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Citrix® XenApp® 7.x Performance Essentials

By : Luca Dentella
Book Image

Citrix® XenApp® 7.x Performance Essentials

By: Luca Dentella

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (12 chapters)

CloudBridge™


CloudBridge (formerly, Branch Repeater) is the Citrix solution to optimize WAN connections. It's a family of WAN accelerators, which are explained as follows:

  • Repeater appliances that are designed for use in data centers

  • CloudBridge appliances that are designed for use in branch offices

  • Software plugins that are run on Windows laptops and workstations

Some CloudBridge appliances are shipped with a licensed version of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition that runs on a virtual machine within the appliance.

A virtual appliance, CloudBridge VPX, is also available, and it can be hosted on Citrix XenServer, VMware ESX or ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) virtualization platforms.

Licensed bandwidth

When selecting the correct appliance for your infrastructure, the most important factor is that it supports your WAN link. If your site has multiple links that are to be accelerated by a single appliance, the appliance should support the total speed of all the...