VDI with Xsigo Benefits & Case Studies Nick Dyer EMEA Systems Engineer ndyer@xsigo.com +44 (0)7901 606668 VDI Challenges How virtual I/O helps Case Study #1: National telco Case Study #2: Global bank 2 1
VDI Challenges Performance Multiple user classes & needs Boot storm contention Hardware Disruptive installation? Data center space? Scalability Easy to grow or change? Cost? Can be more expensive than buying fat client PCs 3 Why What Xsigo? is Xsigo? Applications Banking Education Energy Government Healthcare Manufacturing Retail Servers (vsphere Hypervisor + View Broker) Network & I/O (Xsigo) Data Storage (EMC VNX, V-MAX) Increased Utilization % Increased Utilization % Increased Utilization % Virtual I/O Completes Your Virtualization Strategy! 4 2
The I/O Problem Unpredictable Performance Server Costly Congestion Network I/O Connections The I/O you need?? Cabling Mess Storage I/O Connections 5 Virtual I/O Close-up Migrate virtual vnic vnic vhba vnic I/O on vhba demand Add resources to live servers vnic vnic vnic vhba vhba Add isolated networks on demand 1G 10G 1G 10G FC iscsi NAS FCoE Inflexible system configuration. Low resource utilization. 6 3
40Gb Link Eliminates Bottlenecks Xsigo delivers more bandwidth to each server: Traditional I/O 1 or 10Gb Xsigo I/O 40Gb 40Gb x 2 to each server 7 Low Latency = Fast Response Xsigo has 1/3 the latency to the app server. Latency (Time delay) Desktop Server App Server Low latency link Ethernet Xsigo Faster response time for users. 8 4
Eliminate the Boot Storm Problem Xsigo s 40Gb pipe gives fast access to boot server. Users up and running quickly at start of day. Desktop Server Boot Server Low latency link 9 Quality of Server Controls Diamond Lane for priority traffic 1 2 24 x 7 x 365 service available User 1 User 2 10 5
Network Isolation Xsigo delivers isolated networks to any server Does not rely on VLANs Freedom to: Host any desktop on any server Load balance Mitigate failures Scale resources easily Isolated networks wherever required 11 Reduced Deployment Cost Reduce complexity by 70% Less CAPEX $3,500,000 $3,000,000 $2,500,000 $2,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,000,000 $500,000 $0 Server + I/O Costs (for 120 servers) $339,288 $772,677 $1,685,520 Competitive $26,000 per server Capital Cost Comparison $277,260 $342,781 $840,000 Xsigo $14,000 per server Support Cost ( 3) year(s) Cabling Cost Switch Costs I/O Cards Server Cost + Software Licenses 12 6
Faster Deployment Time Leverage existing 1GE & FC infrastructure Minimize new LAN / SAN equipment Easy to grow Save up to 100 watts per server Without Xsigo Hard to Deploy With Xsigo Easy to Deploy 13 Smaller Footprint One PCI slot is all you need Use smaller servers or blades Save rack space 14 7
VDI User with Blades Without Xsigo With Xsigo 15 Deployment Examples 16 8
Large Telco VDI Deployment Objectives Deliver architecture to support 3,600 remote desktops Scalability to 10,000 desktops 30% task-based users, 30% power users, 40% knowledge users Ensure <1 minute at start of day Accelerate server deployment time Simplify complex 1GE infrastructure Platform ware View 4.5 HP blade servers NetApp NFS storage Load Balance via F5 Big IP 17 Large Telco VDI Deployment Without Xsigo With Xsigo Savings 12 HP BladeCenter chasses With VirtualConnect 1104 1G Eth. Cisco Nexus 7000 12 HP BladeCenter chasses Cisco Nexus 7000 Cap Ex: $400K Support: $72K/yr TOTAL $616K SAVINGS (over 3 yrs) 48 IB cables 8 10G Eth Other Benefits: (120 servers, over 3 years) 95% less cabling Greater simplicity = Better uptime 1104 cables 1104 1GE ports 56 cables 8 10GE ports 75% less time required to provision new blades Automated I/O config Single point of management for I/O $616K savings 18 9
Large Telco VDI Deployment Outcome 1. Saved $616K 2. Accelerated boot process by 5X Boot in <1 minute vs 5 minutes 3. QoS for different classes of users 4. Faster configuration 45 minutes from blade plugged in to blade in production 19 Global Bank VDI Deployment Objectives Deliver 60,000 remote desktops Achieve remote management with SLA s Reduce re-configuration time Facilitate DR with remote management Data center support supplied from a 3 rd location Platform Dual data center Citrix XenApp design Citrix PVS for boot image management ware vsphere Windows database servers Windows 2008 R2 HP DL180 + DL380 servers Dual socket, 6 cores/proc, 128GB RAM 20 10
Global Bank VDI Deployment Without Xsigo With Xsigo Savings 330 servers (at 2 sites) 268 servers (at 2 sites) Cap Ex: $5.7M 2 Cat 6509 Support: $1M/yr 660 10G 4 Nexus 7000 24 Nexus 5210 536 IB 16 10G 20 IS36 4 I/O Directors TOTAL SAVINGS $8.7M (over 3 yrs) 268 FC 4 Nexus 7000 4 MDS 9509 976 cables 330 servers 708 10G cables 268 FC cables 4 MDS 9509 16 FC 2 Catalyst 6504 2 MDS 9148 568 cables 268 servers 16 10G cables 16 FC cables 2 MDS 9509 Other Benefits: (120 servers, over 3 years) 41% less cabling 70 sessions per server 4X more bandwidth to each server Better user experience Remote management $8.7M savings 21 Global Bank VDI Deployment Outcome 1. Saved $8.7M $5.7M savings at deployment Additional $3M after 3 years 2. Guaranteed service levels with QoS Ensure high performance for critical users Limit bandwidth impact of bad apps. 3. Remote management Data center configuration via browser-based UI Dynamic I/O management Re-purpose servers on-demand Rapid configuration management across all servers Accelerates incident response by 1 ½ hours minimum 22 11
Summary 23 VDI Solutions Performance Up to 80Gb to each server Responsive / fast boot Cost $5-15K savings per server Hardware Re-use existing networking Scalability Simplest infrastructure Automated configuration! 24 12
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