1. NetApp The perfect fit for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Philippe Wackers
System Engineer

2. The Challenges Associated with Deploying VDI
Traditional Enterprise RAID Arrays
Storage Acquisition Costs
VDI Requires Enterprise Class Storage
Data Protection
High Availability
Backup
VDI Provides Central Desktop Updates
Requires Additional Storage
Lengthy Mass Deployment Timeframes
Cloning 100s – 1,000s of Virtual Machines Takes Time
6-12 Minutes Per Virtual Desktop or 5-10 Virtual Desktops deployed per Hour
Backup Production VDIs
RAID
Build 2nd Gen Desktops
RAID
Build
Desktops 2

3. The Advantages of Deploying VMware’s VDI With NetApp Storage Virtualization
A-SIS and FlexClone storage savings of 90%
RAID-DP reduces data protection costs by 50%
Acquisition Cost Reductions
RAID-DP provides RAID10 data protection
SnapMirror allows de-duplicated data to be backed up without losing the de-duplication
Unmatched Data Availability
FlexClone provisions new Datastores which are immediately available and online
Admin Time Reductions
Single storage architecture serves all data protocols
Simplified Management 3

4. NetApp RAID-DP Data Protection
A Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Must be Available
Current Disk Drives have more physical imperfections/errors and are less reliable
Time to rebuild increase with disk size
RAID5 does not provide enough Data Protection
RAID10 doubles the cost of Data Protection
RAID10
RAID-DP™
An interruption to storage would take 100s to 1000s of users offline
Protects against double disk failure
40% lower cost than RAID10!
RAID-DP provides the unmatched data protection and
cost efficiencies required by VDI 4

5. Storage Virtualization makes a difference
Volumes: not tied to physical storage
Non-fixed storage allocation allows continuous rebalancing across spindles.
Better Capacity Management
No stranded spindles / capacity
RAID Optimization
Sharper Data Focus
Deduplication
Thin Provisioning
Policy Based Space Management
Quality of Service
Backup / Recovery
Data Replication
App
App
App
App
FlexVol
Aggregate
Capacity
Available IOPs (work I can do)
Aggregate:
Efficient resource utilization
Capacity and IOPs are pooled 5

6. Extending Asset Optimization
Utilization savings with NetApp Deduplication
NetApp FAS Deduplication
Advanced Single Instance Storage
Dramatic Space Savings for Vmware
Integrated with Data ONTAP
General-purpose volume deduplication
Identifies and removes redundant data blocks
Application Agnostic
Primary Storage
Backup Data
Archival Data
Some real customer results
Managed Service Provider: 45%
Medical Services: 65%
Retailer: 70%
Internet Service Provider: 75%
Title Management: %
Insurance / Banking (VDI): 94%
“We decided to utilize NetApp SnapMirror for replication and deduplication, and these became a driving factor in our solution achieving 80% storage savings on VMware backup data with deduplication.”
A Global Financial Services Firm

7. VMware: An Opportunity for Deduplication
Each Virtual Desktop stores the same data repeatedly:
OS software, patches, software drivers, application data
VI3 Server
Data Store A
APP OS
APP OS
APP OS
APP
.VMDK
.VMDK
.VMDK
.VMDK
Traditional Enterprise RAID Arrays
RAID Layer OS
APP
.VMDK
.VMDK
.VMDK
.VMDK

8. Shrink VMware Storage Footprint
NetApp® deduplication removes the redundant blocks
All copies still appear intact to the ESX server
VI3 Server
Data Store A
APP OS
APP OS
APP OS
APP
.VMDK
.VMDK
.VMDK
.VMDK
NetApp FAS System
FlexVol®
Duplicate Data
Is Eliminated OS
APP
.VMDK

9. NetApp Multiprotocol Support
VDI Environments have multiple storage requirements
VI3 Server Storage Options
Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP)
iSCSI & NFS via Ethernet
VDI End User Storage Requirements
CIFS for the storage of User Roaming Profiles and Documents
A single NetApp FAS system provides all 4 storage protocols & is certified with VI3 & VDI 9

