Proposal and evaluation by simulation of management processing load control method for virtual client system

摘要

In recent years, virtualization of desktops has become important as a solution for various problems caused from the cost of running a company. Our company began using thin client blade (CB) systems and thin client terminal service (TS) systems about ten years ago. There are currently about 70,000 users of these systems in our group companies. A thin client virtual PC system has been developed as a virtualization platform for the desktop. The management processing load dispersion in virtual PC system was designed for a large number of users. We previously reported a method that addresses this problem. In this paper, evaluation by simulation of a previously proposed improved method for managing the load imposed on resources in a virtual PC system showed that it effectively prevents significant load increases. The threshold for initiating management processing can be flexibly set, which enables the load in a virtual client environment to be precisely controlled. Use of this method would enable virtual clients to be managed more effectively.