Dedicate Instant Clone pools

[LarryBlanco2]

Aside from assigning the same machine name with the same IP address to the user, is there any other benefit in having a dedicate pool using instant clone for my users?  I really could not find anything other than MAC and IP addresses always being the same for the machine that is dedicated to the user?

Will the App Stacks be pre-attached to the desktops?  Decrease in login times?

Anything else that occurs?

Thanks,

LB

[sjesse · Accepted solution]

The only benifits are the same computer name and mac address really. If you have apps that require these then you should use dedicated instant clones, but if not the normal floating pool is probably best. For example I have an app people use that is based off a sql server and webserver, which worked horribly on a floating pool . After switching to  a dedicated instant clone pool, I didn't need to use scripts to change the configuration to match the computer name they logged into.

[LarryBlanco2]

Thanks, after further reading I came to he same conclusion. 

A floating pool can save on resources due to it's ability to expand and shrink the numbers of VM's.    So not having 300 desktops running at one time is good when only 150 are really needed, provided the users logoff as their suppose too.   

Larry B.