VDI on NetApp Virtualized Storage for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

VDI on NetApp

Virtualized Storage for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

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VDI on NetApp

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Introduction to VDI on NetApp



Traditional Desktop challenges

ManagementSecurityComplianceAccess/changing workforceDisaster recovery/business continuity

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Forrester Research

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Promise of Virtualized Desktops

Simplify desktop managementLower costsReduce data loss Improve security and compliance


VDI Success Criteria and Why Storage is Critical

Low initial capital investment –Providing storage for 100s, 1000s of desktops very costly

–User data often 2-3 times the desktop OS size

Simplify and centralize VDI management –Managing virtual desktop infrastructure requires agile storage

–Need to provision VMs and storage for 1000s of desktops

Same or better user experience–Storage availability and performance are essential

–Bottlenecks or failures can impact 1000’s of users

Storage is central to security and control of user data

–Require regular backups, data retention and immutable storage

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Spend 50% less on storage

Provision 1000’s of desktops and storage rapidly with single pane of glass

Maintain continuous access to desktops and applications

Ensure compliance of desktop data

NetApp StorageEssential for Virtual Desktop Solutions

Operational Agility

Storage Efficiency

Performance

Data Protection

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NetApp Partners with Key VDI Vendors

VMware View (formerly VDI) Building on virtual server mindshare

Citrix XenDesktop Well known in desktop environment

Partnering with Citrix XenDesktop Close partnership between NetApp and MSFT


NetApp Sets the Tone for Radio Television of Serbia and EuroSong 2008

As the public broadcaster in Serbia, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS)

broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports

programming through radio, television, and the Internet. RTS is

the biggest broadcaster in the former Yugoslavia and the Balkans and is a

member of the European Broadcasting Union.

“Journalists were surprised with the speed of the VDI and curious to know what technology was at the heart of the infrastructure, as such a reliable, high-performance data delivery service was new to most of them. We received comments from all over Europe congratulating us on the most technologically advanced press center and the best service ever delivered at any song contest.

We owe that success to NetApp.” – Srboljub Nikitovic Executive Director, Radio Television of Serbia

Business Challenge– Create high-performance, reliable virtual

infrastructure to support real time broadcasting. Solution

– NetApp and VMware for VDI Benefits

– Achieved high performance levels necessary for content-rich broadcasting scenarios

– Gained fast, reliable backup and recovery of vital audio and video files

– Supported press room for over 3,500 journalists generating text, Web, and audiovisual content in real time


Affordable Internet Services Online, Inc. (AISO)

Business Challenge– Build high-availability infrastructure for subscription-

based hosted virtual desktops– Reduce energy consumption to stay 100% solar

powered Solution

– VMware® on NetApp® storage to maximize uptime, conserve space, and shrink energy usage

– 400+ virtual desktop systems on eight physical servers Benefits

– Expanded business while staying 100% solar powered– Reduced energy use by 70%– Protected 24x7 operations with fast backup & recovery– Consumed 8X less capacity by using thin provisioning

- 40GB, using 5GB – Eliminated tape systems (along with cost, space,

power/cooling)

The country’s first solar-powered hosting company, AISO runs 100% on solar energy

Inc. Magazine’s Top 50 Green Companies

15,000 clients, including green-movement notables like Discovery Communications and Google (a consortium site)


Deployment Models with NetApp



Different Desktops for Different Workers

Task Workers Mobile Power Users

Knowledge Workers

Non-Assigned Desktops

Assigned DesktopsEase of management (e.g.

