We are the only true provider of cohesive, easily managed end-to-end VDI solutions, from the data center all the way to the end user device.
Most flexible portfolio of service offerings: Only Dell offers such a wide variety of ways to implement, operate, and manage VDI. Our customers can opt for a completely on-premise solution or the back-end infrastructure can reside off-premise in a Dell or partner data center. They can manage it, or Dell can offer remote management services. Finally, the entire VDI solution can be offered out of the Dell cloud as Dell Workspace as a Service (WaaS), or the customer can purchase a DaaS service from a dell partner. It’s VDI however a customer wants it, to best suit their business.
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“6000+ certified engineers”: provided by Juan Vega, 5300 MSFT, 734 VMware
Dell Cloud Client-Computing offers the easiest to plan, deploy, and run VDI solutions on the planet.
More choice: Dell Cloud Client-Computing has by far the broadest choice of back-end server/storage platforms, VDI appliances, VDI software, and VDI endpoints than any other provider, including HP. It’s not even close.
We are the only true provider of cohesive, easily managed end-to-end VDI solutions, from the data center all the way to the end user device.
Most flexible portfolio of service offerings: Only Dell offers such a wide variety of ways to implement, operate, and manage VDI. Our customers can opt for a completely on-premise solution or the back-end infrastructure can reside off-premise in a Dell or partner data center. They can manage it, or Dell can offer remote management services. Finally, the entire VDI solution can be offered out of the Dell cloud as Dell Workspace as a Service (WaaS), or the customer can purchase a DaaS service from a dell partner. It’s VDI however a customer wants it, to best suit their business.
Our VDI offerings represent the ultimate in secure, reliable, and manageable VDI.
Only virus-immune clients: Dell Wyse thin clients with Wyse ThinOS firmware have zero attack surface, making them immune from viruses and malware. With no published API, no user-accessible file system, no browser, and not based on any published Linux base, the software is literally immune from virus attacks.
8 year refresh cycle: Wyse thin clients from Dell average about 8 years of productive use before they need to be swapped out. We have some customers who have been using the same Wyse thin clients for 12 years. This remarkable reliability saves customers time and money since they can completely bypass a typical 4-year desktop refresh cycle.
When you partner with Dell, you are partnering with the world leader in VDI solutions and thin client endpoints. We have more experience in this area and can guide you in your video journey with more expertise and world-class products and support than anyone.
#1 WW in thin/zero clients per IDC: Dell ships more thin and zero clients than any other company in the world, according to IDC, the foremost market research firm who follows the VDI market closer than any other company and publishes a quarterly “tracker” of the market. We sold more thin clients than anyone else in 2014, and our lead over #2 HP increased substantially in the first calendar quarter of 2015. Wyse also invented the thin client and has over 250 patents in thin client/VDI technology.
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Examples of highly virtualized workloads:
VDI - From 50 to 100 desktop in a pilot phase to 1000’s of desktops in enterprise wide production deployment
Test & Dev – From 100’s of test scenarios in a handful of applications to 1000’s of test scenarios in 100’s of applications in an e-commerce agile development environment
Branch Office – From 10’s of retail locations in a state to 1000’s of retail locations nationwide
Traditional architecture may not be a good fit
Scalability paradigm requires locking into a step function
Start large – incur high start up cost
Start small – incur high upgrade cost
Management paradigm hinders agility and increases TCO
Compute and storage resources are managed in different granularity – VMs vs. LUNs/Volumes
Key Points
However, for some highly virtualized workloads like VDI and Private Cloud, the overall benefits of Server Virtualization and Storage Consolidation has not always been realized
Key reason for this shortfall are:
SAN/NAS consolidated storage infrastructure does not meet the performance and capacity scalability requirements of these highly virtualized workloads as a result fork lift upgrades are required or performance bottlenecks appear in the deployment.
SAN/NAS consolidated storage infrastructure has volume/LUN concepts that does not map easily to VMs running these highly virtualized workloads as a result Management complexity creeps in.
