Features

The most prominent features of VDI Drones

  • Enables load generation on a large number of machines.
  • Easy to use GUI, no scripting skills needed.
  • No need to set up hundreds of user accounts.
  • Specify the workload in detail, in terms of threads, CPU, Memory and Disk I/O.
  • Integrates with your Microsoft Active Directory.
  • Works on all major hypervisors: VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, Nutanix and Microsoft Azure / WVD / Windows Virtual Desktop.
  • Partly free, competitively priced.
  • Performance baselining.
  • Remote task manager.
  • Automatic/scheduled  baseline determination.
  • Available as a portable .exe, installation not required.
  • No client side software installation required.
  • Both the Controller and the Drone are truly multi core aware.
  • High performance, start around 75 drones/machines per minute.
  • Amazing interactive reports.
VDI Drones - Controller Operation
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Requirements

  • .NET Framework 4.0 or newer.
  • Active Directory for the Controller.
  • 2 GB of RAM.
  • 1 GB of free hard disk space.
  • A domain-joined computer to run the Controller.
  • A computer to run the Drone.
  • Virtual installation fully supported: Hyper-V, VMWare, AWS, Azure / WVD / Windows Virtual Desktop, Nutanix or XenServer.
  • Possibility to access the RPC$ and do WMI queries from the Controller to the Drones (firewall rules and rights).
  • Administrative rights on both the Controller and every Drone.

Tested on:

  • Windows  2016, 2019 and 10.
  • VMWare, Citrix XenServer, XenApp and XenDesktop, Hyper-V.
  • Microsoft Active Directory (functional level 2016 and up).
  • Microsoft Azure / WVD / Windows Virtual Desktop.