This article explains the differences, advantages, and disadvantages of the main virtual disk image formats—VDI, VHD/VHDX, VMDK, and ISO—and provides guidance on when to use each format and how to convert between them.
This white‑paper‑style analysis examines the rapid growth of desktop cloud in China, outlines its definitions, deployment models, core technologies, protocol choices, GPU virtualization options, security architecture, and proposes standardization needs and policy recommendations to guide the industry forward.
This article explains the concepts of Virtual OS Infrastructure (VOI) and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), introduces the Next Generation Desktop (NGD) as a hybrid solution, discusses their limitations, and shows how cloud storage can integrate VOI and VDI to enable flexible, cost‑effective cloud computing deployments.
In an interview, Ctrip Cloud Platform Director Wu Yiting explains how his team built a private OpenStack cloud for development, testing, production and call‑center virtual desktops, outlines the technical challenges, recent IceHouse improvements, and the topics he will present at upcoming OpenStack training sessions.
