C D H

C D HDesktop Virtualization

SmackdownVMware vs. Citrix

C D H Quick Facts

About Us• 21st Year• Grand Rapids &

Royal Oak• 30 Staff

Approach• Vendor

Independent• Non-reseller• Professional

Services Only

Partnerships• Microsoft Gold• VMware Enterprise• Citrix Silver• Novell Gold• Cisco Premier

C D H Expertise

C D H Meet your Presenters

Eric InchConsultant

VCP, VCP4-DT, MCTIP, CCAEricI@cdh.com

Jason ShrollConsultant

VCP, MCITP, CCEAJason.Shroll@cdh.com

C D H Agenda

• VDI Overview: Who needs VDI?• Introduction of Competitors• Desktop Architecture• Smackdown!

– Management– User Experience– Remote Access– Edition Comparison

• VDI Business Value• Conclusion

C D H User Perspective: John Anderton

C D H How VDI helps John

• A virtualized desktop sits next to virtualized servers in the data center at the physical layer for maximum speed.

• A virtualized application can run even faster than a typical application installation.

• VDI clients can flip between several open desktops at once with multiple monitor support for up to 4 monitors.

C D H User Perspective: Theo

C D H How VDI helps Theo

• VDI allows desktops to be refreshed every day upon logon from a central ‘Gold’ image (snapshot).

• A user’s virtual desktop is their own. If they want to customize it or try to break it, they are given the power to do so. It’s easy to rebuild and refresh. No more rebuilding operating systems from scratch.

C D H User Perspective: Whistler

C D H How VDI helps Whistler

• VMware PCoIP and Citrix HDX protocols deliver multimedia content faster than RDP for a maximum user experience.

• Both View and XenDesktop allow USB redirection from the client to virtual desktop.

C D H Our competitors!

C D H

C D H VMware

• Company formed in 1998 in Palo Alto, CA with just 20 employees

• VMware Workstation – Released in 1999• VMware GSX Server – Released in 2001• First bare-metal hypervisor with ESX Server• VMware ESXi released (first free hypervisor)

– now simply called VMware Hypervisor• Latest release is vSphere 5.0 (Summer 2011)

C D H VMware View Suite (Desktop)

• December 2008 – Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 3.0

• November 2009 – VMware View 4.0– Key features: View Composer, View Connection

Server, ThinApp, PCoIP

• July 2011 – VMware View 5.0- Key features: PCoIP optimization controls, Persona Management

C D H Citrix

• Founded 1989• 1995 WinFrame for NT 3.51• Products

– XenDesktop– XenApp– XenServer– NetScaler– Access Gateway– Branch Repeater– GoToMeeting

C D H Citrix Architecture

• Hypervisor– Citrix XenServer– VMware vSphere– Microsoft Hyper-V

• Delivery Controller– SQL Server– PowerShell

• Virtual Desktop Agent• Citrix Receiver

C D HRound 1: Management –

Vmware View

XenDesktop View

C D HRound 1: Management – Citrix

XenDesktop

• Desktop Studio– Catalogs and assignments

• Desktop Director– Monitoring

• Provisioning Services• EdgeSight

C D HRound 2: User Experience –

XenDesktopHigh Definition eXperienceEnhanced QoS with multi-stream

C D HRound 2: User Experience -

View

PCoIP

C D H

C D H Demo

C D H

Template

• Automate provisioning from a template

• On-demand provisioning• Multiple types of

desktops– Dedicated or Floating,

Individual• Apply group policies

Round 3: Desktop Provisioning – View

View Manager

vCenter

Manage your workstations like servers!

C D HView  ComposerTraditional VDI

VMware View helps reduce storage costs by 70%

Single ImageManagement

Round 3: Desktop Provisioning – View

C D HRound 3: Desktop Provisioning

– XenDesktopPooled – Data is discarded at logoff, MCSDedicated – Single image, customizationsExisting – Created outside of XenDesktopPhysical – Workstations or PC bladesStreamed – Provisioning Services streaming

http://www.cdhtalkstech.com/2011/07/07/citrix-vdi-creating-a-catalog-a-desktop-group-and-accessing-the-desktop/

C D HRound 3: Desktop Provisioning

– XenDesktop

C D HRound 4: Application

Virtualization - XenDesktopXenApp

• Presentation– Server resources

• Streaming– Application virtualization– Isolated package– Profiler– VHD

C D HRound 4: Application Virtualization – View

Features• Decouple applications and

data from OS• Agent-less architecture • Wide platform and

application support• Plug into existing

application management tools

Benefits• Applications load faster • Users can load different

versions of the same application

• ThinApp runs in 100% User mode

Operating System

ApplicationApplication

Operating System

VOSVOS

ApplicationApplication

ApplicationApplication

sandboxsandbox

VOSVOS

ApplicationApplication

sandboxsandbox

App Files

App Files

C D H

C D H Demo

C D HRound 5: Profiles

View 5 Persona Management

• Downloading at login only files that Windows requires, like user registry files

• Periodically uploading to a remote repository (CIFS Share) any changes to the user profile

• Uploading at logout only the user profile changes since the last periodic upload

C D HRound 5: Profiles

XenDesktop Profile Management

• Profile Manager– Desktop service– Group policy– File and registry exclusions– On demand streaming– Live synchronization

• Folder Redirection

C D H Round 6: View Remote Access

C D H Round 6: View Remote Access

C D H

Bandwidth savings

Round 6: XenDesktop Remote Access

• Access gateway / Access gateway VPX– Secure policy– Roles, devices

• Branch Repeater– WAN acceleration

Time savings

C D HRound 6: XenDesktop Remote

Access

• XenClient– Type 1 client hypervisor– Synchronizer

C D H Endpoints

C D H XenDesktop Edition ComparisonProduct Components Platinum Enterprise VDI ExpressDesktop Delivery Controller X X X X*

XenServer X X X X

XenServer Enterprise X X X

Provisioning Services X X X***

StorageLink X X X

Workflow Studio X X X

Profile Management X X X

Departmental and User Installed Apps X X X

XenClient X X

XenApp Enterprise X

XenApp Platinum X

HDX WAN Optimization X

EdgeSight for Virtual Desktops X

Access Gateway Universal license X ** **

Single sign-on X

* Limited to 10 virtual desktops** Access Gateway platform licenses included in every Access Gateway appliance provide secure remote access for VDI and Enterprise editions*** Supports provisioning hosted virtual desktops and virtual servers on server systems that are part of the Citrix-provided XenDesktop deployment

C D H View 5 Edition Comparison

C D H VDI Gotchas

• The business path to a virtual desktop is not the same as a virtual server!

• A virtual desktop deployment requires an existing virtual infrastructure.

• A desktop virtualization strategy requires time and patience, and careful planning.

C D H Business Value

C D H Business Value (cont.)

• Management– New user provisioning– Application deployment

• Security– Centralized– New desktop

• Backups• Reduced help desk calls

C D H Conclusion

• Both products have their strengths and weaknesses

• VMware: 30-day free demo of View 5• Citrix: 30-day free demo of XenDesktop 5.5

• C/D/H can help you figure out the right solution for you!

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