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XenClient vs Mirage
Did Citrix buy the wrong thing?
Andrew Wood
@gilwood_cs

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You may remember me from such movies as..
http://lnk.glwdcs.tv/1kFuYsj
http://lnk.glwdcs.tv/1wa5EQe

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..is this just another smackdown?

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[insert year here] is year of VDI/DaaS*!
* Delete as applicable

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Generalisation
alert!
Most VDI implementations to date are
tactical additions to projects involving
RDS/FAT
Why?
64-bit OS ¦ Resource Isolation | Hardware
Access

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Airplanes Hotels EventsPubs an’ that Meetings
Don’t be like that guy in Rome…

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Profiles
User Data
Applications
Life isn’t just
about the
desktop OS
..it’s more important than
that

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Bring Your Own Device
Corporately Owned, Personally Enabled

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..anyhoo onwards with many slides of finely detailed point scoring

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XenClient Architecture?

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XenClient Architecture?

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XenClient Architecture?

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..limited hardware
support?

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..now with Personal vDisk
Integration

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Do you
have this
need now?

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DesktopPlayer…synchronize to more
..Windows? ...

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Yes… Tech Preview Available Soon
Sign up: Citrix.com/DesktopPlayer
Manu Chauhan - @manu_chauhan – Director, Product Management
Harsh Gupta - @harshgupta80 - Product Manager - DesktopPlayer

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XenClient App/Image Deployment
Prep
Image
Install Apps
and
Configure
Capture the
Image
Deploy

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XenClient and DaaS
• Manage Centrally with Local Execution
• Deliver Layered Images Intelligently
• Use Device-Native Management

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• Use of XenClient for
secure remote
access
• Remote deployment
• Validated Endpoint
• @150 users
• 4 types of devices
• Typical delivery time
@ 2 hours

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• Single instance management
• (Pretty) suitable for COPE
• (Pretty) suitable for BYOD (with DP)
• Slightly different user experience
experience
• Bandwidth can be cumbersome
• PvD useful for small # apps
• DaaS - tricky– h/w; multi-tenancy; multi-domain

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..f*ck me Doug, this is an awesome piece of
work

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Mirage Architecture

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Same same, but different

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Mirage.. layers..

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This is not Virtual Layering
• No HCL
• Apps Installed Locally
• Full Native Performance

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Mirage Application Deployment

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Delivery with Automation

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New requirements drove:
• Local execution
• Centralized management
• Mirage adopted for 7000
end-points
• Rollout will (should) be 70%
complete by end of August
(4 months to get there)
• Remote Deployment
• 30mins for initial base
image deployment – 12 mins
re-image
• Differential Imaging with
data de-dupe.
• Used with RES Software suite
(could be SCCM, etc.)
• Native as a Service (NaaS)

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• Single instance management
• Suitable for COPE
• Suitable for BYOD
• No changes to user experience
• Bandwidth requirements low
• Can be simply a backup tool
• DaaS - native

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Should Citrix
have bought
Wanova – Yes.
Should Citrix
have not
bought
XenClient – No.