Citrix DaaS

Load balance machines

Note:

This feature applies to all your catalogs — single-session OS or multi-session OS catalogs. Vertical load balancing applies only to multi-session OS machines.

This feature lets you control how to load balance machines. You have two options: vertical and horizontal. By default, horizontal load balancing is enabled.

  • Vertical load balancing. Assigns an incoming user session to the most loaded machine that has not yet reached the maximum load. This saturates existing machines before moving on to new machines. Users disconnecting from existing machines frees up capacity on those machines. Incoming loads are then assigned to those machines. Vertical load balancing degrades the user experience but reduces costs (sessions maximize powered-on machine capacity).

    例子:你有两台机器配置为10essions each. The first machine handles the first 10 concurrent sessions. The second machine handles the eleventh session.

    Tip:

    To specify the maximum number of sessions a machine can host, use theMaximum number of sessionspolicy setting.

    Alternatively, you can use PowerShell to enable or disable vertical load balancing site-wide. Use theUseVerticalScalingForRdsLaunchessetting in theSet-BrokerSitecmdlet. UseGet-BrokerSiteto display the value of theUseVerticalScalingForRdsLaunchessetting. See the cmdlet help for details.

  • Horizontal load balancing. Assigns an incoming user session to the least-loaded, powered-on machine available. Horizontal load balancing improves the user experience but increases costs (because more machines are kept powered on). By default, horizontal load balancing is enabled.

    例子:你有两台机器配置为10essions each. The first machine handles five concurrent sessions. The second machine also handles five.

To configure this feature, fromManage > Full Configuration, selectSettingsin the left pane. Select an option underLoad balance multi-session catalogs.

Load balance machines

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