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New IGEL UD5 Hardware Test Whitepaper

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

Hello Folks,

i’ve written a small Whitepaper with detailed Hardware Test results for the new IGEL UD5 Dual Core device.

This Whitepaper is only related to the performance provided by the new Hardware incl. the most important Hardware features, it will not provide detailed information’s related to the IGEL Firmware or the IGEL Universal Management Suite.

Regarding the drivers, the Test’s has been done with the IGEL Universal Desktop ES W7 Firmware Version 3.05.100 and I will repeat these test’s after the final production Firmware release. So some results can be different but at all you will get a first Impression regarding the Performance improvements for this upcoming device.

The Whitepaper is ready for download at www.cloud-client.info in the Whitepaper section.

Cheers
Michael

P.S.: I stay 100% behind the results but in any way, you can test this by your own in a very simple way. If your results differ more then 5% to my results please provide me details about your tests incl. Hardware BIOS Version and so on to verify the possible reasons for the difference. Thanks!

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New IGEL UD3 Dual Core “insight”

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

Hello,

i’ve already posted a few pictures of the upcoming IGEL UD3 Dual Core device but i missed to post a picture of the mainboard / open UD3 device.

So here you go:

Open IGEL UD3 Dual Core

As you see it’s primary a big passive processor cooler… 😉

Cheers
Michael

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Thank you for all the birthay wishes!

Thursday, April 18th, 2013

Hello Folks,

i just wanna thank you for all the nice birthay wishes i’ve got today, thank you!

No… The hedgehog doesn’t looks angry! He only makes a plan how to get the cream on his nose…. 😉

Cheers

Michael

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First Pictures: New IGEL UD5 Dual Core Device

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

Hello Folks,

here are the first Pictures for the new UD5 Dual Core Device (without a case).

New UD5 Dual Core

I will post more Details and Test results during the next week, iam sorry that i can’t make it earlier but currently i’ve a lot of other things to do.

Cheers

Michael

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Updated Whitepaper: IGEL Hardware Overview

Friday, April 12th, 2013

Hello Folks,

i’ve updated the IGEL Hardware Overview Whitepaper, the new Version is available via our Mainsite.

Main update are the new UD3 and UD5 Dual Core Devices, please note: These devices are currently only available as Trial device!!!

Cheers

Michael

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Want to test your IGEL knowledge?

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

Hi,

if you want to test your IGEL knowledge you can make a small entry Level Test on our Mainsite.

There will also follow a Advanced Test, if you pass this upcoming test you can directly send an application to IGEL Technology for a Job as Support/System Engineer…

There will be no certficate but it could be fun to pass these tests and you can print out the results for your own.

Cheers

Michael

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Using IGEL Linux based Thin Clients with VMWare Horizon View 5.2

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

Hello Folks,

today i’ve tested the IGEL Linux together with VMWare’s Horizon View 5.2.

One new Feature coming with Horizon View 5.2 is the Horizon View HTML Access based connection (aka VMWare Blast).
To use this feature you need to install an add-on component to your View Connection Server and also an extra Agent to the VM. In my Demo Setup i’ve used a Windows 8 based Desktop running on a VMWare Server to have PCOIP (thru Software) available, i’ve also installed the VMWare Tools, VMWare View Agent and the new Horizon View 5.2 Remote Experience Agent (HTML/VMWare Blast). For my tests i’ve used a trial license but it should not make any difference regarding the results.

On my Client Side i got a nice Message that the Firefox Version coming with my IGEL Firmware 4.11.100 is not supported for HTML Access. I ignored this message 🙂 and the result looks like this…

So it worked fine with the current IGEL Linux Version 4.11.100 but do not aspect a high multimedia performance at all, this is not related to the IGEL Linux! I’ve tested it also with my I7 Laptop and also here the results for multimedia content are not the best too, this is a similar result like for Web based Clients from other vendors.

For my next test i’ve used the native VMWare Client coming with the 4.11.100 Firmware, this is the Version 1.6.0 but Horizon View 5.2 comes with a new client version 1.7.0. I’ve not noticed any disadvantage related to this but it could be that some new features are not working or maybe some issues are fixed with the 1.7 Version from VMWare. I hope that IGEL has included the new 1.7.0 Client in the upcoming 4.12.100 Firmwares.

After i’ve configured the IGEL Client thru the local setup i was able to start a connection without any issues, also i was able to connect thru PCOIP to my Windows 8 based virtual Horizon View 5.2 desktop.

The multimedia results are looking much better compared to the VMWare Blast (HTML Access) connection but this was what i assumed when starting the test. I was also able to connect my USB devices to the VM and for me it worked without any issue; of course i did not test it 24/7 or all possible device types.

In general it looks that VMWare Horizon View 5.2 works good together with the IGEL Linux based Thin Clients, maybe the results will be better with the new Client 1.7.0 but here IGEL has to deliver it thru a Firmware update.

Cheers
Michael

Update: I got the confirmation that the upcoming 4.12.100 will also contain the new VMWare Client for Horizon View. The firmware should be available in the upcoming weeks.

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