Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Advanced Administration — Question 22

Scenario: A Citrix Engineer is managing an existing XenDesktop and Workspace Environment Management (WEM) infrastructure. The engineer performed recent benchmarks on all the user applications. As a result of this investigation, the engineer determined that some applications are consuming excess memory even when they are idle and NOT actively being utilized by users. This results in performance degradation of active applications.
Which step can the engineer take to help improve the performance degradation of active applications?

Answer options

• A. Enable Working Set Optimization and set Idle State Limit to 10 minutes.
• B. Enable Process I/O Priority and add Specified Processes.
• C. Enable Working Set Optimization and set Idle Sample Time to 10 minutes.
• D. Enable Working Set Optimization and Exclude Specified Processes.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because setting the Idle Sample Time to 10 minutes allows the system to better manage memory usage for idle applications, thus freeing up resources for active ones. Option A is incorrect as it focuses on Idle State Limit, which is not as effective for managing idle memory usage. Option B does not address the memory issue related to idle applications, and Option D could potentially exclude important processes from optimization, which might not help in improving performance.