why vdi today - troy mi lunch n learn

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Tommy Trogden

Sr. vSpecialist

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Why Virtual Desktops today?


The Journey to The Private CloudIf you are virtualizing, you are on the journey.

APPSFile, Print, IT Ops

Existing Enterprise Apps

Oracle, SAP, SQL, Exchange, SharePoint

Revenue-generating

Next Generation Apps

DW/BI (GreenPlum), OLTP, Collaboration


• A storage hurricane is on the way in the shape of VDI

• What's driving VDI adoption?

– Desktops are aging – some are 4 to 5+ years old.

– Windows 7, Security & Desktop Disaster Recovery

are some of the key drivers in the move to VDI

architecture.

• Desktop Group Storage Group ??

• Storage infrastructure is typically the # 1 reason VDI

deployments have issues.

A butterfly flaps its wings…


Typical Challenges to Contend With…

Distributed workforce

• Mobile & remote workers

• Outsourcing & off-shoring

• Contract Workers

Limited control of PCs

• Patch compliance

• Security

• Regulatory compliance

Focus on PC hardware

• Many makes & models

• Refresh cycles

Management complexity

• Deployment

• Support

• Security


Centralize compute resource

Increase flexibility & agility

Simplify management

Improve standardization

VMware View - Addressing the

Challenges…


New Challenges Arise

• Must reduce TCO per user

• Current infrastructure designed for server workloads

• Large number of VMs to manage

• Aggressive and somewhat unpredictable performance profiles

• Small changes have a big impact (10 IOPS per desktop multiplies)

• Availability and performance requirements increase

~10 IOPS

10 GB

~1200 IOPS

1.2 TB99.999%

99%

EMC Addressing the Challenges…

• Store more Efficiently

• Dynamic, Flexible Infrastructure

• Protect the migrated user data

• Secure user access


What do customers

ask for when they

are deploying

VMware View?


Solving the big barriers….

Step 1 = Lowering the cost of storage

by… A LOT.


First – what about capacity?1000 users, 10GB per desktop = 10TB – right?

Wrong…

Operating System– View Composer = savings capacity requirements for OS

storage• 60:1 savings (non-persistent)

• 2:1 - 5:1 savings (persistent)

Applications– Thin App = 50:1 savings for app storage

• Assuming only 50% of apps can be virtualized

Storage– Dedupe/Compress + Archive = savings on user data

storage• 4:1 savings (being conservative)


Is the problem solved?

10:1 capacity reduction means all 1000 users can

run on 1TB of storage – right?

Wrong…

1TB of storage fits on one spindle

How many hard drives are in 1000

desktops/laptops?

How do we solve THAT problem?


The Challenge• Architecting a View Environment to size for BOTH capacity and

performance at scale when leveraging Linked Clone or Snapshot Technology

The Analysis• 1000 x 10GB boot images = 1TB

– >80% capacity savings

• 8-10 iops per user ≈ 10,000 iops

The Result• at scale, data reduction technologies + EFD saves you $$$

How do you leverage EFD most efficiently?

The Case for Enterprise Flash Drives

Drive Type Sustained IOPS # of drives

7.2k SATA 80 125

10k FC 130 76

15k FC 180 56

EFD 2000 5


HDD

FAST Cache +

FAST Tiering

App

server

Controller

DRAM Cache

FLASH

9 of 10 I/Os

from FLASH

FLASH

1 of 10 I/Os

from disk

HDD

With

FAST Cache

App

server

Controller

DRAM Cache

FLASH

1 of 10 I/Os

from disk

9 of 10 I/Os

from Cache

HDD

View 4.5 + FAST = Lower Cost + Better

ExperienceLower Cost + User Experience

DRAM Cache

4 of 5 I/Os

from disk

Without

FAST

App

server

Controller

1 of 5 I/Os

from Cache


FASTcache Benefits: Antivirus Scan

This test measures the impact of running antivirus scan simultaneously on 150 desktops

