Robert Maijen

Hello All,

Today Login Consultants released as a beta version "Login VSI 2.0".

Login VSI 2.0 is the second iteration of Login VSI 1.0: the free and specifically designed benchmark for SBC and VDI environments. VSI 2.0 introduces completely new workloads, and a improved and more accurate index called VSImax. Overall, VSI 2.0 will be a much smoother experience, many best practices and lessons learned from project VRC are now included in this release.

The free version will now be called “Login VSI 2.0 Express”, the advanced version is called “Login VSI 2.0 PRO”. The most important new  2.0 features are: 

Workload(s) re-build from scratch

• New, more realistic, medium workload (now 10 instead of 18 minutes)
• Real-world end-user websites (with rich flash content)
• Windows 7 and Windows 2008 r2 support
• IE 8 support
• New Zip and PDF printer (BullZip)
• Highly improved robustness (even under extreme loads)
• Improved response timer mechanism and index: VSImax

VSI 2.0 PRO features

• Multilanguage Support (Express only support English OS and Office)
• Detailed logging
• Runtime calibration of timed events and response time measurement using an external SQL server clock (important for hypervisor comparisons)
• Office 2003 and Office 2010 support
• Customization Support (ad your own apps to the VSI workload)

Analyzer Changes

• New VSImax calculation: much more precise
• Automatic renaming of excel files to “testname.xltm”
• Remember settings from last sessionAD Setup Changes
• Split system / user policy objects / added Computers OU
• Improved setup user objects (no password expiry etc)

Launcher

• New pre-launch naming of test: no more archiving of tests needed 

   

  This beta can be downloaded from Login Consultants download section click here

So from now on Login VSI 2.0 has two versions: a free and fully functional Login VSI 2.0 Express and a VSI 2.0 PRO version. It is the same download, PRO features are activated through a license file. Login Consultants will share the PRO version with the independent media, online and offline (magazines, techblogs, journalists, etc..) for reviewing, but also for publications where VSI is used as a benchmark. If you are interested in the PRO version, let the guys over at Login Consultants know and sent an email to VSI@loginconsultants.com.

Please help Login Consultants in getting this beta release to reach final. Login Consultants hopes to have the final version ready in 2-3 weeks.

Robert