Using HDX Insight^™

NetScaler Insight Center is new and is the integration of the Edgesight network analysis and the Edgesight performance management functionality in Director. There are two main components of NetScaler Insight Center, as follows:

• Web Insight shows the performance of web applications

• HDX Insight shows the performance of XenDesktop and XenApp applications

HDX Insight provides the application and desktop views of the network. This provides an advanced analytics of the ICA traffic in the XenDesktop deployment. HDX Insight performance management provides the historical capacity and health trend reporting features. A key metric that is often looked at in Citrix XenDesktop deployments is the ICA Session Round Trip Time (ICA RTT), which is an indication of usability.

HDX Insight network analysis must be used with NetScaler Insight Center. NetScaler Insight Center must be installed and configured in Director. NetScaler Insight Center is a virtual machine (appliance) that can be downloaded...