patch)Lower storage requirementLimited user flexibility

More freedom for usersMore storage requirementPatch management more

difficult


VMware View Desktop Delivery Models

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View Manager

VMware Full Clones or Linked Clones

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View Manager

Individual Desktops Manual Desktop Pool Automated Desktop Pool

Pre-assigned to 1 or more users

Only 1 active user at a time

Customizable

• Dynamically created via VMW

• Full Clones; or• Linked Clones

Assigned at log-in Persistent Desktops – 1:1 (VM: User),

customizable Non-Persistent Desktops: 1:n (VM: Users),

(1 active user at a time), non-customizable

Pre-created and populated in vCenter

Imported into VMware View Manager

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View Manager


Citrix XenDesktop Deployment Options

Hypervisor Citrix XenServer VMware ESX MSFT Hyper-V

Virtual Desktops

Connection Broker Desktop Delivery Controller

Clients Laptops, desktops,

thin clients

Physical Servers

Datacenter

Desktop Broker

VM VM VMVM VM VM

AssignedDesktops

PooledDesktops

Citrix Provisioning Server

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Storage for VDI



Key Decisions for VDI Storage Planning

Plan for both desktop OS image and user data; separate– OS image typically 20 GB, user data can be 2-3x OS image

size– OS in VM, user data in file share; patch OS images only– Separate management policy to OS and user data, e.g.

backup user data but not OS Differentiate protocol by data type

– NFS, iSCSI, or FC for desktop OS– CIFS for user data

Empower desktop administrators to perform role-based storage related tasks– Minimize number of management tools

Size storage system to prevent performance bottlenecks


Spend 50% less on storage

Provision 1000’s of desktops and storage rapidly with single pane of glass

Maintain continuous access to desktops and applications

Ensure compliance of desktop data

NetApp StorageEssential for Virtual Desktop Solutions

Operational Agility

Storage Efficiency

Performance

Data Protection


Efficiency on NetApp



Cost Effective Desktop Storage

Reduce storage required for virtual desktops up to 95%

Reduce storage required for user data by 20%-50%

Double average storage utilization

Utilization

Virtual Desktops

Use at least 50% less storage with NetApp

<40%70%

NetApp Storage Pool


50% Cost Reduction Achieved by Duplication

VM images are 100% identical

Traditional Enterprise RAID ArraysNetApp FAS System

Duplicate Data Is Eliminated

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Virtualization Guarantee* Program

50% less with NetApp systems 35% less on your existing systems

Implement our standard best practices Use our industry-leading features

– Thin provisioning– Deduplication– RAID-DP® (not required for V-Series)– NetApp Snapshot™ copies

Use NetApp V-Series for your existing systems Have us help you install If you don’t use less storage, get the capacity

shortfall at no additional charge

“We now see an average of 83% reductions in redundant data on our VMware® system.”

- Jonathan Davis, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences

and Policy

*For terms and conditions, go to netapp.com/guarantee

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“During the research phase of your next storage purchasing cycle, ask each vendor if it offers a capacity savings or utilization guarantee.”

Gartner Inc. Nov 2008 April Adams Capacity Savings and Storage Utilization

Guarantees: What's Included, and Are They Worth Considering?

How To Participate

Use NetApp for your virtual environments, and we guarantee* you will use less storage


Agility on NetApp



Agile Storage for Virtual Desktops

Unified storage for virtual desktops– Virtual desktops and user data

Rapidly provision 1000’s of virtual desktops– Instant thin clones offloaded to storage– “Single pane of glass” management

Scale desktops in real-time– Support 1000’s of desktops per system– Upgrade system without data migration

Storage Pool

user data

Meet any virtual desktop requirement with a single system

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NetApp Rapid Cloning Utility

Integrated cloning and provisioning

utility for VMware virtual machines

vCenter Plugin

Import VMs into VMware View

Manager

Compatible with other connection

brokers

Provided free of charge to NetApp

customers

NetApp Zero Cost Cloning


Data ONTAP®: Foundation of the Storage Pool

The Broadest Range of Unified Storage

Fabric-Attached Storage Family Unified storage – NAS, SAN, and iSCSI Tiered storage from mission critical to archival Common software, interface, and management tools Support for heterogeneous storage with V-Series

HP EMC HDS

FAS2000s FAS3000s FAS6000s V-Series


Performance on NetApp



Better Performance for Virtual Desktops

Virtual Storage

NetAppStorage

Virtual Desktops

Simultaneous: - Boot- Logon- Antivirus Scan

Intelligent Cache

!

