The amount of system disk space required depends on the number of applications required in the base image. Omnissa has validated a setup that included 8GB of disk space. Applications included Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Reader, Internet Explorer, McAfee Antivirus, and PKZIP.
The amount of disk space required for user data depends on the role of the end user and organizational policies for data storage.
The following example settings are for items such as memory, number of virtual processors, and disk space are specific to Omnissa Horizon 8. The guidelines listed are for a standard Windows 10 virtual machine desktop.
| Item | Example |
|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows 10 (with the latest service pack) |
| RAM | 4GB |
| Virtual CPU | 2 |
| System disk capacity | 24GB (slightly less than standard) |
| Virtual SCSI adapter type | Select Paravirtual (PVSCSI). PVSCSI is recommended, but may require additional steps depending on the version of Windows to be installed. For more information, see Manually Creating Optimized Windows Images for Horizon VMs. |
| Virtual network adapter | VMXNET 3 |
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