Enterprise GIS: Using Citrix to Deliver ArcGIS Desktop. Ty Fabling

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2 Enterprise GIS: Using Citrix to Deliver ArcGIS Desktop Ty Fabling

3 History of Citrix Products and Solutions Remote Windows WinFrame application server Single Product Company Server-Based Computing MetaFrame XP presentation server family Application Delivery Infrastructure Presentation Server Access Gateway with Advanced Access Control Password Manager NetScaler System Desktop Server Application Firewall Multiple Products XenServer GoToMeeting GoToAssist GoToMyPC Access Essentials Application Gateway EdgeSight XenServer XenDesktop Microsoft purchases WinFrame from Citrix and calls it Windows Terminal Server Integrated into core Operating System in Windows 2000

4 Partial Citrix Product List 1. XenApp (ex Presentation Server) 2. NetScaler System 3. Branch Repeater (ex WanScaler) 4. Access Gateway with Advanced Access Control 5. Desktop Server 6. Password Manager 7. Application Firewall 8. Access Essentials 9. Application Gateway 10. GoToMeeting 11. GoToAssist 12. GoToMyPC 13. EdgeSight 14. XenServer (Acquired August 2007) 15. XenDesktop

5 What demands does GIS place on computing infrastructure? Processing Intensive (CPU) Memory Intensive (RAM) Network I/O Intensive Disk I/O Intensive Graphics Intensive (GPU) 5

6 3 Virtualization Options (for x86/x64 Architecture) Virtual Applications Blade Server Server OS Desktop App Application Desktop App Desktop App Desktop App Virtual Server Blade Server Server OS Server Apps Server OS Server Apps Server OS Server Apps Virtual Desktop Blade Server Desktop OS Desktop Apps Desktop Apps Desktop Apps Desktop OS Desktop Apps Desktop Apps Desktop Apps Desktop OS Desktop Apps Desktop Apps Desktop Apps Windows: AppV (Softricity) HyperV Virtual PC Citrix: XenApp (Presentation Server) XenServer XenDesktop VMWare: ThinApp VMWare Server VMWare VDI Server OS: Windows Server 2003, 2008 Linux (RH, SuSE) UNIX (HPUX, AIX, Solaris) Microsoft RDP Remote Desktop Protocol Desktop Clients Citrix ICA Independent Computing Architecture X-Windows (Linux, UNIX) Others Desktop OS: Windows XP Vista Window 7

7 Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2009 What s s Peaking, What s s Troughing? (as of July 2009) Expectations Rising Wireless Power Cloud Computing Peak of Hype Slope of Disillusionment ebook Readers Realizing Benefits Steady Productivity SOA Location Aware Apps Corporate Blogging Web 2.0 Wikis * Extracted from Gartner Hype Cycle of Emerging Technology 8/2009 Time

8 Citrix Project Independence

9 Hosting Infrastructure XenDesktop Technology How desktop delivery works Users with Desktop Appliance High speed delivery protocol (ICA) WAN Optimization Secure Remote Access

10 XenApp Technology XenApp Architecture for Application Management 5 Security by design Regional Data centers Enterprise Data 1 Single instance management 6 Enterprise-class infrastructure Network Storage Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (e.g. Citrix XenDesktop) Data Center Servers 2 Dynamic application delivery Branch Optimization Secure Application Access 4 High definition experience (HDX) 3 Any device anywhere

11 Three GIS Platforms Silverlight ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Workstations ArcGIS Online Web Clients Flex/Flash ArcGIS Desktop ArcGIS Server Terminal Devices (Citrix) Mobile Devices Laptops

12 GIS Functional View Desktop Web Map Explorer Mobile Open Standards Enterprise Integration Use Cloud Serve Serving / Publishing Tier Author Optimize Citrix XenApp ArcGIS Desktop Users Editing / Authoring Tier

13 How does Citrix XenApp Presentation Server work?

14 Six Segments of Any Application Segments 1. Presentation Services 2. Presentation Logic 3. Business Logic 4. Data Logic 5. Data Services 6. File Services Examples Screens, Text, Images Field Order, Filters, Sort Business Rules & Logic Data Rules (Ref Integrity) RDBMS: Tables, Views GIS Data Files; DB Log Files, Table Spaces, & Indexes