Shared Storage Solutions do not meet the requirements of many highly virtualized workloads that are:
Looking for granular control of virtual environment – server and storage
Looking to scale in small increments, unpredictable growth plans
Looking for instant solution deployment – server and storage (Less than 30 minutes)
Looking to lower long term TCO with one platform to buy and mange for both server and storage
Special scripts – ‘wizards’- collected within a ‘Quick Start Tool’ (QST) form a lightweight utility that helps in configuring the Dell Appliance for Wyse. Deployment complexity is down from approximately 375 steps to 37 and from between 2 to 4 hours depending on customer workloads.
Quick Start Tool videos with vWorkspace:
Video: «How to deploy applications in less than one hour with the QST» (13 min) - link
Video: « Deploy VDI in 70 minutes with the QST» (11 min) - link
Dell’s modern portfolio spans appliances and traditional reference architectures. Starting with the appliances.,
We have one based on the XC630, which supports multiple hypervisor/broker options
The next is VMware EVO:RAIL Horizon. As the name suggestions it is a solution for VMware only on the EVO:RAIL system
The next is Dell’s Precision Appliance for Wyse. Built with VMware on a Dell Precision Rack R7910, this appliance supports multiple modes for delivering high end graphics to end users
Lastly the Dell Appliance for Wyse is a recently announced product that is available for either MSFT with vWorkspace or Citrix. It is built on the R730 or T630 and is designed for small workgroups and only 4 steps to go live
Under traditional reference architectures, we offer either consolidated reference architectures by Citrix, Vmware or Microsoft with vWorkspace, as well as a separate option for graphics users. Within the consolidated RAs, you will find pilot options for both rack and tower, and a small workgroup VRTX-based option. These consolidate reference architectures allow you to scale with either rack or blade servers and JBOD, iSCSI SAN or FC SAN storage
Dell Cloud Client-Computing offers the easiest to plan, deploy, and run VDI solutions on the planet.
More choice: Dell Cloud Client-Computing has by far the broadest choice of back-end server/storage platforms, VDI appliances, VDI software, and VDI endpoints than any other provider, including HP. It’s not even close.
Our solution offers are partner-validated, not just Dell validated.
Case study links reference here:
AeroMéxico Delta TechOps turns to Dell for an efficient and scalable enterprise environment - http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/corporate~case-studies~en/Documents~2015-techops-10013244-end-to-end-data-center-flexibility.pdf
Pearland ISD saves millions of dollars with PC renewal and BOYD – Video - http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/videos~en/Documents~2014-pearland-isd-10013501-end-to-end-classroom.aspx
Pearland ISD uses virtual desktop infrastructure to refresh classroom IT and implement BYOD - http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/corporate~case-studies~en/Documents~2014-pearland-isd-10013233-cloud-client-computing-byod.pdf
Chengdu University of Information Technology (CUIT) collaborates with Dell to devise energy efficient VDI - http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/corporate~case-studies~en/Documents~2014-cuit-10013210-energy-efficient-cloud-infrastructure.pdf
Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (VGC) implements VDI, enhances efficiency, and improves workforce flexibility - http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/corporate~case-studies~en/Documents~2014-vgc-10013283-vdi-cloud-client-work-flexibility.pdf
Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS) - http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/corporate~case-studies~en/Documents~2013-dchs-10012507.pdf
Our VDI offerings represent the ultimate in secure, reliable, and manageable VDI.
Only virus-immune clients: Dell Wyse thin clients with Wyse ThinOS firmware have zero attack surface, making them immune from viruses and malware. With no published API, no user-accessible file system, no browser, and not based on any published Linux base, the software is literally immune from virus attacks.
8 year refresh cycle: Wyse thin clients from Dell average about 8 years of productive use before they need to be swapped out. We have some customers who have been using the same Wyse thin clients for 12 years. This remarkable reliability saves customers time and money since they can completely bypass a typical 4-year desktop refresh cycle.
What is the difference between “converged” and “Hyper-Converged”
Hyper-Converged - smaller CAPEX investment than converged
Faster Time to Value (minutes vs. months)
Protects your current investment (100% compatible with an existing VMware infrastructure/investment)
The Dell Engineered Solutions for VMware EVO:RAIL, Horizon Edition is the first EVO hyper-converged end-to-end VDI solution that reduces total time to value by up to one third and reduces the overall operational complexity by 60%. This combined with a full suite of management tools, from systems management to VDI services, and Wyse end-points, offer customers a true end-to-end desktop virtualization environment.
