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C D HVirtualization Desktop

Smackdown

April 2012

C D H Quick Facts

About Us• 22nd 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 Registered

C D H Expertise

C D H Talks TechC D H

C D H Meet Your Presenter

Jason A. ShrollConsultantMCITP, VCP, CCEAJason.Shroll@cdh.com

C D H Agenda

• Introduction to vrtualization concepts• Why virtualize?• Who needs VDI?• Introduction of VDI competitors• Which is the best choice?• How do I get started?

C D H Demos

• For a customized demonstration of any of these technologies, please contact me directly at jason.shroll@cdh.com

C D H Virtualization

C D H Hypervisor

C D H Dynamic Resource Balancing

C D H High Availability

C D H Virtual Storage

C D H Virtual Desktops

C D H Why Virtualize?

… it depends who you ask!

“Centralized Control!”

“ServerProvisioning!”

“Business Continuity!”

“Disaster Recovery!”

“Reduce CapitalCosts!”

“Energy Efficiency!”

IT Staff Management CEO

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

• Enhanced VDI protocols deliver multimedia content faster than RDP for a maximum user experience.

• USB redirection is available from the client to virtual desktop.

C D H Competitors!

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 HBut which product is best?

What about VMware?

• The most stable, scalable and proven virtual architecture, chosen by most IT departments

• Simple, single-pane of glass management with VCenter and View Manager

• Easily the most expensive option with licensing

• Requires an existing enterprise architecture for success

C D H Citrix

• Been around since 1989• First in application streaming with WinFrame,

then MetaFrame, now XenApp• Products

– XenDesktop– XenApp– XenServer– NetScaler– Access Gateway– Provisioning Services

C D HBut which product is best?

What about Citrix?

• XenDesktop can run on top of Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V and even VMware vSphere

• A easy option for IT environments that are familiar with Citrix

• Expensive licensing• Complex management overhead

C D H Microsoft

• Virtual Machines on Hyper-V• Terminal Services – Now Remote Desktop

Services (RDS)• VDI solution uses familiar Microsoft Technologies

– 2008 R2 Clustering– 2008 R2 Hyper-V– Remote Desktop Gateway– Remote Desktop Session Host– Remote Desktop Protocol 7 with Windows 7

C D H Microsoft

• Remote Desktop Sessions or Virtual Desktops

• RemoteApp • RD Web Access• RemoteFX for user experience• Partners with Citrix

C D H Microsoft Architecture

C D HBut which product is best?

What about Microsoft?

• The least expensive VDI solution• Attractive to small business IT – uses

familiar concepts like Microsoft Clustering, Hyper-V, and SCVMM

• Least proven solution – VDI features are still trying to ‘catch up’ to Citrix and VMware, who are years ahead

C D H Comparison Matrix

C D H But regardless of the solution...

• A VDI solution requires a significant investment• The ROI for VDI takes time to appear – perhaps

not even until next hardware refresh cycle• A Virtual desktop environment is easier to

manage• VDI offers significant OpEx and CapEx savings

over time when it is implemented correctly• “VDI fits every customer, but not for every

desktop”

C D H How do I get started?

• All three solutions offer free, feature-filled trials

• Start with a proof of concept– Each vendor supplies the detailed steps

necessary to build one• Choose a vendor based on your

requirements• Request the services of a consultant

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