15 Mainframe Legacy Systems 9600 Baud Dumb Terminal Presentation Services Host Presentation Logic Business Logic Data Logic Data Services File Services Two Tiers File Server Multi-User LAN Applications 10 Mbps 100 Mbps Arc/INFO ArcObjects Workstation PC Presentation Services Presentation Logic Business Logic Data Logic Data Services File Server File Services Coverages Shapefile File-based GeoDatabase Personal Geodatabase

16 Client/ Server Direct Connect Two Tiers ArcObjects Thick Client Workstation PC Presentation Services Presentation Logic Business Logic Data Logic ArcSDE 100 Mbps ArcSDE Direct Connect Database Server Data Services File Services RDBMS Thick Client Application Server Connect 100 Mbps ArcSDE ArcObjects Workstation PC Presentation Services Presentation Logic Business Logic Database Server Business Logic Data Logic Data Services File Services ArcSDE RDBMS

17 Web Applications n-tiered Web Applications require that you rewrite your desktop GIS applications for a browser interface ArcGIS Server is essentially ArcGIS Desktop without a user interface Thin Client T1 1.5 Mbps 100 Mbps 1 Gbps Web Browser Browser (AJAX) Flex / Flash SilverLight Workstation PC Presentation Services Presentation Logic Web Spatial ArcGIS Server Application Server Business Logic Data Logic ArcSDE* ArcSDE Geodatabase Server Database Server Data Services File Services ArcObjects DBMS Web App * ArcSDE Direct Connect

18 Citrix Server Three-Tiered Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Thinner Client Thick Client / Server T1 1.5 Mbps 100 Mbps 1 Gbps Citrix ICA Client ArcGIS Desktop ArcSDE Citrix ICA Client Workstation PC Presentation Services Citrix XenApp Application Server Presentation Logic Business Logic Data Logic ArcSDE* Geodatabase Server Database Server Data Services File Services DBMS ArcObjects * ArcSDE Direct Connect

19 Citrix High Definition User Experience (HDX) Only Available with Citrix ICA Clients

20 Citrix HDX is Citrix technologies for delivering a high definition user experience Technology framework across the Citrix Delivery Center A brand umbrella for current and future Citrix technologies ESRI

21 Adaptive Orchestration in the device in the network in the datacenter SSL SSL SSL SSL SSL

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23 HDX 3D Progressive Display Up to 15X faster performance for 2D and lightweight 3D graphics Medical Picture Archiving & Communication Systems (PACS) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Business Intelligence (BI) 2D image editing Reduces cost of delivering graphics-intensive apps Lowers bandwidth consumption by up to 93% Supports any ICA client device Introduced in XenApp PS 4.5 and XenDesktop 2 Advanced Enterprise Platinum Link to demo

24 HDX 3D Professional Graphics for XenDesktop ( Prism ) (Availability not yet announced) New technology to deliver high end 3D professional graphics over WAN DirectX and OpenGL Blade or rack workstation is an ideal host User device can be standard PC or higher end Desktop Appliance Approx 1:80 compression as little as 1 Mbps network bandwidth up to 150 ms latency

25 Integrated System Architecture Tier 1 Client Workstations Thin Client ICA Client Workstations Citrix Client T1 HDX Tier 2 Application Servers GIS Citrix Server Farm Windows Terminal Servers High-speed Network Connections In Server Room Web Servers Tier 3 Database Servers Server Room Geodatabase Server Customer Info Sys

26 Client/Server Protocols Multi Tier Environments Network Bandwidth Factor of 10 reduction in WAN bandwidth Tier 1 Display/Control Remote Terminal Clients Windows Terminals Web Browsers ArcGIS Desktop Typical Data Transfer 100 KB Display Data Tier 2 Applications Query Processing on Client UNIX or Windows Clients RDP ICA Citrix HDX Web HTTP HTTP KB displays KB Images KB Images WTS Server Web Server/ArcGIS Server Typical Data Transfer 1 MB Spatial Data NFS CIFS SDE API DB API ArcSDE Direct Connect Application Processing on Server Tier 3 Data File Servers RDBMS Server Query Processing on Server

27 Multiple ArcView Versions on a Single GIS User Workstation Multiple GDBs Workstation Windows XP ICA Clients 1 ArcView ArcView ArcView 9.3 Citrix Server 1 Windows 2000 ArcView 8.3 Citrix Server 2 Windows 2003 ArcView 9.1 Citrix Server 3 Windows Vista ArcView 9.3 Geodatabase Server ArcSDE 8.3 Geodatabase Server ArcSDE 9.1 Geodatabase Server ArcSDE 9.3

