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XenApp 5 FP 2 First Impressions

I did my first XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2 upgrade/install today and I have to say that for the fist time the installer is actually quite nice.  If you hadn’t heard, Citrix has finally combined all of the components of XenApp into a single ISO image.

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XenServer Multipathing with IBM DS4800

I was recently tasked with configuring multipathing in Citrix XenServer 5.5 for use with an IBM DS4800 SAN.  At first glance I thought, piece of cake, I’ve done quite a few setups like this with Dell, EMC, and HP storage gear so the IBM should be the same right?  WRONG!

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Office Suite Scalability on Terminal Services

A colleague of mine recently pointed me to this great article on the scalability of office productivity suites on terminal services. The tests reviewed OpenOffice 2.1, Microsoft Office 2003, and Microsoft Office 2007.

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