There are several types of desktop virtualization, of which virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI), is one type. VDI allows users to access virtual desktops in the data center across the network through physical end-point user devices (such as thin clients, PCs, and other devices), thus providing a portable PC desktop experience.

1. Holistic Virtualization
Presented By: Jay Gagne
CTO, Razor Technology
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3. Company Overview
Specialized Infrastructure Solutions Partner serving the Mid-
Atlantic, Northeast & Central United States
Core competencies in Storage, Servers, Disaster
Recovery, Virtualization, Back-up, Recovery, Data
Protection, Network, Security, Professional Services &
Cloud/Managed Services
Solutions encompass 20 of the top 20 infrastructure vendors.
Over 8 years serving clients
200+ clients served since 2004
Certified technical engineers are former end users
Design, Deploy, Service and Support Infrastructure Solutions.
3 offices in the United States
Philadelphia (Headquarters) New York City New Jersey
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4. Razor Technology Solutions
Unified Storage - SAN / NAS Two Factor Authentication Data Protection
Server + Storage Data Classification / Tiered Storage Continuous Data Protection
Application + WAN Optimization Email Archiving + Security
Solutions Enterprise Class Servers + Blades Compliance + Governance Solutions
Customers
Strategy, Design, Integration
Site Consolidation
Virtualization Storage Management
Health Checks
Infrastructure Assessments
Professional
Virtual Desktop
Solutions Infrastructure Optimization
Data Migration Services
Staff Augmentation
Data Vaulting
Backup + Tape + Virtual Tape
Managed Services
Disk-to-Disk
Recovery Disaster Recovery Solutions
Storage + Server Cloud Services
OS + Network
Solutions Data Deduplication
Storage Resource Mgt
Project Management + Support + Education + Training
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5. Razor Technology Solutions
Unified Storage - SAN / NAS Two Factor Authentication Data Protection
Server + Storage Data Classification / Tiered Storage Continuous Data Protection
Application + WAN Optimization Email Archiving + Security
Solutions Enterprise Class Servers + Blades Compliance + Governance Solutions
Customers
Strategy, Design, Integration
Site Consolidation
Virtualization Storage Management
Health Checks
Infrastructure Assessments
Professional
Virtual Desktop
Solutions Infrastructure Optimization
Data Migration Services
Staff Augmentation
Data Vaulting
Backup + Tape + Virtual Tape
Managed Services
Disk-to-Disk
Recovery Disaster Recovery Solutions
Storage + Server Cloud Services
OS + Network
Solutions Data Deduplication
Storage Resource Mgt
Project Management + Support + Education + Training
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6. The Virtual Ecosystem
Tools and
Management
Data Protection
Server + Storage
+ Security
Solutions
Solutions
Virtualization
Solutions
Backup +
Recovery Cloud Services
Solutions
Professional
Services
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7. The Virtual Ecosystem
Tools and
Management
Data Protection
Server + Storage
+ Security
Solutions
Solutions
Virtualization
Solutions
Backup +
Recovery Cloud Services
Solutions
Professional
Services
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8. The Virtual Ecosystem
Tools and
Management
Server + Data
Protection
Storage + Security
Solutions Solutions
Backup +
Virtualiza
tion
Solutions
Top Challenges we are seeing in the Virtual
Cloud
Recovery
Solutions
Services
Ecosystem
Professio
nal
Services
• Management Tools
• Server vs. Desktop vs. Application Virtualization
• Persistent vs. Non-Persistent Desktops
• VDI Scaling from Hundreds to Thousands of Desktops
• Backup and Recovery, Recovery, Recovery
• Security
• Cloud Integration
• Proprietary vs. Heterogeneous Solutions
• Disaster Recovery
• One size doesn’t fit all
• Server Sprawl
• Storage Sprawl
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10. The Virtual Ecosystem
Tools and
Management
Server + Data
Protection
Storage + Security
Solutions
Virtualiza
tion
Solutions
Server vs. Desktop vs. Application Virtualization
Solutions
Backup +
Cloud
Recovery
Services
Solutions
Professio
nal
Services
• VD-why, what do I want to achieve?, lowering TCO?, business enabler, overall cost of
ownership and cost reducer?
• What is the Business-case?
• What is the user experience using
Multimedia, NextGen, Development, Video/Voice, 2D/3D applications?
• Do you need local or centralized storage?
• What is the impact on storage and how does it effect the business-case?
• Do we focus on stateless/non-persistent (pooled, shared) and/or stateful/persistent
(assigned, private) images?
• What is the performance and bandwidth impact on the network infrastructure?
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11. The Virtual Ecosystem
Server +
Tools and
Management
Data
Protection
Virtual Desktop Journey in your Virtual
Storage
Ecosystem
+ Security
Solutions Solutions
Virtualiza
tion
Solutions
Backup +
Cloud
Recovery
Services
Solutions
Complete Mobility
Professio
nal
Services
Anywhere Anytime
1st Generation Mobile
Value to your business
Workforce
Centralized
• Mgmt
• Security
• Backup Full Device and
Workgroups Complete VDI Location
Virtualization Independence
Yesterday and Today Today & Long Term
Short Term
Virtualization Maturity
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12. VDI Planning
The Virtual Ecosystem
Tools and
Management
Server + Data
Protection
Storage + Security
Solutions Solutions
Virtualiza
tion
Solutions
Backup +
Cloud
Recovery
Services
Solutions
Professio
nal
Services
Low End Users Power Users
10-15 iops Average 40-45 iops
+/- 5 iops Average +/- 5 iops
15-20 iops Average 45-50 iops
30-35 iops
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13. VDI Planning – The Desktop Lifecycle
Addressed with Caching
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14. VDI - Persistent vs. Non-Persistent
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15. VDI - Persistent vs. Non-Persistent
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16. VDI – Think Non-Persistent
Think like we did with Server Virtualization – Think Candidates.
Find similar groups of users and make as few images as possible
Non-Persistent Images will:
Cut down management time with templates and linked images
Remove the need for virus scanning the VM’s
Reduce the effort of software updates and patches
Reduce the read/write intensity on the VM storage through the
use of private disk
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17. The Virtual Ecosystem
Tools and
Management
Razor Approach to dealing with the Virtual Ecosystem
Server + Data
Protection
Storage + Security
Solutions
Virtualiza
Solutions Customer Challenge – Need to find a better way to scale and support virtualized
tion
Solutions infrastructure while containing server/storage sprawl. Need to be able to rapidly deploy
Backup +
Recovery
Solutions
Cloud
Services cookie cutter easy to support virtual environments.
Professio
nal
Solution – Planned Virtual Communities, built on technical boundaries and sized for
Services
specific consumption rates.
Solution Design/Deployment Plan
Storage Fabric Networking Server Virtualization
Tight collaboration
Contained
Win
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Unix
Unix Unix
Plug and Play Virtualization
Virtualization Virtualization
Single Rack
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Application stacks
Virtuali
zation
Preplanned
Before After
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18. VDI – Summary
Think about candidacy – Find the right users and remaining
servers/applications
Think about the desktop lifecycle
Plan to use caching and/or Solid State Technology
Think candidacy for VDI too, go non-persistent whenever possible
What’s next for Virtualization?
Self Serving Portals – Click and Go
More orchestration
More Density
More Scale
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19. Questions?
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