What is virtual desktop?
A virtual desktop is basically a desktop environment (like Windows or Linux) that runs on a remote server or cloud, instead of running directly on your local physical computer.
You access it through a network connection, usually via a client app or web browser.
Types of Virtual Desktops
VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) – desktops run on virtual machines in a data center (e.g., VMware Horizon, Citrix).
DaaS (Desktop as a Service) – desktops are provided from the cloud (e.g., Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop).
what is transactional workload?
In AWS (or in databases in general), a transactional workload refers to workloads that involve a high volume of short, atomic operations where consistency, integrity, and speed of individual transactions matter most.
Think of it as the type of workload that powers OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) systems.
What is max throughput?
Maximum throughput is the upper limit of data transfer speed (in MiB/s) that an EBS volume can achieve for sequential read and write operations.
Think of it as the maximum sustained bandwidth (how much data per second can flow between the EBS volume and the EC2 instance).
How many types are there in solid state device?
So, in EBS, there are 2 main types of SSD-backed volumes:
1. General Purpose SSD (gp2, gp3)
2. Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1, io2, io2 Block Express)