10. NetApp Multiprotocol Support Diagram
Simultaneously Server Both VDI Architecture & End User Data
NetApp FAS System
VI3 Server
FlexVol A
LUN
FlexClone B
FlexClone C
FlexClone D
FlexClone E
Datastore A
VMDK
Datastore B
VMDK
Datastore C
VMDK
Datastore D
VMDK
CIFS File Shares
Store User
Profiles & Data
De-Dupe w/ A-SIS
FlexVol B
Datastore E
VMDK v 10

11. NetApp FlexClone Storage Provisioning
Instantly Provision Cloned Datastores or RDMs
Supports FCP, iSCSI, VMFS, RDM, & NAS
Clones are Immediately Available
Clones Require Zero Additional Storage
FlexClone Reduces the storage of Multiple Datastores down to that of a Single Datastore
FlexClone provides the ability to provision 1000s of
Virtual Machines in minutes 11

12. Virtual Infrastructure Deployment
Traditional VDI Storage deployment
Storage is Provisioned and connected as a Datastore
Virtual Desktops store their data on Virtual Disks (VMDKs)
Virtual Disks are copied one at a time to create new Virtual machines
500 GB DataStore
VMDK
500 GB DataStore
VMDK
Traditional Storage Array
500 GBs of Storage
500 GBs of Storage
500 GBs of Storage
500 GBs of Storage
500 GB DataStore
VMDK
500 GB DataStore
VMDK

13. VDI Storage & Provisioning with FlexClone
Virtual Infrastructure Deployment
VDI Storage & Provisioning with FlexClone
1 Create a Gold image DataStore and deduplicate
2 FlexClone DataStores as required – instantly and with zero space
3 Datastores and virtual machines are immediately available
NetApp FAS System
Clone C – 0 GB
Clone B – 0 GB
Clone A – 0 GB
Gold Master DataStore 500 GBs
500 GB DataStore
VMDK
Simplest, fast, and most economical Virtual Machine deployment option 13

14. NetApp FlexClone Mass Provisioning Process Summary
Step 1: Build Gold Image Virtual Machine
Create Datastore
Create base snapshot of
Datastore
Create Virtual Machine
(OS - Apps – Sysprep)
Step 2: Build Gold Image Datastore
FlexClone and attach Datastore
De-duplicate redundant
data with A-SIS
Fill Datastore by VM cloning Gold Image Virtual Machine
Speak to the amount of time required to Clone VMs via the traditional method. How long would a deployment take?
Step 3: Mass Deploy Virtual Machines
FlexClone & attach clones of Gold Image Datastore
1000s of VMs deployed in minutes at the storage cost of a single VM
Register and start VMs. All are unique and auto join Active Directory 14

15. NetApp FlexClone Storage Provisioning
Begin by Building Template of the VM to Deploy
NetApp FAS System
VI3 Server
FlexVol
Datastore A
VMDK
Datastore A
Virtual Machine
Template (VMX)
V-Disk 0 v 15

16. NetApp FlexClone Storage Provisioning
Use VMware’s Cloning to Fill the Datastore with VMs
NetApp FAS System
VI3 Server
FlexVol
Datastore A
VMDK
VMDK
VMDK
VMDK
VMDK
VMDK
Datastore A
Virtual Machine
Template (VMX)
V-Disk 0 v 16

17. FlexClone the Volume and Mount the Cloned Datastore
NetApp FlexClone Storage Provisioning
FlexClone the Volume and Mount the Cloned Datastore
NetApp FAS System
VI3 Server
FlexVol
Datastore A
VMDK
Datastore B
VMDK
Datastore B
Datastore A v 17

18. …Continue to Build out Datastores with FlexClone…
NetApp FlexClone Storage Provisioning
…Continue to Build out Datastores with FlexClone…
NetApp FAS System
VI3 Server
FlexVol
Datastore A
VMDK
Datastore B
VMDK
Datastore B
Datastore A
Datastore C
Datastore C
VMDK v 18

