Today software solution provider Login VSI (www.loginvsi.com),
the industry leader in VDI and DaaS performance testing, announces the
temporary availability of a free, full-production, license of their
flagship product Login VSI to every organization using Citrix XenApp,
Citrix XenDesktop, VMware Horizon, or Microsoft Remote Desktop Services
(RDS).
This
Emergency Edition will be free for all end-user organizations looking
to test the performance impact of Meltdown and Spectre security patches,
and will be valid until March 31, 2018. This license offers unlimited
users, unlimited locations and includes all standard workloads. This
special license can be requested through the Login VSI website,
and through selected partners in Login VSI's extensive eco-system of
(VDI-performance supporting) software, hardware and service vendors.
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VSI also started a series of lab tests to quantify the exact
performance impact of the Meltdown and Spectre patches rolled out today,
and will keep doing so until the problems are contained. The results of
these tests will be made available at www.loginvsi.com, and shared in their newsletter.
Use objective performance impact testing to find the facts in the noise
Claims
of anticipated performance impact vary widely, and may be
underestimated or exaggerated (depending on the perspective of the
writers). Performance impact numbers most mentioned vary from 5% to 30%
and will be dependent on many factors. The
impact is expected to be relatively large in I/O intensive and
virtualized environments, but will be felt in all environments with a
need to offer a good user experience to a larger number of users.
Objective data are therefore key.
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VSI is the industry standard in VDI and DaaS performance testing and
benchmarking. Indices VSIbase and VSImax give a widely accepted, and
very objective, insight in the baseline performance and scalability of
centralized desktop systems, before and after patches are installed.
These tests will provide the data to make timely decisions about scaling
up hardware, or otherwise fine-tuning systems, so performance problems
caused by the security patches will never affect real end-users.