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OCI Virtual Desktop

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What is OCI Virtual Desktop?

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) can be used to deploy managed virtual desktops and access them from anywhere while keeping data and applications safe.

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Great VDI solution

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omar ghaznaviView profile
Senior Software Developer in Information Technology at nCino, Inc. (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Providing desktop operating system virtualization is way more manageable using this Oracle suite.
  • It has a robust security infrastructure and provides great audit trails.

Cons

  • In our use of Oracle VDI, we have found there is a significant lag time when using the desktop environments through it, rather than the standalone virtual desktops.
  • Real time reporting and statistics can be improved as well.

Return on Investment

  • Oracle VDI has enabled our users to access the same services from remote locations allowing work from home opportunities.
  • We have also successfully employed it for handling disaster recovery efforts.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

XenDesktop, VMware Horizon (formerly VMware View) and VMware Workstation

Great for Storing Physical Machine Images

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Michael TimmsView profile
Network Administrator II in Information Technology at iQor (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • The user experience is great.
  • Remote access.
  • Rile sharing between desktops.

Cons

  • Frequent disconnects causing me to have to reboot my server.
  • Can be laggy at times.
  • Freezes regularly.

Return on Investment

  • When I used it full-time it worked for what I needed it - positive.
  • When it crashed, it costed me in time to wait to get it back up - negative.
  • Took up less space than using live machines - positive.

Alternatives Considered

VMware ESXi and VMware Horizon (formerly VMware View)

Usability

Was a Great Solution...but it is now Outdated Technology

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Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Ease of Manageability. Accessing and managing multiple virtualized desktop environments is pretty straightforward.
  • Great Options for Keeping Track of Logins. Detailed reports of who has been logging into which environment are easy to configure.
  • File Systems Can Be Shared. You can set multiple desktop environments to be able to share data on the same file system.

Cons

  • Viewing reporting data and similar analytics in real-time is slow and laggy.
  • Occasional crash and regular freezing of the system. On a daily basis, we face freezing problems when accessing desktop environments, sometimes resulting in a complete crash of the software.
  • Cannot Maintain a Stable Connection for Extensive Periods of Time. Accessing desktop environments for short term periods works flawlessly most of the time, but when working on one for more than about 3-4 hours, we have frequently experienced connection drops.

Return on Investment

  • Pricing Models were harsh to begin with, so we invested more money on the license than we needed to.
  • Due to all of the laggy, buggy, and crashing interfaces, our administrators spent considerable additional time working on simple operations.
  • We missed out on many advanced features that Oracle VDI's competitors were rolling out, so we couldn't benefit from them.

Alternatives Considered

VMware Horizon (formerly VMware View)