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Baseline

FAST Cache

Observations and Conclusions• Time to scan a desktops decreased from 67 to 15 minutes with FAST Cache

• Peak Host Response time decreased from 382 ms to 11.86 ms

• Disk utilization never above 10% - FAST Cache effectively handles 100% of I/O once warmed

•Estimated number of drives required to match FAST Cache performance: 83

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FAST Cache


FASTcache Benefits: Patch

UpdatesThis test measures the impact of patching 150 Windows XP desktops

Nine security updates applied in series and systems rebooted

Observations and Conclusions•Time to patch all the desktops decreased from 43 to 22 minutes

•Peak Guest Disk Response time decreased from 113ms to 43ms

•Estimated number of drives to equal FAST Cache performance: 60

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Baseline FAST Cache


“Oldey timey”

268 x 300GB

15K FC Disks

“New coolness”*

10 x 300GB FC

10x400GB EFD

20 x 1TB

SATA

11% More Disk IOPS53,000 vs 48,000 Aggregate IOPS

85% Fewer Disk Drives40 EFD+FC+SATA vs 268 FC

90% Less Power.8 kVA vs 8 kVA

22% Lower Storage Costs+ Reduce Maintenance & SW costs

Net: 4000 user deployment example

* Key Ingredients in new coolness:

• VMware: View 4.next, Composer

• EMC: FAST Cache, FAST, Dedupe &

Compress


Oh BTW – there’s a lot more to this than

storage…

Securing the desktop– RSA SecureBook for VMware View

Backup/Recovery of the Desktop– Killer “End-User Self Restore” Solution

with Avamar

Creating “Desktop SKU” – an “all in” value proposition on Vblock

VDI Design/Implementation and Business Justification Services

Windows 7 Migration Services

http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/RSA/RSA_SecurBook_for_VMware_View.pdf


Complete Security Solution for

VMware View

RSA enVision for security monitoring and reporting

RSA SecurID

for ESX Service

Console and vMA

RSA SecurID

for remote

authentication

RSA DLP for

protection of data Ionix SCM for

security config and patch

management

RSA enVision

Log Collector

For VMware vCenter

Clients

VMware

Infrastructure

VMware

View Manager

VMware

vCenter

Active Directory

OfflineLaptop


End-to-End Information

Infrastructure for Vmware View

NFS

CIFS

iSCSI

FC

Unified Storage Platform

FCoE

MPFS

SATA

B2D

Snaps

Archive

FC

FLASH

Integrated Management

Integrated Security

Automated Storage

Tiering

DeDup w/ Compression

Virtual Provisioning

Five 9’s Availability

DR/COOP

1 to n Replication

LAN/WANNAS FCiSCSI

B2D

Snaps

FLASH

SATA

B2D

Snaps

Archive

FC

Integrated Backup

Avamar


Putting our money where our mouth is…

= Zero Risk

VMware View 4.5

+

EMC FAST Suite

+

Joint V/E and VCE

Reference Architectures

+

Consulting Services

=as low as

$38/user


Questions?


New Documentation

White Paper: Cost-Effective EMC Unified Storage Solutions

for VMware View 4.5

– $38 per Desktop Reference Architecture (2250

desktops)

Reference Architecture: EMC Infrastructure for Virtual

Desktops (Fibre Channel)

Applied Best Practices: Deploying Microsoft Windows 7

Virtual Desktops with VMware View

EMC Consulting: Next-Generation and Virtual Desktop

Infrastructure

http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/white-papers/h8033-vmware-view-unified-storage.pdf





http://www.emc.com/collateral/solutions/reference-architecture/h8027-virtual-desktop-celerra-fc-vmware-ra.pdf






http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/white-papers/h8043-windows-virtual-desktop-view-wp.pdf



http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/service-overview/h6974-emc-cons-vdi-svo.pdf





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