Content delivered trough VDI and Terminal Server environments is growing exceedingly rich. The use of videos, images and photos and other rich content in VDI and Terminal Server environments has become a requirement. Flash is a particularly good example of this. Flash is one of the most popular formats to deliver multimedia rich content these days. Unfortunately, due to its graphic nature, Flash does not perform very well over slow connections using just the RDP protocol (like other VDI vendors use). This does not just go for Flash. Content containing high numbers of images (any website these days) or videos also delivers a somewhat poor user experience when using just the RDP protocol. This is especially true for slower network connections.
This is why Provision Networks has developed several technologies to significantly enhance the performance of multimedia content in RDP sessions. We already showed you a demonstration of how we are accelerating the performance of video in a VDI or Terminal Server session. The following videos are demonstrations of Provision Networks RDP Bitmap and Flash Acceleration for VDI and Windows Terminal Services. They compare the performance of using just the RDP protocol (like VMware VDM uses for example ) to using RDP with the Provision Networks RDP Bitmap and Flash Acceleration. The difference is quite significant. See for yourself:
RDP Flash Acceleration Video on Youtube:
Download Link High Quality Version - Maximize using the button in the lower right corner of the Flash Player
RDP Bitmap Acceleration Video on Youtube:
Download Link High Quality Version - Maximize using the button in the lower right corner of the Flash Player
Videos by Patrick Rouse and editorial by Michel Roth.
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June 13th, 2008 at 5:44 am
This technology will be available when?
Bandwith requirement over a wan connection?
Costing?
Thanks
June 13th, 2008 at 7:24 am
This is brand new technology, that until now has only been see by developers and some people at our east coast USA office. I imagine it’ll be available to the general public later thi year, and perhaps to early adopters as soon as we see interest and a commitment to using our technology.
This test was performed from San Diego, CA on my notebook PC running Windows XP to remote desktops in Reston, VA. The network connection wa my Verizon Wireless PC Card, which is better than dial-up, but worse than DSL or Cable. I’ll have to do more testing over a very bandwidth constricted connection, and will post the results. The main point was that I was showing a comparison of RDP vs Accelerated RDP using the exact same client and connectivity.
As for cost, that’s yet to be determined. If it’s of interest to you, or to a client, contact us and we’ll discuss that offline. My email is MyFirstName . MyLastName at Quest dot com.
Patrick Rouse.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:20 am
M. Rouse,
You will reveice a email about our SBC and VDI project.
Thanks
June 16th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Can it accelerate Citrix ICA traffic as well?
June 16th, 2008 at 11:01 am
No it can not.
June 16th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
[...] Customizing the Microsoft RDP Client (Part 1) Remote display protocols for VDI: will RDP be enough? - From BrianMadden.com http://blogs.inside.quest.com/provision/2008/06/13/rdp-bitmap-and-flash-acceleration/ [...]
June 22nd, 2008 at 9:53 pm
I am very excited about this product. I am not looking forward to switching to Citrix Xen App just for ICA SpeedScreen. This could very well keep me from doing just that.
Where cani get it?
When can i get it?
How much will it cost?
Thank you,
June 22nd, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Ken, I responded to your email. I noticed that there was another comment that asked about bandwidth requirements of this technology. We are compressing the graphics, so the requirements are less than that of the out of the box RDP Protocol. As with anything else, the requirements vary from app to app, depending on how much the graphics can be compressed. When I look at debug logs I’m often seeing a 50% reduction in image size after our compression. We have some more demo videos where we show the same websites running side by side using standard RDP and our bitmap acceleration.
This is a new development, so it is still a prototype. We anticipate rolling this into Virtual Access Suite, and our Experience Optimization Pack (EOP) later this year. The current cost of EOP is $40 per concurrent user, on top of the cost of Virtual Access Suite Desktop Services (VDI) or Enterprise Licenses. We are currently running a promotion thru the end of July where EOP licenses are being included with each Desktop Services License.
Desktop Services – VDI & Physical Desktops = $50 per concurrent user (perpetual)
Desktop Services Software Maintenance & Gold Support = $10 per year
Desktop Services Software Maintenance & Platinum Support = $13 per year
Enterprise Edition – Terminal Services + VDI & Physical Desktops = $99 per concurrent user (perpetual)
Enterprise Edition Software Maintenance & Gold Support = $20 per year
Enterprise Edition Software Maintenance & Platinum Support = $25 per year
EOP = $40 per concurrent user (perpetual)
EOP Software Maintenance & Gold Support = $8 per year
EOP Software Maintenance & Platinum Support = $10 per year
June 24th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Matt wrote:
> Can it accelerate Citrix ICA traffic as well?
Matt, even if PNI can’t or may not accelerate Citrix ICA traffic now there are also ways available at the 3rd party market to accelerate it. We already implement ICA graphic acceleration successfully by using the virtual channels at a customer side.
Details can be discussed offline by email hbui at sbcpro dot de.
Holger
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:08 am
I’m very interested by this project. Can you send me an email with any documentation you have and a pre-sales contact name ? I’m in Lyon, France. One of my client (a TV Channel) is actually thinking about those type of technology with evident problems of video playing.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:42 pm
I am very interested in this technology I currently have 2 clients that want to go with VDI or RDP like scenarios and running videos and flash pages is becoming a show stopper right now, where can I buy this software? I am in San Jose, Costa Rica.
August 21st, 2008 at 9:49 am
I’m really interested in this technology, but i have some doubts about including bi-directional audio on thin clients, is there more information about this?
Thanks.
September 29th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Hello,
We are currently looking into accelerating our VDI application between our head office and regional offices. This product appears to be what we are looking for. Please contact me with further information.
- Mike
February 3rd, 2009 at 8:14 am
I am interesting in building a lab model , comprising 2 thin clients and 1 Virtualisation Server . To use thios model to evaluate RDP , ICA , Net2Display including local video options .
If any specialist can provide advice/support I would be interested to share the results
March 5th, 2009 at 1:11 am
One of our clients is currently serving 100+ concurrent terminal server sessions (Microsoft RDP) and constantly get negative feedback around browsing performance (flash based sites) and simple tasks like reading PDF files. Most of the WAN links are 1Mbps and serve up to 10 users. The site has also expressed interest in a VDI solution but they cannot go there due to some limitations in Microsoft licensing.
Can EOP or RDP acceleration be integrated into an existing Terminal Services implementation (2003 or 2008)?
If so, is it possible to get back to me with more information?
Is it possible to get a demo version so that I can properly evaluate it and sell it as a solution?
Thanks
Mike
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:28 pm
I am a lead support technician for around 1000 users that connect remotely through RDP. They always complain of slowness in session when it comes to PDF viewing, Flash performance and image viewing. We have done as much optimizing on our end that we can but this software seems very promising for relieving our users headaches. What is the progress on this project and can I get a price sheet on it? Thank you.
-MC