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A Turnkey Appliancefor Citrix Desktop Virtualization
Andrey ZhulenevCTO, MaximumBit, Inc.April 27, 2016
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Companies now have a choice of a turnkey appliance for Citrix desktop virtualization
A company wants to implement new or upgrade old desktop virtualization environment
Desktop365® Appliance
Who will architect the solution?Who can implement it?
How to support it?
Pre-Architected solutionAutomated implementation
Defined support processes and tools
Custom Implementation
The Challenge The Solution
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Desktop365® Appliance takes the trend for hyper-convergence to the next level
Hardware
Virtualization
Operating System
Software
Data
IT System
Automation
Hyperconverged System
Infrastructure
Desktop365® Appliance
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A company is buying a product from certified Desktop365® partners, who send a technician to deploy it
Imagine this… A company needs to implement desktop virtualization …
• A company contacts Desktop365® certified partner
• In a one hour call desktop virtualization requirements are documented
• Partner specifies the required appliance configuration and software licensing
• The company orders Dektop365® appliance and software licensing
• The company receives Dektop365® appliance and installs it in the datacenter
• The partner runs the Setup Wizard for automated deployment of the Citrix desktop virtualization environment and integration with Active Directory
• The partner installs applications on the provided OS image and adds it to the library of the Application Store
• Users can instantly subscribe to these applications and start working
In couple weeks the company has a perfectly working system!
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Desktop365® Appliance is an integrated bundle of hardware and software components as well as related installation services
Desktop365® Appliance
Desktop365® Automation
Software Stack
Virtualization
Appliance Nodes
Hyperconverged System
Installation & Integration Services
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Desktop365® Appliance bundles together the Software Stack for Citrix desktop virtualization and a very cost efficient Hyperconverged System
Virtualization
Assembler
Hypervisor
Application Store
Administration Portal
Software Stack
Setup Wizard
Citrix Netscaler
Citrix XenDesktop / XenApp
SQL Server
Active Directory
Windows DFS
Windows Server OS
Windows Desktop OS
Windows Server w/ Hyper-V
Datacore SANsymphony-V
Appliance Nodes
Desktop365® Appliance
Desktop365® Automation
DX-Series
Virtualization
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Desktop365® Appliances cover a wide range of user capacity requirements
DX-100 DX-300DX-200 DX-400 DX-500
5-10 users 50-75 users25 users 100-300 users up to 5000 users
Desktop365® DX-Series Appliances
Users Model Form Factor CPU GHz RAM GB Storage TB
5 DX-101 Intel NUC 4.6 16 0.2
10 DX-102 Intel NUC 6.1 32 0.2
25 DX-201 Mini-Tower 9.6 64 0.4
50 DX-301 1U Rackserver 14 96 0.9
75 DX-302 1U Rackserver 19 128 0.9
100 DX-401 2U Rackserver 29 128 2.0
150 DX-402 2U Rackserver 38 256 2.0
200 DX-403 2U Rackserver 52 256 4.0
250 DX-404 2U Rackserver 60 384 4.0
300 DX-405 2U Rackserver 73 384 4.0
5000 DX-501 42U Rack 18x DX-405 nodes, two 10Gb and three 1Gb switches
Supported OEMS
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Desktop365® Hyperconverged System is based on software defined architecture and offers superior IOPS performance
Storage Unit (P)
Cluster
Hyperconverged System
Worker VMs
Management VMs
failover
Synchronousmirroring
Node 2Node 1
Hypervisor Hypervisor
Host OS SDS Host OS SDS
Storage Unit (S)
Windows Hyper-VWindows Server OS
SANsymphony-V
Virtualization
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Desktop365® Appliance provides outstanding storage IOPS performance
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Desktop365® Appliance can grow simply by adding more nodes
Node 2
Management Nodes
persistent non-persistent
Worker Nodes
Worker VMs
Mgmt. VMs
Node 1
Hypervisor
Host OS SDS
Hypervisor
Host OS SDS
Node 4Node 3
Hypervisor
Host OS SDS
Hypervisor
Host OS SDS
Storage Unit Storage Unit Storage Unit Storage Unit
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Desktop365® Automation provides integrated Workspace Management and IT Life-cycle management
Workspace Management
AdministrationInstallation Support
ManageOnboard Assist
IT Life-cycle Management
IT Administrators
Business Users
Administration Portal
Application Store
Setup Wizard
Desktop365® Automation
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Setup Wizard deploys a fully functioning Citrix desktop virtualization environment with high availability in about 90 minutes
Setup Wizard
Installation Package Citrix Desktop Virtualization EnvironmentProvide custom settings
• License Files
• Domain and OUs
• Passwords
• IP Addresses
• Certificate
• URLs
Deploy the environment
• Setup Wizard creates Virtual Machines
• Installs software
• Configures the environment
• Validates that it is operational
Input Output
Setup WizardMSI
ConfigurationFile
OSImages
Hypervisor
Application Store
Administration Portal
Software StackCitrix Netscaler
Citrix XenDesktop / XenApp
SQL Server
Active Directory
Windows DFS
Windows Server OS
Windows Desktop OS
Desktop365® Automation
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The demo environment includes a workstation, a router and an appliance
Internet
ApplianceIntel NUC: i-5 CPU, 16GB RAM, 250GB SSD
Hypervisor: XenServer
WorkstationSetup Wizard
Router
10.0.0.1
10.0.0.101
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Application Store enables self-service for business users and Administration Portal simplifies IT administration
Application Store
User Management• Create Organizations• Add / Remove users• Import users from existing Active Directory
Subscription Management• Users can subscribe to applications• Business Admin can approve applications• Business Admin can assign applications
Configuration• Notification setting• Password reset
Administration Portal
Environment Management• Manage Citrix Farms configuration• Add appliance nodes• Manage Virtual Machines• Configure SMTP settings
Image Management• Create and manage VHD Templates• Network Templates• VM Templates• Application Templates• Desktop Templates
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Desktop365® Appliance is a very cost efficient and fast way of implementing Citrix desktop virtualization
• Template based and automated deployment
• Streamlined and automated IT administration
• Self – service for business users reduces IT overhead
• Extremely cost efficient Hyperconverged System
$300K
$400K
Three year TCO for 300 users
Traditional Desktop365®
6 weeks
24 weeks
Implementation Time
-75%
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-25%
• No need to research, architect and design the system
• Fully automated deployment
• Simplified procurement process
• No need for troubleshooting and stabilization
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Desktop365® Appliance enables a highly accelerated and streamlined implementation from order to production
Ship Hardware
Use provided OS imagesImport new VHD imagesPublish ApplicationsAdd UsersAssign applications to users
Buy Software Licenses Run Setup Wizard
Run Assembler
Use Administration Portal
Order
Installs Hyperconverged System
Deploys Software Stack
Production
Implementation Steps
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Desktop365® Appliance solution supports multiple deployment options
Branch Office Datacenter Hosting Provider In the Cloud
Deployment Options
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Website: www.desktop365.com
Contact: [email protected]
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