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Agenda

Business ChallengesVirtualization - DesktopM th dMethodsThe landscape

Th B i Ch ll D ktThe Business Challenges - Desktops

Manageability FlexibilityManageability Flexibility• Complexity• Inconvenience and lost

• Limited access to data and apps• Inconvenience and lost

time• Security• Out of control costs

pp• Single OS / device

philosophy• Inadequate disaster • Out of control costs

and budget pressure• Frequent refresh cycles

qrecovery solutions

• Eco-inefficiency

Success Measured Success Measured Success Measured Financially

Success Measured Technically

A Growing Issue for CustomersA Growing Issue for Customers

• Full desktop PCs are power hungry and • Full desktop PCs are power hungry and need frequent refreshing

• Heating and cooling aren’t just datacenter problemsproblems

• Datacenters consume more than 100B kW of electricity — costing over $7.2 billion annuallyannually

• Typical desktop PCs consume 80-90 watts of power

Benefits of Centralized Virtual Desktops*Benefits of Centralized Virtual Desktops

Thin client computing• Thin-client computing• Security• Backup / disaster recovery• Time to deployment• Simplified Management

* Source: IDC June 2009

Solving The Desktop ProblemSolving The Desktop Problem

• Servers are complex —D kt l tDesktops are complex, too

• Server virtualization solves real datacenter problems

• Why not apply what we learned with servers to desktops?

Virtualization: Workloads andVirtualization: Workloads and Deployment Platforms

Server-class workloads• Developer environments• Appliance building

Server-class workloads• Server consolidation• Business continuity• Agile infrastructureServer

Virtualization• Agile infrastructure• Grid computing• Eco-computing

Desktop

Desktop-class workloads• Developer environments• Sandboxing• OS migration

Desktop-class workloads• Enterprise VDI• Secure desktops• Legacy OS supportp

VirtualizationOS migration

• Legacy OS support• Hardware abstraction

Legacy OS support• Disaster recovery• Desktop as a service

N t kSE b dd d D kt NetworkServersEmbedded Desktop

Deployment Platforms

Virtualization: Workloads andVirtualization: Workloads and Deployment Platforms

Desktop-class workloadsp• Enterprise VDI• Secure desktops• Legacy OS support• Disaster recovery• Disaster recovery• Desktop as a service

N t kNetwork

D kt Vi t li tiDesktop Virtualization• Consider:

• Application virtualization is related and appropriate but must retain its independence.Do not rely on desktop hardware for any piece of your • Do not rely on desktop hardware for any piece of your architecture – we are virtualizing the desktop for a reason.

• If we are virtualizing the desktop – does the physical device matter? matter? • Today? • Tomorrow?

Desktop device freedomDesktop device freedomVirtually Limitless

Your Desktop on a PC / Your Desktop on a PC / traditional thin client

Your Desktop on a Mac

Your Desktop on a ou es top o aSun Ray client

A li d i t l hi t b A personalized virtual machine must be easy to manage and easy to access

Methods Desktop Virtualization

Windows Terminal Services

Time Sharing method (quickest, easiest):Methods – Desktop Virtualization

• Windows Terminal Services• Linux …• Solaris …

Single user desktop (user experience)Windows 2000• Windows 2000• Single versus multiple gold masters

• Windows XPSingle versus multiple gold masters• Single versus multiple gold masters

• Linux – single use, special purpose • Solaris – single use, special purpose• The next desktop standard ?

Vi t li tiVirtualization ....• Without appropriate managementpp p g

• Consolidate problem without solving it.• Brokers -

• Connection – single access point• Lifecycle management

• Policy driven cloning• Policy driven cloning• Policy driven power management• Multi-gold master (pooling)

M i f / d ti l t VM• Mapping of user/credential to VM• Multiple virtualization engines (choice / scale)

Vi t li ti A hVirtualization - ApproachesSingle User desktopg p• Vmware

• ESX, Infrastructure, View, Composer• Citrix

• XenDesktop• Microsoft

• WTS, Hyper-VS Mi t• Sun Microsystems• Sun Ray, SGD, VirtualBox , VDI

Architecture with VMwareArchitecture with VMware

Architecture with Sun Built In VirtualizationArchitecture with Sun Built-In Virtualization

Architecture Using Both PlatformsArchitecture Using Both Platforms

Sun VDI Software 3Open Architecture for Choice and Flexibility

Sun VDI Software 3

• Virtual desktop access, brokering, and hosting• Provides a highly manageable desktop

environment for IT and a productive desktop environment for IT and a productive desktop environment for end users

• Enables a choice of virtualization host platforms(VMware and Sun – upcoming Microsoft )( p g )

• Consumes dramatically less storage than previous solutions and increases performance of virtual desktop cloning

• Enables virtual desktops based on Windows, OpenSolaris and Ubuntu• Built-in support for Sun Ray clients or use nearly any modern PC• Simple Active Directory integration

Top 5 Cool FeaturesTop 5 Cool Features

1) No more waiting to clone virtual machines 1) No more waiting to clone virtual machines, VM clones are created instantly

2) Choose your favorite OS for virtual desktops Windo s OpenSolaris or Ub ntdesktops: Windows, OpenSolaris or Ubuntu

3) Mix and match virtualization platforms 4) Connect to Sun VDI Software sessions from )

most PCs without installing software5) Unparalleled storage economics

Basic ArchitectureBasic Architecture

Clients Existing PCs, thin clients or Sun Ray thin clients

Sun VDI Software Handles brokering and management

Sun xVM VirtualBox

Choose your preferred virtualization host or mix and matchVMware ESX

and vCenter

Sun x86/x64 ServerUse high performance Sun servers or standard x86 systems from other vendors

Sun VDI Software 3Sun VDI Software 3Solving Real Business Problems

Sun VDI SoftwareConventional Solutions

Leverages Open Storage and ZFS to massively reduce storage consumption

Also allows Windows 2000 OpenSolaris and

Consume large quantities of cost prohibitive storage

Limited to Windows XP or Also allows Windows 2000, OpenSolaris and Ubuntu virtual desktops

Can mix and match VMware Infrastructure 3and Sun built-in virtualization for desktop VM

Windows Vista virtual desktops

Allow only one i t li ti l tf p

hosting

Can leverage multiple vCenter serversfor large deployments

virtualization platform

Have limited scalability

Whi h Cli t D i ?Which Client Device?• Use existing PCs or thin clients, or

step up to the elegance and security of step up to the elegance and security of Sun Ray thin clients

• No local OS to manage, no viruses or spywarepy

• Built-in smart card reader• Hot desk Windows sessions between

devicesdevices• Excellent WAN and LAN performance

using the Sun Ray ALP protocol

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