Citrix Performance Under High Latency: Thinwire vs. Framehawk: Check this out!

Citrix acquired Framehawk in January 2014 and it was released in June 2015 as a standalone installation as part of Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 Feature Pack 2. With the release of Feature Pack 3 it became a part of the VDA.

To read more about the Framehawk technology I recommend the following blog posts by Citrix:

https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2015/06/30/our-first-release-of-framehawk-technologies/
https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2015/08/17/got-framehawk-weve-got-remote-access-tips-and-tricks/

Furthermore, there was a wonderful string of tests within a Citrix environment that a fellow blogger recently posted. It includes latency tests side-by-side of up to 1800ms! I do see a significant difference in performance with the Thinwire setting enabled for up to 5% packet loss. 

However, with heavy packet loss, it would be good to test out Framehawk. However, the Thinwire Compatibility mode has improved significantly. Check this video out to give you a better idea as to which option to choose. No matter what, the strides that were made by Citrix with regards to performance have been incredible.


YouTube: https://youtu.be/4IJ5TsLNH4w

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