Dell’s leading servers, storage and networking solutions are easy to purchase (via a single SKU) and customers will have their VMware VDI infrastructure up and running in minutes. Take advantage of quick and easy installation and configuration with software pre-installed and configured on each server node (including EVO:RAIL management software, vCenter™ standard, vSphere® Enterprise, Virtual SAN™, Log Insight™ and Horizon 6 Advanced™ or Enterprise™). With linear scale with predictable cost-per-seat and optimized workloads ensuring best performance, Dell’s EVO:RAIL Horizon Edition is the industry leader in HCIA VMware VDI appliances.
End-to-end desktop virtualization environment
Wyse end-points optimized for VMware environment and includes Wyse Device Manager
Foglight for Virtualization integration allows for infrastructure to end-point management
Managed VDI Services allows for specialized VDI service solutions
Customers benefit from a true end-to-end desktop virtualized environment with Wyse end-points
Enables rapid Time-to-Value (ToV)
Streamlined single SKU HW and SW procurement reduces ToV from by one third
Solution takes implementation from multiple weeks to hours (*See Oakland Unified School District)
Engineered to optimize environment reduces pilot time from months to weeks
Reduces post planning total time-to-value by at least one third.
Overall reduction in operational complexity of 60%
Predictable and repeatable appliance on trusted platforms reducing errors and risk
Integration with vCenter and Virtual SAN reduces operational complexity by 60%
Zero Downtime Upgrade and Patch management reduces risks and operational complexity
Single pane-of-glass virtualization management reduces overall IT operational complexity by 60%
The Dell Engineered Solutions for VMware EVO:RAIL, Horizon Edition is the ideal desktop virtualization solution for customers requiring their infrastructure investments to correlate directly to number of virtualized users, and value simplified implementation, deployment and pilot, optimizing IT resources, reducing complexity and faster time to value; all with in a true end-to-end solution.
Workstation virtualization, simplified
Pre-sized validated appliance that is simple and quick to deploy with limited virtualization expertise or IT staff needed. Enables organizations to efficiently stand up a virtual workstation environment and almost immediately start benefiting from improved workforce collaboration, data security, workspace management and user mobility.
At a Glance
Fully pre-configured 2U appliance built on top of Dell Precision workstation technology that deploys in 5 minutes or less
Enable as many users as the business demands – support up to 3 users per appliance in dedicated GPU mode or 4 or 8 users per appliance in GRID vGPU mode
Designed to deliver workstation-class workspaces with lower TCO than traditional physical workstations
Certified or in the process of being certified with software products, such as Autodesk AutoCAD®, Siemens PLM NX®, Tecnomatix® and Teamcenter Visualization®, PTC Creo® and Dassault Systemes SolidWorks®
Based on a complete end-to-end model which is thoroughly validated and combines the appliance with optimized thin client technology and comprehensive services
Proof of concept evaluation with limited fiscal outlay and no interruption to existing workflow through the Workstation Virtualization Center of Excellence
Benefits
Rapid and predictable deployment with the freedom to scale up or down as business needs change
Reliable, secure and fast access to data and applications through a variety of endpoints, including mobile devices and thin clients
Needs-based access to data and applications and centralized enforcement of security policies so you can effectively control valuable IP
Efficient, centralized management of user workspaces and endpoints
Rich user experience with greater resource utilization and reduced total cost of ownership
Highly available service delivery through Precision-class infrastructure reliability and disaster recovery options
Certification by key ISVs with per-application performance guidance and hardware configurations for each workload
High-quality graphics performance required for animation, industrial design, computer-aided design (CAD) and other graphics-intensive applications
Components
Pre-built validated 2U appliance that incorporates the following components:
Dell Precision Rack workstation
Dell RAID 10 storage
Dell Force10 network cards
Choice of NVIDIA Quadro (dedicated GPU) or GRID (shared GPU) graphics cards
Terradici host cards (dedicated GPU)
VMware vSphere hypervisor
VMware Horizon 6 desktop virtualization broker (shared GPU)
Additional validated components include:
Dell Wyse thin and zero cloud clients
Dell consulting, implementation, support and management services