Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Advanced Administration — Question 29

Scenario: A company has locations in three cities: New York, San Francisco and Miami. Each location is connected over a WAN link. Each location maintains a large number of users who will need to access applications and desktop resources.
A Citrix Engineer maintains minimal hardware resources and needs to build a new XenDesktop infrastructure that can guarantee a reliable network for the users and which requires minimal infrastructure management for the engineer.
Which deployment should the engineer implement to meet this scenario?

Answer options

• A. A single XenDesktop Site with three zones (Primary Zone in New York and two Satellite Zones in Miami and San Francisco), and one SQL database maintained in each zone.
• B. A single XenDesktop Site with three Satellite Zones (New York, Miami and San Francisco), with each zone maintaining its own Cloud Connector and implementation of the infrastructure within the Citrix Cloud.
• C. A single XenDesktop Site with three zones (Primary Zone in New York and two Satellite Zones in Miami and San Francisco), and one SQL database maintained in New York.
• D. A single XenDesktop Site with three Satellite Zones (New York, Miami and San Francisco), a single Cloud Connector in one of the Satellite Zones and

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Option B is correct because it allows each location to have its own Cloud Connector, which enhances network reliability and simplifies management within the Citrix Cloud. Options A and C complicate management with multiple SQL databases, while option D does not provide enough redundancy as it relies on a single Cloud Connector.