28 Stream the ArcGIS Desktop Application to a Citrix XenApp Virtual Session or to a Local Desktop Workstation Citrix XenApp Citrix Streaming Server 100 Mbps ArcGIS Desktop Citrix Streaming Client 100 Mbps 1 Gbps File Server

29 Known issues when using Citrix Presentation Server with ArcGIS Desktop

30 Known ArcMap on Citrix Issues / Fixes Memory Patch Hot Fix for 9.3 (SP1 and 9.3.1) ArcGIS 9.3 SP1 TEST Only Hot Fix QFE-DT DT-93-CQ Printing large images (Fragmented memory issue) Loading local printer settings in parallel with loading ArcMap Help in ArcMap is not launching Temporary solution: Open Help in a separate ICA window 3D Applications ArcScene, ArcGlobe or ArcGIS Explorer (All rely on a Video Card for OpenGL Acceleration) FlexLM License Manager ESRI and Citrix LM CANNOT be on the same server File-based Data Performance fixed in XenApp 4.5 Rollup Patch 2

31 Recommend a Dedicated File Server to Citrix Farm Server Room Geodatabase Server M: GIS Citrix Server Farm M: Dedicated File Server C:

32 Enterprise Printing Issues w/ Citrix Server Room Geodatabase Server GIS Citrix Server Farm ICA BR BR Print Server Citrix Branch Repeater Boxes

33 Top 10 Benefits of a GIS Citrix Farm 1. Guarantee best performance Good corporate LAN citizen Enables remote GIS users to access GIS desktop system across slower WAN connections Smaller footprint for GIS desktop users on faster Corporate LAN (GIS fat-client comparable to Video Conference footprint on corporate network) Even possible to connect over 56K dial-up connections 2. More stable across WAN connections (latency tolerant) Application can disconnect and then reconnect without losing Citrix session Less affected by latency issues across WAN 3. Lower cost for hardware requirements and system administration No need for costly high-end workstations for each GIS user 4. Easy to scale over time 5. Centralized management / configuration of Client GIS software 6. Easier detection and resolution of software bugs and performance issues 7. Easier to distribute upgrades or bug fixes 8. Faster turn-a-round for development & QA integration testing of custom GIS extensions: Development Test Production 9. Any authorized GIS user can access all three environments at the same time from their local workstation 10. Remote Monitoring/Control - Shadowing

34 PC Intel Platform Performance 30 SRint06/Core Arc percent gain in just this last year Arc04-Arc05 Arc06 Arc07 Arc08 Moore s Law Hardware Hardware times times faster faster since since Arc00 Arc01 Arc02 Arc03 Relative Performance Pentium III 500 Pentium III 550 Pentium III 650 Pentium III 700 Pentium III 800 Pentium III 900 Pentium III 1000 Xeon 1500 Pentium D 2000 Pentium D 2400 Pentium D 2800 Pentium D 3000 Pentium D 3200 Pentium D 3400 Pentium D 3600 Pentium D 3800 Core 2 Duo 2133 Core 2 Duo 2667 Xeon Core 2 X Core 2 X Xeon X Xeon E Xeon X Xeon X

35 GIS Workstation Platforms Windows Workstations Arc 2009 Xeon W MHz Intel Core i MHz Intel Core i MHz Arc 2008 Xeon X MHz Core 2 Duo E MHz Intel E MHz Core 2 X MHz Arc 2007 Xeon MHz Core 2 Duo E MHz Core 2 X MHz Core 2 Duo E MHz Core 2 X MHz Core 2 Duo E MHz Core 2 Duo X MHz Xeon MHz Xeon MHz Core 2 Duo E MHz Pentium E MHz Arc 2006 Pentium D MHz Xeon MHz Pentium D 3600 MHz Xeon MHz Pentium D MHz Arc 2004-Arc 2005 Pentium D MHz AMD MHz Pentium D MHz Pentium D MHz Pentium D MHz ArcGIS Desktop ArcGIS Engine Desktop Windows Terminal Clients ArcIMS Browsers Platform Performance (SPECint_rate2006/core) ArcGIS Memory = 2 GB minimum (recommend 64bit Windows Operating System) 4-6 GB may be required to support large file-based data sources