VDI-optimized Intelligent Cache¹

Boot 1000 desktops in 10 minutes

Deploy 50% more desktops per system

Improved end- user experience by 71%

Increase the density of your VDI without performance degradation

(1) 1024 virtual desktops tested on a FAS3070 with PAM and Dedupe


Data Protection on NetApp



Ensure Compliance of Desktop Data

Centralized desktop and application backups

– Hourly, with no load on servers– Space efficient full backups– End-user recovery of data

Retain daily user history on-line

– Store cost-effectively for months or years

Secure user history in compliant read-only storage

100’s of local or vaulted Snapshots

user data

Full point-in-time copy

Enforce corporate compliance with low storage cost


Business Continuance for Desktops 99.999% system availability Transparent recovery from component failure

Automatic failover for system and site failure

Recover in minutes from larger regional disasters

Building 1 Building 2 DR Site

Get storage for HA and DR for less than the cost of a single traditional storage system


Summary



Deployment of NetApp Storage with VDI Solution

VMware

Citrix

Efficient OS Provisioning

User Data Efficiency

Performance Acceleration

Desktop OS Protection

User Data Protection

IndividualManual Pool

Assigned

Automated Pool

Pooled


Deployment of NetApp Storage with VDI Solution

VMware

Citrix

Efficient OS Provisioning

User Data Efficiency

Performance Acceleration

Desktop OS Protection

User Data Protection

IndividualManual Pool

Assigned

Automated Pool

Pooled

NetApp Instant Thin Clone

Native VMware, Citrix

NetApp Deduplication

NetApp Intelligent Cache

NetApp Data Protection

NetApp Data Protection

Protect Golden Image only

NetApp Deduplication


NetApp versus Traditional Storage

NetApp EMC HP DellTrue unified storage: VM (SAN, NAS) and user storage (NAS) XDeduplication of desktop and data: Primary, backup and DR copies XRapid Non-permanent desktop cloning: Using VMware View and Citrix XenDesktop X X X XRapid & efficient permanent desktop cloning:Provisions 1000’s of desktops in minutes

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VDI acceleration:Faster boot times and performance XBuilt-in instant backups:Centralized, non-disruptive backups XCompliant storage of user data:Secure data against changes or deletions X X X X


Go further, faster

Reduce cost of VDI deployment

Increase agility and manageability of VDI infrastructure

Maintain continuous, high speed access for end-users

Reduce risk associated with end-user data


Sizing and Resources


Best Practices Guides and Supporting Resources

VMware View (VDI) TR3705: NetApp and VMware VDI Best Practices

TR3612: NetApp and VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

TR3724: VMware VDI on NetApp 1000 seat Deployment Guide

TR3725: VMware VDI on NetApp 4000 seat Deployment Guide TR3770: 2,000-Seat VMware View on NetApp Deployment Guide Using NFS

VMware & NetApp Joint Reference Architecture - http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/resources/VMware_View_on_NetApp_Unified_Storage.pdf

Rapid Cloning Utility

VMware View (VDI) site on NetApp.com

Citrix XenDesktop TR3694:

NetApp and Citrix XenServer – Building a Virtual Infrastructure from Server to Storage

TR3711: Citrix XenDesktop 2.0 with NetApp Storage - Pilot Deployment Overview

TR3748: NetApp and Citrix XenDesktop Best Practices

Citrix XenDesktop site on NetApp.com

http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3705.html


http://media.netapp.com/documents/tr-3724.pdf



http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/resources/VMware_View_on_NetApp_Unified_Storage.pdf

http://now.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/rapid_cloning/2.0.1/

http://partners.netapp.com/mycommunities/PartnerCenter/10603



http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/Citrix_XenDesktop_20_with_NetApp_Storage_-_Pilot_Deployment_Overview.html

http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=134567&s=1&k=4CDB8BEAB557712AE5C47D5F621A2E62



