with a remote computer via a virtual desktop (VMware Horizon® based VDI) in Selectel's VMware-based cloud.
Remote desktops are only provided in the server version based on Windows Server 2019.
You can purchase any number of desks.
Tasks to be solved
- Quickly connect users to the company's secure servers from their device or to their workstations when working remotely;
- work with graphic applications that require large computing power and cannot run on users' devices (3D modeling, CAD, high quality graphics, video work, etc.);
- increased security of data storage. Since data is not stored on the device, if the device is lost, it can be disconnected from the remote desktop.
Principle of operation
Selectel hosts infrastructure, networking and storage in a VMware-based cloud and delivers the virtual desktop to the user's device. You access your desktop data and applications through a browser in VMware Horizon HTML Access or through the VMware Horizon® Client.
Load balancing of virtual machines is automatic.
Configurations
DaaS is provided in fixed configurations with or without GPUs. The desktops use Windows operating systems.
Technical Description
DaaS uses:
- NVIDIA® A16 GPU based on NVIDIA Ampere® architecture;
- AMD EPYC™ 7343 processor with a base frequency of 3.2 GHz;
- disk subsystem: vSSD (5,000 IOPS);
- NVIDIA® license (included).
If you want to customize the desktops to your request, take advantage of desk rentals in the VMware-based private cloud (from 50 desktops).
System Requirements
User device requirements
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To access via VMware Horizon HTML Access, the user's browser must meet system requirements, see instructions for details System Requirements for HTML Access VMware documentation;
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To access through VMware Horizon Client, the user's device and OS must meet system requirements, refer to VMware documentation instructions for details:
NVIDIA driver requirements in VDI
For the vGPU to work correctly in VDI, the driver version on the virtual machine must match the version installed on the virtualization host. Virtualization hosts use driver releases from the LTSB branch (Long-Term Support Branch).
To view driver versions, go to NVIDIA documentation.
VMware Horizon Client version requirements
If you are using VMware Horizon Client, its version must be the same as or later than VMware Horizon Connection Server and VMware Horizon Agent.
We recommend using the latest version of VMware Horizon Client, which can be downloaded at VMware Customer Connect site, In App Store and Google Play.
Areas of responsibility
Selectel provides:
- maintenance and fault tolerance of the desktop;
- backup, update and store data;
- balancer setup;
- monitoring;
- Connectivity between Selectel services (Selectel global router);
- restoration of serviceability in case of failure.
Selectel is not responsible for the operation of the software running on the remote device or for the stability of the user's Internet connection.