Journal Post 3

Removed Kill-A-Watt from Dell Optiplex GX520 (active) at 7:09 p.m. on January 5th, 2012

• data in spreadsheet  (here)

Started monitoring "stripped" Dell Optiplex GX520 using VDI Blaster software at 1:05 p.m. January 6th, 2012
Booted "stripped" Dell Optiplex GX520 using VDI Blaster software

• Created live USB flash drive per instructions from DevonIT
• Disabled SATA and PATA controllers in the BIOS 
• Changed boot sequence to only boot from USB
• Froze at "Welcome" screen for 2-3 minutes
• Once fully booted adding RDP server was simple process
• Once added the RDP link it automatically placed on the desktop 
• This froze for 4-5 minutes when applying the settings
• The RDP client was extremely responsive and boted directly into the server once all the settings had been applied 
• Web browser and applications (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Dropbox) pulled up quickly 
• Frame rate on video is acceptable but not ideal

I am currently using the repurposed legacy Dell Optiplex GX520 with the HDD and CD/DVD drive removed (see previous post) to write this post and update all the data

More data and observations to come later today