Sangfor VDI uses HCI as the underlying architecture, fully leveraging the highlights of HCI in terms of stability, performance, security, and intelligence. It provides a flexible and elastic cloud infrastructure for VDI scenarios, catering to various business requirements.

Highlights of the VDI scenario solution based on Sangfor HCI:

1. Simplified O&M

Cluster resources of VDI and general HCI business VMs can be easily deployed, managed, and operated all through SCP, significantly improving the efficiency of deployment, O&M, and disaster recovery of VDI businesses.

2. Excellent User Experience

• vGPU: The first vGPU solution based on the KVM technology in China, which improves the rendering effect of graphic design, provides a better design experience, and delivers performance comparable to graphic workstations. Professional and consumer-class GPU models are supported.

• Video redirection + hardware chip decoding: allows users to achieve smooth playback similar to that on a PC while saving server resources. It allows controlled CPU utilization within 10% when multiple videos are played concurrently.

• SSD cache acceleration: automatically utilizes SSDs for I/O acceleration of frequently accessed or duplicated data. Sangfor has achieved a cache hit rate of over 60%, resulting in improved desktop startup speed and smoother operations.

Stability and Reliability

• Multi-level HA design mechanism: utilizes multiple HA mechanisms, including HCI clusters, live migration, dynamic expansion, and port aggregation, to build an HA desktop architecture with enhanced fault tolerance capability.

• Multi-replica data storage: real-time storage of data replicas on two or three hosts, ensuring maximum redundancy and eliminating data loss issues due to host or disk failures.

3. Security and Effectiveness

Virtualization security: The industrial first BSI architecture in China, providing VDI businesses with comprehensive capabilities such as WAF, anti-ransomware, and automatic isolation.