1. Virtual Desktop Deployment
VMWare View
Virtual Desktop Deployment
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2. TOC Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Concept
Why Bother and Why Not?
Cost/Benefit
Hardware Overview
Software Overview
Fin/Questions
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3. Rough Overview Ask who is familiar with VDI and explain the concept.
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4. Why VDI?
Ask question: What are the common challenges you have with physical desktops?
-Zero client significantly reduces or eliminates most of these problems/tasks
-Great thing about VDI for rollover, if you want more computing power just install one new server
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5. Why VDI pt 2? Migrating to Windows 7 #watitis2013
Increase in security and compliance
Migrating to Windows 7
BYOD - access from anything, from anywhere, at any time
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6. Why Not? Peripherals eg. CDs Software Compatibility
Ask Question: Are there any reasons that you would be hesitant about VDI?
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7. Capital Costs Amortization Schedule 1 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
Yr-1 Cost 10 VDI
$5,100
$1,750
$1,250
$1,200
Yr-1 Cost 100 VDI
$1,060
$400
$300
$240
Yr-1 Cost 200 VDI
$840
$330
$180
Yr-1 Cost M83 SFF
$750
$250
$150
$75*
-Over estimated storage device cost
-True costs are likely in the 5-10yr VDI range
-Includes all hardware and software but no Windows server or ESX or storage redundancy . Adding this adds about 30% to cost. Even fully redundant with only 100 VDI over 5 years they are still 40% cheaper.
-Cost estimate SS available on request to examine and play with the numbers
-Switches not included
* i C 3.4GHz 4GB RAM 500 GB HDD
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8. Workstation vs. VDI Op Ex Savings
Number of Deployed VDI
Per Unit Savings 10
$80
100
$210
200
$215
-Figures are per year
-Savings are a conservative estimate of day-to-day maintenance that were mentioned in the Why VDI
-Both the difference between WS and VDI IT maintenance time and staff down time are taken into account.
-No considerations are made for racking and configuring and replacing servers and storage, because we were doing that anyway.
-Any keyboard, mouse and monitor maintenance excluded
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9. Workstation vs P25 Power Savings
Savings Condition
kWh/yr
$/yr*
Kg CO2/yr**
Always Turn Workstation off 85 10 12
Always Leave WS on Savings
290 35 43
-My 3yr old Lenovo as baseline using Wattmeter
-Estimate 95% idle time 5% max power draw
-No attempt to calculate externalities such as reduced CO2 emissions from transportation, manufacturing and disposal savings.
* $0.12/kWh OPA **
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10. E-Waste Reduction Waste Weight kg Lenovo M83 7.5 P25 1.3
6.2
Savings*/Unit
$12.40
-Only includes e-waste weight disposal costs
-There are other savings that are externalities like less pollution from producing fewer electronics and also in shipping
* $2000/tonne WRWM
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11. Workstation Vs. VDI Cost Comparison
WS vs. VDI Costs and Savings*
Workstation
$185
VDI+Savings
$50
* 5yr amortization 100 unit VDI vs 4yr amortization WS
-Not including any setup, testing costs
VDI 25% the cost of WS
VDI -35% the cost of WS - 10yr 200 unit
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12. Hardware – Data Center NetApp FAS2220 Reliability Dedupe
VAAI Flex Cloning
HP J9148A 2910al
Dell R720
12 cores 2.5GHz
196GB RAM
APEX 2800 Offload
sGPU*
2x4 Gig-E
Reliability
Gig-E + 10 Gig uplinks
131mpps
-Explain dedupe, flex clone
-IOPS will be your biggest bottleneck, Dedupe, caching, optimization help reduce IOPS
-APEX 2800 is the secret sauce for high performance AV
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13. Hardware - Client Laptop iPad/Phone & Android Win/Linux/Mac Wyse P25
Local Mode
Wyse P25
Access your desktop anywhere
MTBF 11 years
2x display
4x USB 2
PCoIP
(Almost) Stateless
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14. Software - Infrastructure
Single Application Deployment
Reduce images
View Administrator
Manages VDI Pools
Manual
Linked Clones
Recomposition
View Composer
Manages Linked Clones in conjunction with View Administrator
-Manual pools are useful only when linked clones won’t work, ie. for state fullness. POS computers, unique software or other configuration. Loose some advantages and cost savings.
-Linked clones are linked by a single base image.
-vShield off-loads AV
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15. Infrastructure
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16. Software – Client Protocol Client Server PC over IP View Agent
PCoIP/RDP
Full frame rate streaming AV
End to end encryption
Access anywhere (almost) any device
-View Clients for PC, Linux, Mac, iPod/Phone/Pad, Android. Thick, thin or Zero
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17. Image Deployment Deploy Win7 from template*
Install VMTools and View Agent
Optimize for VDI deployment
Install image applications and all updates
Optimize and shutdown
Take a snapshot
Create pool, test, deploy
-Ask Question: How do you deploy a new image now?
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18. Image Update Update image applications and OS Optimize and shutdown
Take a snapshot
Test and recompose pools
-Ask question: How do you update your computers now?
-Benefits: You know the exact state of all computers, no update problems to fix.
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19. Performance Knowledge Worker
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20. Conclusion Much lower desktop costs through Op Ex High performance
75% to over 100% cheaper than WS
High performance
Highly accessible
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21. Thanks to
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23. Questions?
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