an introduction to citrix vdi-in-a-box nigel simpson, vdi-in-a-box programs manager, emea

An Introduction toCitrix VDI-in-a-Box

Nigel Simpson, VDI-in-a-Box Programs Manager, EMEA

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History• Kaviza - founded in 2008• Based out of Cupertino, California• First release of VDI-in-a-Box, 2009• Production deployments world wide• Citrix acquired Kaviza May 2011• Kaviza mission - ‘Make VDI easy and affordable’


• Studies show cost and complexity inhibit VDI adoption

Roadblocks to Desktop virtualization adoption

Source: 451 Group Virtualization Market Report

“The key to massive adoption is fixing the cost issue – VDI-in-a-Box is leading the charge on this front.” - The 451 Group Virtualization Market Report


What is Citrix VDI-in-a-Box v5.0

• Easy, affordable, all-in-one desktop virtualization solution• Reduced cost and complexity• No SAN required for High Availability• Delivered as a virtual appliance• Start small and grow the solution when required• Local experience with Citrix HDX


Some current VDI-in-a-Box customers


Some current EMEA VDI-in-a-Box customers


Depends on the use case….

VDI-in-a-BoxXenDesktop

Complete Desktop Virtualization

(Flexcast)

Easy to manage, affordable

VDI


VDI-in-a-Box customers

• Relatively simple VDI only requirement• Looking for an affordable solution• Windows XP – Windows 7 migration• Some form of multimedia requirement• Local peripherals, USB, serial• Range of end point / client devices, BYO projects


VDI-in-a-Box grid architecture

SAN Storage

Active

Directory

VM Manager

ConnectionBroker

Serverwith Hypervisor as VM Host

Full Redundancy for High-Availability

Load Balancer

VDI-in-a-BoxVirtual Appliance

VDI-in-a-Box Built-in High-Availability On-demand Scaling Built-in Citrix HDX Runs on off-the-shelf servers Multi-hypervisor support Citrix Profile Manager

User Data


VDI-in-a-Box: An All-in-One VDI Solution

All key features are built-in: Connection brokering Dynamic provisioning High-availability Load balancing On-demand scaling Citrix HDX user experience Linked clones

Access from virtually any device withCitrix Receiver

Open architecture runs on the most popular hypervisors:• Citrix XenServer• Microsoft Hyper-V• VMware vSphere (ESXi)

VDI-in-a-Box

Hypervisor

vdiMgr

Logical Shared Storage

User Management

Dynamic Desktop Provisioning & Management

Template Management

High-Availability Grid Engine

Connection Broker Load Balancer

VirtualDesktop

VirtualDesktop

VirtualDesktop

VirtualDesktop

DAS


VDI-in-a-Box is easy to deploy and manage

ActiveDirectory

Serverwith Hypervisor

+ VDI-in-a-BoxVirtual Appliance

Install Hypervisor

Import VDI-in-a-Box Appliance

Import Image

Configure Templates

Assign User Accounts

READY!

Install additional Servers

Point to 1st Server

READY!

User Data


Tablets, mobile devices and thin clients

All tablet and mobile devices supported by Citrix Receiver Support for over 1.5 billion devices iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, Blackberry Certified 'HDX Ready' thin clients


Applications

Applications can be placed in the image(s) or streamed Create images with different applications for groups of users, e.g

Finance, Sales… Applications within the image can be assigned to users using AppSense,

RES, Scense, Tricerat and others Stream applications XenApp, App-V or similar


No more expensive than a traditional PC ~€500

Server€60 - €70*

Citrix VDI-in-a-Box CCU (SRP) €~130Microsoft VDA license €0 - €80HyperVisor (XenServer / Hyper-V / ESXi) €0 - €25Totals

€190 - €305*Server based on 50 users, 8 cores, 64GB RAM, 6 x 15k 300GB SAS

End point (Linux based ‘HDX Ready’ Thin Client) €240Totals

€430 - €545

Or repurpose PCs turning them into thin clientse.g Wyse PC Extender or MS ThinPC (SA)


Next steps…• Use the Expert Bar today• Download the trial from http://www.citrix.com/vdi-in-a-box• 30 day trial• 10 ConCurrent users• 3 server Grid• Locate Citrix partner

from Citrix partner locator

Citrix VDI-in-a-BoxSimple, Affordable, VDI.

Thank you

Work better. Live better.

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