36 Platform Performance Makes a Difference 2008 Supported Windows Technology Performance Baseline 2004 and

37 How Many Concurrent GIS Users Can a XenApp Server Support? 32-bit vs. 64-bit Windows Server OS Today s Intel & AMD based servers are so fast and powerful that the primary hardware issue for Citrix servers is the amount of Memory not CPU capacity or speed. 32-bit Windows Server OS GIS users 2 core server w/ 4 GB RAM GIS users 4 core server w/ 16 GB RAM (using Enterprise version of Windows Server OS & /PAE switch) 64-bit Windows Server OS (Requires 64-bit Drivers) GIS users 8 core server w/ 32 GB RAM 80+ GIS users 16 core server w/ 64 GB RAM

38 Citrix Management Console 16 Concurrent Users 3 GB Memory Used Occasional Spike to 90% CPU Utilization Avg %

39 Compaq DL380G2 2x 1.4 GHz P3 4G Memory 1.4 GHz CPU Avg %

40 Compaq DL380G3 2x 3.2 GHz Xeon 4G Memory 3.2 GHz CPU Avg %

41 ArcMap.exe Application Memory Utilization Task Manager Processes on Terminal Server Compaq DL380G2 2x 1.4 GHz P3 w/ 4G Memory Compaq DL380G3 2x 3.2 GHz XEON w/ 4G Memory

42 32-Bit Windows Memory Architecture 50%-50% Split 4 GB (2^32) address space 2 GB kernel mode address space Shared across processes 2 GB user mode address space Each process has it s own Kernel (2 GB) System PTEs (~900 MB) Paged Pool (~270 MB) System Cache (~500 MB) Non Paged Pool, images, etc. Kernel address space includes System Page Table Entry (PTE) area KM thread stacks Paged Pool page tables, kernel objects System Cache file cache, registry User (2 GB) Apps

43 32-Bit Windows Memory Architecture with /PAE switch in BIOS 64 GB (2^36) address space Kernel (2 GB) Requires Enterprise Version of Windows Server OS 2 GB kernel mode address space Shared across processes 62 GB total user mode address space Each application has it s own 1.5 GB of virtual space System PTEs (~900 MB) Paged Pool (~270 MB) System Cache (~500 MB) Non Paged Pool, images, etc. Kernel address space includes System Page Table Entry (PTE) area KM thread stacks Paged Pool page tables, kernel objects System Cache file cache, registry User (62 GB) Apps

44 64-bit Windows Architecture 50%-50% Split System PTEs (128 GB) 16 TB address space 8 TB Kernel virtual address space (VA) Shared across processes 8 TB User virtual address space Each 64-bit process has it s s own space Each 32-bit app runs in a virtual 2 GB WOW: Windows-on on-windows Kernel VA includes System Page Table Entry (PTE) area KM thread stacks 128 GB Paged Pool page tables, kernel objects 128 GB System Cache file cache, registry 1 TB Others (Non Paged Pool 128 GB) Kernel VA (8 TB) Paged Pool (128 GB) System Cache (1 TB) Non Paged Pool (128 GB) User VA (8 TB) Apps

45 64-Bit OS Leveraging Quad Servers Leverages the full power of quad systems 30% additional increase in users per server When using quad processor (dual-core; 8 core total) vs. a two processor (dual-core; 4 core total) servers 300 Single Dual Quad % Users bit 64-bit

46 Other Things to Consider Raster Images and 3D Display XenApp 4.5/5.0 SpeedScreen: Progressive Display (HDX) Roaming Profiles Desktop vs. Terminal Server (TS) Normal.mxt Multiple ArcGIS Licenses on Same Server (Case Sensitive): ArcInfo : ESRI_SOFTWARE_CLASS=Professional ArcEditor : ESRI_SOFTWARE_CLASS=Editor ArcView : ESRI_SOFTWARE_CLASS=Viewer Citrix Digitizer support available for CalComp

47 ESRI Enterprise Resource Center Enterprise GIS ArcGIS Application Architectures ArcGIS Security ArcGIS Performance and Scalability ArcGIS Interoperability and Standards resources.esri.com Building a GIS By Dave Peters

48 Reference Sites Enterprise GIS Resource Center resources.esri.com ESRI Support KB Articles on Citrix Support for Windows Terminal Server (WTS) and Citrix XenApp Search Key: Citrix ESRI Online Tech Demos (ArcMap 9.3 PS1 on 64bit Citrix 4.5) techdemos.esri.com Multimedia Virtualization blog community.citrix.com/blogs/group/multimedia-virtualization HDX web site

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