While at the Citrix Ardence EMEA partner conference, Brian Madden was able to sit down and speak with Pete Downing from Ardence. Pete is an SE with Ardence and Brian was able to have a discussion around how Ardence works.
In this interview, Pete explains how Ardence actually works--how they share disk images, how they deal with shared computer names and SIDs, and how the network connectivity takes place. This conversation is an excellent addition to his white paper that he wrote last year about Ardence.
- How Ardence "fakes out" the Windows computer name and SID
- Why Ardence chose to use UDP instead of TCP
- Where the Ardence cache file can be saved
- How people start using Ardence
- How the Ardence PXE boot process works
- How Ardence can share vdisks across multiple hardware platforms
Listen, here.