Centralised, Manageable, Affordable Virtual Desktops
Double-Take® Flex reduces the time and expense of desktop provisioning and management whilst increasing the level of control that you have over your current desktop infrastructure.
Double-Take Flex powers existing desktops and thin clients to run Microsoft Windows 7, XP Pro, or Vista - all without a local hard drive. Double-Take Flex provisions one centrally managed PC image and streams it to all your PCs, drastically reducing administrative effort. Using streaming desktop images, Double-Take Flex reduces time-consuming and costly management tasks such as OS upgrades, patch management or new application installations. Streaming desktop and or server images are configured centrally and one time only on the Double-Take Flex server.
Key Benefits:
- Centralised management – Double-Take Flex VDI Virtual Desktop infrastructure is managed in your data centre
- Simplified recovery - reduces the cost of managing workloads, replacing failed drives or restoring drives to their original state
- Fast desktop deployment – shared master images can be assigned to many machines with a simple drag-and-drop command
- Low-cost storage – using industry standard iSCSI storage or, Double-Take Flex can turn any Windows® server into an iSCSI SAN
- Familiar user experience - workstations use local processing so users don’t have to wait for network cycles
- Configurable desktops – Using the RES PowerFuse add-on, an individual user’s workspace is decoupled to manage profile settings
To view a short animation on how it works: Flex - How it works
For a more detailed overview on Double-Take Flex including Pain Points, What It Is, How It Helps and How It Works please go to: www.doubletakeflex.co.uk
Read the Learning Assistant Case Study
Leading the field in online assessment for vocational qualifications, Learning Assistant has enabled thousands of learners to get qualified since 2002. Over the last two years, the company has experienced faster than projected growth, thanks partly to a number of innovations made by their software development team. What Learning Assistant needed was the most resilient and scalable system they could find, which took up the least amount of physical space, used the least amount of power, and of course, still be the most cost effective solution. Finally, the system had to pretty much run itself, and be manageable by in-house staff.