NetApp PS VDI Deployment Methodology

Requirements

Design

Implement

Manage TransformationJourney

Step 1: Solution Requirements

Gathering

Step 2: Solution Design 2a: Capacity 2b: Performance 2c: Obtain storage system

configurations 2d: Validate configurations

Step 3: Solution Implementation

Step 4: Solution Management


TR3705: NetApp and VMware VDI Best Practices



Backup Slides


The NetApp & VMware Global Alliance

Mutual Global Partners

All NetApp products are VMware certified

Deep engineering-level collaboration

Reference platform for iSCSI and NFS for ESX3.0

Actively engaged across all levels

Joint escalation team (VET)*

Compelling joint value proposition

VMware vStorage integration partner

* Available in Q2CY’08


The NetApp and Citrix Strategic Alliance

Mutual Strategic Partners

Mutual Consulting Services Collaboration Agreement

Mission Critical Virtualization Escalation Team

All NetApp products are Citrix certified for all protocols

Network Storage is the foundation for new Citrix designs

Close Engineering and Product Management collaboration

Embedded in XenServer and Essentials

Solution of the Year


The NetApp and Microsoft® Partnership NetApp is a Microsoft Gold Certified

and Global ISV Partner– ISV competency– Advanced infrastructure competency– Network infrastructure competency

Platinum Sponsor: Microsoft Virtualization Launch Campaign

Support Microsoft technologies and Programs– NetApp storage arrays are Windows logo’ed and supported– NetApp SnapManager® software is Certified for Windows– Microsoft iSCSI initiator, VSS, VDS, MPIO, SimpleSAN

Support– NetApp and Microsoft have cooperative support agreement– NetApp can distribute Windows hot fixes directly to customers– NetApp has full-time TAM to assist with support cases

http://www.netapp.com/library/tr/

http://www.netapp.com/library/cs/


App 2

App 3

App 1

Typical: 40% Utilization NetApp: 70+% Utilization

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aste

App 2

App 3

App 1

Lower Power, Cooling & Space

Sharedcapacity

8 spindles

12 spindles

6 spindles

6 spindles

Save 50% in Power, Cooling,& Space*

Buy 50% Less Storage*

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te

Standard Volume Manager NetApp Thin Provisioning

Source: Oliver Wyman Study: “Making Green IT a Reality.” November 2007.

*Thin Provisioning, clones, & multiprotocol all contribute to savings.


Provision 1000’s of VMs in Minutes

Instant cloning at file, LUN and volume granularity

Thin clone technology minimizes storage use to a

single copy

Desktop #1 Vista

FlexClone a file

FlexClone a volume

Volume forVirtual Desktops

Cloned Volumes

Desktop #2 Vista

Desktop #3 WinXP

Desktop Golden Images


What About Storage Protocol?

To NetApp, protocols simply do not matter– NetApp value holds true for all protocols

RAID-DP NetApp Dedupe SnapManager for VMware Infrastructure

Common deployment trends– Small installations tend to use iSCSI– Large installations prefer FCP or NFS

FCP is most commonly deployed protocol NFS allows direct NetApp data management in VMware®

by providing object based storage

– Majority of VDI customers use NFS


Why are so many NetApp customers using NFS for VDI? More VMs per datastore - >125 VMs for NFS vs. <20 VMs for

blocks– Fewer objects to manage: 40 objects vs. 250 objects for a 5,000-seat

VDI deployment– More VMs per datastore enables FlexClone to clone more VMs at a

time– More VMs per datastore increases overall deduplication savings

(dedupe works at volume level) NFS is thin-provisioned by default Dynamic datastore resizing allows easy grow or shrink of the

storage as needed – Without having to migrate VMs from the datastore– Eliminates the need to add extents– Savings or increases in storage can be reflected immediately in ESX

hosts by refreshing datastores Less overall management complexity

– Removes need for FC switches, HBAs, zones across ESX servers– Clone and restore individual VMs


Cost-Effective Data Reliability

The Problem Double-disk failure is a

mathematical certainty RAID 5 (single parity disk)

– Insufficient protection RAID 10 (mirrored copy)

– Double the cost

NetApp RAID-DP™ Solution Protects against double- disk

failure High performance and

fast rebuild Same protection and

performance as RAID 10 at half the cost

RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10 RAID-DP

Cost Low Low High Low

Performance Low Low High High

Resiliency Low High Med High


Instantaneous Backup, Zero Server Impact

The Problem High server utilization No spare cycles for backups Tape is slow, complex, &

expensive DR can be difficult to manage

NetApp Snapshot™ Solution Servers run apps, not background

processes Instantaneous backup and recovery Low storage overhead Application consistent