19. NetApp FlexClone Storage Provisioning
… and Continue…
NetApp FAS System
VI3 Server
FlexVol
Datastore A
VMDK
Datastore B
VMDK
Datastore B
Datastore A
Datastore C
Datastore C
VMDK
Datastore D
VMDK
Datastore D v 19

20. Deploy VMs while not utilizing any additional storage capacity
NetApp FlexClone Storage Provisioning
Deploy VMs while not utilizing any additional storage capacity
NetApp FAS System
VI3 Server
FlexVol
Datastore A
VMDK
Datastore B
VMDK
Datastore B
Datastore A
Datastore C
Datastore C
VMDK
Datastore D
VMDK
Datastore D
Datastore E
VMDK v
Datastore E 20

21. Backing Up a Virtual Desktop Infrastrucutre
A Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Must be Backed Up
An interruption to storage would take 100s to 1000s of users offline
Traditional backup options
Backup to tape
RTO?
Disk to Disk Backup
Time?
Storage?
Bandwidth?
Cost? 21

22. Backing Up a VDI with SnapMirror
Disk to Disk back up via SnapMirror
The only data de-duplication aware replication technology
Space savings are replicated to DR facility
Lower time to recover than tape (RTO)
Significantly lower costs than traditonal disk replicaiton
SnapMirror provides superior solutions for backing up Virtual Desktop Infrastructures 22

23. NetApp SnapMirror Replication For VDI Backup and Business Continuance
Primary VI3
DataCenter
Secondary VI3
DataCenter
VDI Users
SnapMirror Replication 23

24. NetApp SnapMirror Replication For VDI Backup and Business Continuance
Primary VI3
DataCenter
Secondary VI3
DataCenter
VDI Users 24

25. Native Multiprotocol Support
The Advantages of Deploying VMware’s VDI With NetApp Storage Virtualization
RAID10 data Protection and Performance at ½ the Cost
RAID-DP
FCP, iSCSI, and NFS for VI3 Connectivity
CIFS for storing VDI user profiles and documents
Native Multiprotocol Support
Reduces storage requirements by 90%
A-SIS De-duplication
SnapMirror
Block level replication technology for de-duplicated data
Business Continuance in minutes
RAID-DP : Data protection is critical – a failure impacts 10s-100s of end users
ASIS – de duplicates Datastores & CIFS user data
FlexClone – is for instant 0 cost provisioning of additional Datastores
SnapMirror address the huge question f how would someone back up this solution!
Multiprotocol is Key for VMware ESX Servers and VDI requires CIFS for user data and profiles
Instantaneous zero cost storage provisioning
FlexClone 25

26. Summary NetApp Value Proposition for Vmware
Extending asset optimization through storage virtualization
Accelerating deployment
Tackling the challenge of backup / recovery
Simplifying site recovery
Review Agenda.

27. Joint Value Proposition (Virtualizing servers solves only half the problem)
Increase ROI of server virtualization by aggregating, thin-provisioning, and dynamically managing resources across flexible storage pools.
NetApp storage delivers:
Architectural Flexibility
Unified Storage (FCP, ISCSI, NFS)
Tiered Storage (FC, ATA, SAS)
Multi-vendor virtualization (V-Series)
Optimized Capacity
Virtual Partitioning of storage resources
Advanced RAID
Thin Provisioning
Data De-duplication
Optimized Performance
Dynamic Storage Resource management
Optimized Provisioning
Rapid provisioning of storage pools
Policy based space management
Superior backup and restore capabilities
Space efficient backups of virtual machine files and data
Rapid recovery of virtual machine files and data
Flexible Data Replication
Architecture / transport independent
Replication and site failover at multiple levels of granularity
Virtual Machines
Physical x86 Servers
Physical Storage
FlexVol® Volumes

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