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Virtual Desktops made SimpleAn introduction to VDI-in-a-Box

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Agenda

• Introductions

• Why VDI

• Citrix solution

• How it works

• Pricing

• Analyst / Customer Testimonials

• Demo


IT organizations need to do more with less

• Demands on IT growing User demand for tablets and mobile

devices Expensive 3-5 year desktop refresh

cycles Expensive Windows upgrades (e.g.

Windows 7) Expensive on-going maintenance

• Funds in ever shorter supply Repeated budget cuts Future budgets uncertain Changing priorities Fewer, less experienced IT

Market Opportunity


Traditional PC

• Acquisition Cost: ~$500• Maintenance/year: ~$2,000

Affordable 3-5X cost to manage Not secure Power: $125/Year/PC 20+ Hours outage/PC/Year

PC management is expensive and manual

Virtual Desktops

Centralized, efficient management Any time, any device access Increased security Reduced downtime Business agility

Desktop virtualization streamlines management

Market Opportunity


Traditional Enterprise VDI Solution

• Datacenter infrastructure

• Multiple components

• Many different IT skillsets

• Systems Integration

Market Opportunity


Cost & Complexity are barriers to adoption

Market Opportunity


Want desktop virtualization, but often have different limits:

• IT budgets

• Back-end infrastructure

• IT staff (resources and expertise)

A Different Approach is Needed

Market Opportunity

Introducing Citrix VDI-in-a-Box


VDI-in-a-Box 5.1Personal virtual desktops for under $500 a user

• An affordable turnkey software solution providing high-performance, high-definition virtual desktops

All-in-one VDI – runs on off-the-shelf servers

Simple to Deploy – in < hour by Windows® Admins

Simple to Use – any time, anywhere, any device access

Simple to Manage – single point-and-click web-based console

Simple to Scale – on-demand, just add more servers

Virtual Desktops Made Simple


Solution Components…

Enterprise VDI VDI-in-a-Box

• Lots of moving parts• Load balancers• Connection brokers• Management servers• SAN• Hi-speed interconnects• Clustered SQL databases

• All-in-one software appliance• Runs on inexpensive off-the-shelf

servers



High Availability…


• Custom built High Availability• Requires expensive shared storage

SAN and high-speed interconnects

• Built-in High Availability• N + 1 model• Uses inexpensive servers with

local storage



Scalability…


• Re-architect to scale • Built-in scalability• Just add another server• Hot pluggable grid



IT Skillset…


• Requires virtualization and networking expertise

• Designed for Windows® Admins



VirtualDesktop

VirtualDesktop

VirtualDesktop

VirtualDesktop

VDI-in-a-Box

VDI-in-a-Box – Simple, Affordable All-in-one

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

Open architecture supporting:• Citrix XenServer• Microsoft Hyper-V• VMware vSphere (ESXi)

Access from virtually any device viaCitrix Receiver

VDI-in-a-Box

vdiManager

Logical Shared Storage

User Management

Dynamic Desktop Provisioning & Management

Template Management

High-Availability Grid Engine

Connection Broker

Load Balancer

Hypervisor



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



Instead of complexity and cost…

• Easy All-in-One VDI

• Simple to install and manage

• Full HDX user experience

• Perfect for SMB, public sector, education and enterprise departmental customers

VDI-in-a-Box provides simplicity and affordability


Flexibility


Pooled and Personal virtual desktops…

• The best of both worlds: Users get personalized desktops Windows desktop administrators

manage a single master image

• Saves time and money While delivering a highly personalized

end-user experience

• Dramatically reduces recurring management overhead

• Cuts storage costs up to 90%

• Obsoletes use/support of persistent desktops

Golden image

Pooled desktops

Personal virtual desktops

Pooled desktops

PVD

PVD contains• User installed Applications• User Data• User Preferences


Even simpler for IT…

• Grid-wide virtual IP address to ensure end-to-end high availability

• Desktop agents automatically installed

• Windows admins can specify complete names to VDI desktops

• Logs written in logs in syslog format

DTagent

Golden image

call me Ishmael


Even better for users…

• Enhanced performance with dual datastores

• Higher Availability with Active Directory failover and Grid-wide virtual IP

• Google Earth optimization

Storage on a server

SAS Drive holds the golden images & personal desktops

SSD holds the desktop instances created from the golden images

PrimaryActive Directory

Server

RedundantActive Directory

Server

VDI-in-a-Box Grid

Compatibility


Leverages the Citrix product portfolio


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