Traditional Backup Is NOT Practical

VM1 VM2

CPU Utilization

Fast, Affordable, and Simple Backup and Restores

VM1 VM2

CPU Utilization

Storage Pool


Useable Snapshots for Rapid Recovery

Market-leading performance

SPC-1 Performance (IOPS)

NetAppFAS3040

EMCCX3-40

Baseline With Snapshots

NetAppFAS3040

EMCCX3-40

24% higher 233% higher30,986 29,958

8,997

24,997

NetApp

– 3% difference

– Snapshots 4/hr

– First RAID-6

EMC

– 64% impact

– Snapshots 1/hr

– Best practice mirroring


Business Continuance

SD

ATLPRODUCTS

ATLPRODUCTS

Backupfrom array

To tape

– NetApp SnapManager backups can be moved to tape– No impact to server– Maintains CPU & memory efficiency


VM1 VM2 VM3 VM4

SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure

Primary Site

VirtualServerAdmin Virtual Center

SMVI

API

VM1VMDK

VM2VMDK

VM3VMDK

VM4VMDK

POLICIES

Storage Pool

StorageAdmin

Policy based management of– Snapshots

– Restores

– Replication

Storage Admin sets and controls policy

Virtual Server Admin delegated to run data management for virtual infrastructure

SMVI coordinated with Virtual Center– VM-aware snapshot

– VM locality


VM1 VM2 VM3 VM4

SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure Automates Snapshot Replication

VM2VM1

Primary Site DR Site

VirtualServerAdmin Virtual Center

SMVI

API

VM1VMDK

VM2VMDK

VM3VMDK

VM4VMDK

VM5

VM1VMDK

VM2VMDK

VM5VMDK

POLICIES

Storage Pool Storage Pool


VMware View (Formerly VDI)


Citrix XenDesktop

Desktop Delivery Controller (DDC)

PC/Thin Clients

Shared Storage

Blade Chassis

Hypervisor (ESX, Xen, Hyper-V)

ProvisioningServer

Apps

OS

Profiles

XenApp



VDI Storage Solution from NetApp

Starter (<500 Seats)

Medium (<6,000)

Large (<10,000)

FAS 3140c

ONTAP + Optional 2 PAMs

300 or 450 GB FC

Desktops: NFS or FC or iSCSI; User Data: CIFS

ONTAP, RAID-DP, FlexVol, Deduplication, Rapid Cloning Utility (Free with FlexClone), Snapshot, ESX Multipathing HUK

FlexClone, FlexScale

SMVI, SnapMirror / SRM, Ops Manager, Protection Manager, MetroCluster

Platform

Intelligent Cache

Storage

Protocol

“Must-Have” Software (Free)

Strongly Suggested Software (Licensed)

Optional Software

Configurations may vary by customer environment. See VDI Sizing Tool for custom sizing.

ONTAP

Small (<1,000)

FAS 3140cFAS 2050c FAS 2050c

144 GB SAS


NetApp Intelligent Cache Performance Benefits for VDI

0

50000

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150000

200000

250000

TraditionalStorage

NetApp PAM &Dedupe

0%

50%

100%

TraditionalStorage

NetApp PAM &Dedupe

Network IOPS

0m 0s

7m 12s

14m 24s

21m 36s

TraditionalStorage

NetApp PAM &Dedupe

Decrease Boot Time by 47%

1024 virtual desktops tested on a FAS3070 with PAM and Dedupe

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Boot Time

Disk I/O Utiliz

ation


Key value proposition for VDI Provides equivalent performance of

higher-end system with more spindles– Improve boot time by 47%– Decrease disk workload by 50%– Increase network throughput by 71%

Implemented in two components– ONTAP 7.3.1 deduplication-aware

memory– Performance Accelerator Module

(PAM), with FlexScale extends this further for larger VDI deployment

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