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Cisco WAAS and VMware VDI Optimize Remote Desktop Delivery

Abhishek MandeConsultant Datacenter and Security


Agenda

� Cisco WAAS Overview

� Challenges w Remote Desktops over WAN

� Cisco WAAS + VMware VDI Solution


WAAS excels at core functions of WAN Accelerators

3 Month ROI, $1.3M annual productivity gain

5x improvement in app performance

Our staff is elated with the 500 percent increase in application acceleration.”

Dave Brady, VP of IT

Remote Application PerformanceProductivity improvement for business applications (email, office, ERP, CRM)

WAN OptimizationDefer bandwidth upgradesSimplify VOIP deployment on WAN by recovering bandwidth from data apps

1.3 Months ROI due to deferred WAN bandwidth upgrade

“We are seeing an average of 60% capacity improvement for our WAN bandwidth.”

Steve Rains, System Director, Information Technology

Branch Server Consolidation• 4-6 servers per remote location (file, print, software

distribution etc.)• $10K+ savings in opex per server

$144K/year OpEx Saving. 6X faster medical image transfer

“Cisco WAAS is the most transparent and easiest solution to implement … as it does not require us to overhaul our security infrastructure.”Mark Drake, Network Engineer

Eliminate RoBO Tape Backup• Enables regulatory compliance• Tape backup/restore in the branch is costly and tapes often

get lost

$40K/year Savings

60x faster application response time

“WAAS clearly met our needs and is the most cost-effective solution among all alternatives that we evaluated.”

Paul Babcock, Manager of Network & Computer Operations


Cisco WAAS Market and Product Leadership

#1 WAN Optimization Vendor WorldwideGrowing 2x faster that leading competitorsInstall base exceeds 35,000 units

2008 Gold Award by Search Networking for WAN

Optimization

2008 Best of InterOpNetwork and Application Performance

Optimization

Source: Gartner, Infonetics, Q4 is Cisco Internal

Q4 FY07 Q1 FY08 Q2 FY08 Q3 FY08 Q4 FY'08

CiscoWAAS

Bluecoat

Riverbed

Others

55 of Global Fortune 100


Remote Desktop Challenges over the WAN

Virtual Desktop BenefitsLower operating costs for

desktops

Business continuity – tighten desktop control

Improve productivity –any desktop, any time

Virtual Desktop Challenges

End-user performance and printing over the WAN

High bandwidth consumption •T1 link supports only 5-6 users

Cost of scaleable deployments


Optimized VDI SolutionIntegrated with Cisco Application Delivery Solutions

VDM Connection

Servers

ESX Servers

DirectoryServices

File, Print Servers

Printer

Branch User

Campus

WAN

Data Center

SAN-based Storage

RDP/ICA/Other

Infrastructure Services

VDM Security Servers

RDP/ICA/Other

Home/Travelling

User


Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

First enterprise application of cloud computing


Branch

WAN Acceleration for Desktop Virtualization� WAN performance issues may inhibit deployment of VDI

Data Center

� Cisco Wide Area Application Services accelerate RDP traffic to ensure end user experience and broaden deployment scenarios

� Building block for the “anywhere” aspect of cloud computing

User Experience


VDI Acceleration with WAAS

� LAN-like desktop performance over the WAN

With WAAS

� User experience varies by location

Without WAAS

60-70% Reduction in Bandwidth

Time (secs)


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WAAS Increases Scalability of # Users by 2X-4X

WAN: T1, 100 msec RTT, 0% Packet Loss

RDP Bandwidth Challenges

•A Single RDP session consumes > 300 Kbps

•Less than 5-6 users supported on a T1 link

WAAS addresses RDP B/W issues

•WAAS reduces B/W consumption by 3X

•WAAS Increases number RDP users on WAN by 2x-4x

•Accelerate your VDI deployments


WAAS Optimizes Print by 80%, Optional Local Print Server

� Centralized Print Servers–Print spools optimized by up to 80%

� Local Print Server using Windows Server® on WAAS (WoW)–Avoids Print Spools (10X the size of document) traversing the WAN

–WoW provides branch print server, with no additional H/W

WAAS Appliance

Cisco WAAS

WAAS Virtual Blades

FutureVirtual Blades


Data Center 2

Q & ACisco Application Delivery Networks for VDI

Branch Users

WAAS

Data Center 1

Virtual Center/ Active Directory

ACE

WAASVirtual Desktops on ESX

Remote backup and recovery desktops

Increased performance (70%)

Increase # users (4X)

Optimized print (80%) � Service scalability

� Server offload

� Faster image transfers and backups (90%)

� Less bandwidth required

WAN Optimization Server Offload Business Continuance

WAAS

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