| Parameters | RDS | VDI |
| Each user gets a separate VM | No. Each user gets a session in the same VM | Yes |
| Creates complexity for the IT staff, wherein they have to manage multiple instances of the OS, updating and patching them. | Yes | Easy |
| Multiple users use the same VM and server OS | Yes | Multiple user uses different VM specific to them |
| Does not provide complete administrative rights, as resources have to be shared between multiple users | Yes. | Since it's a single user, you can get admin privilege |
| Cost and complexity is a concern | Yes | No |
| Managing and updating the software is easy | Yes | Yes |
| Less CPU and memory resources are utilized, which facilitates having more users per system | Yes | Obviously need more CPU and Memory in comparison to RDS |
| Local Computer | Need | No need to local computer. |
| Software Requirements | Same set of software used for all users | Different sets of software can be used for different set of users |
| Performance | One heavy user performance will impact other user's performance | Each will work independantly |
| Locally attached USB drives | Not accessible | Accssible. |
Got this during the execution of following command in R > dat Error: could not find function "read.xlsx" Tried following command > install.packages("xlsx", dependencies = TRUE) Installing package into ‘C:/Users/amajumde/Documents/R/win-library/3.2’ (as ‘lib’ is unspecified) also installing the dependencies ‘rJava’, ‘xlsxjars’ trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.2/rJava_0.9-8.zip' Content type 'application/zip' length 766972 bytes (748 KB) downloaded 748 KB trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.2/xlsxjars_0.6.1.zip' Content type 'application/zip' length 9485170 bytes (9.0 MB) downloaded 9.0 MB trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.2/xlsx_0.5.7.zip' Content type 'application/zip' length 400968 bytes (391 KB) downloaded 391 KB package ‘rJava’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked package ‘xlsxjars’ successfully unpacked ...
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