Enable VDI security

Implementing VDI should not mean forgoing desktop security.  Yet traditional antivirus solutions significantly impact the performance of virtual desktop environments, so much so that running a virtual desktop with anti-virus enabled, can half the number of virtual desktops that a server can host. 

Traditional antivirus solutions run within each desktop, monitoring all desktop I/O, and regularly requesting signature updates and scanning the local hard disk for viruses. This activity not only increases processor utilization of each virtual desktop, but also increases the I/O load on the storage infrastructure; reducing the number of desktops per server, growing the network, storage and server infrastructure costs, and ultimately increasing the cost of desktop virtualization.

Achieving VDI security without compromising performance

Atlantis ILIO integrates with leading antivirus solutions to dramatically accelerate antivirus scanning, and eliminate redundant antivirus scanning operations. With traditional antivirus, Atlantis ILIO can eliminate the additional storage required to service antivirus disk access, which increases density and accelerates antivirus scanning. By combining Atlantis ILIO and McAfee MOVE-AntiVirus, which reduces the CPU and Memory overhead of antivirus, it is possible to increase the number of virtual desktops per server by up to 100%, compared to traditional antivirus solutions, without any reduction in desktop performance.