Virtualization

Barry Hutt

Founder & CEO

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Virtual Insight is focused on getting the most value out of technology. We work one-on-one with top business leaders to turn existing IT infrastructure into valuable business assets.

Virtual Insight a Knowledge Center to enable Virtual Technology adoption in Education, Health, and Small Business.

Virtual Insight a Professional Services provider for IT Infrastructure focused on:• Server Virtualization• Storage Virtualization• Desktop Virtualization

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Objective

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Group of Industry experts – executives & engineers from major corporations with extensive experience in Enterprise technologies, servers, SANs, Virtualization, desktop virtualization, average tenure +15 years in the industry

Full Ownership & Accountability -Become your extended organization

Enable new solution definition and delivery with expertise

Budget Conscious – Fixed Fee Project or Variable

Continuous Process – Checks and Balance throughout process

Our Background

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What you can expect from a Virtual Insight engagement

Increased Productivity – the ability to focus on the growing the business.

Flexibility – the ability to quickly move assets and tools to the highest performing resources.

Return on your IT assets - instead of increased capital cost and more complexity.

Why it’s important

We are facing tough challenges in business today. To compete worldwide businesses have to

be hitting on all cylinders and getting 110% out of all their assets. There is tremendous friction

in our environments dragging down productivity. Often an outside look can give your

organization fresh perspective. It is an opportunity to benchmark your IT infrastructure and to

apply rigorous creative thinking to optimize productivity.

Expectations

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Virtualization Promise

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Energy Savings / Power Consumption

• VDI seat uses ~28 watts of power vs. 120 watts for box PC

• Savings of $58,000 per year for 5000 seat deployment (10 cents/KW)

Data Security

• Data never leaves the datacenter

• End Point Security feature disables disk on key and other portable storage devices

Availability (software / hardware fault tolerance)

• Low failure access device, highly reliable data center devices

• Ability to proactively detect HW/SW failure and switch/move to another VM

Scalability/Time to Deployment

• Deploy/update thousands of users in minutes versus days/weeks in traditional model

Disaster Preparedness and Recovery

• Ability to quickly move VM to another datacenter and load balance if necessary

Manageability

• Break/Fix, Policy Compliance, Device Provisioning/De-provisioning, Move/Adds/Changes, and Software Deployment

• Greatly reduce amount of System Administrators

The Many Faces of Virtualization

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Server Virtualization

Storage Virtualization

Network Virtualization

Desktop Virtualization

• VMware

• Microsoft

• Citrix

• Virtual Iron

• EMC

• Lefthand

• 3Par

• Cisco

• NetApp

• Cisco

• HP

• IBM

• Provision

• VDM

• Citrix

• Many Players• Lots of Technology• Plenty of confusion

Virtualization Defined

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Hardware Virtualization

Hardware

Operating

System

Physical

Machine

Applications

running inside a

Virtual Machine

Virtual Sessions

Operating

System

Operating

System

Presentation VirtualizationApplication is Hosted on

another Physical Machine

& the UI is displayed else-

where.

Application

VirtualizationJust the

application is

hosted in a

virtual session

Virtualization separates

work from the underlying physical

machine or entity allowing for multiple

instances of a task and the ability to

easily move work. In a word

Virtualization creates Flexibility.

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User Interface

Thin Client

Where’s the Data?

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Hardware Virtualization

Hardware

Operating

System

Physical

Machine

Virtual Sessions

Operating

System

Operating

System

User Data

Application Data

Databases

Virtual Machines

Virtualization separates

work from the underlying physical

machine or entity allowing for multiple

instances of a task and the ability to

easily move work. In a word

Virtualization creates Flexibility.

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Things to Consider & Questions

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• What is a Virtual Machine?

• What is a Hypervisor?

• What is a Connection Broker?

• How do I define the end user Experience?

• What about licensing?

• How do I sort out all the products and who

should I use?

• Why do I care about the Protocol?

• What is VM Pooling?

• What about performance?

• Can I use existing hardware?

• How much storage do I need?

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Virtual Servers

What is VDI?

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The PC’s traditional assets of OS & Applications are moved into a virtual file called a VM (virtual machine) located on the server/storage

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a solution for remote access to Windows XP/Vista or Linux desktops that are implemented on a virtual machine in the data center

• An emerging technology with powerful implications to today’s operating environment

• A natural extension of data center virtualization concepts and practices

• An easier way to deliver desktop experience with better management, security and boundless access

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What are the Benefits of VDI?

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The PC or Thin Client can now be managed in a Centralized Environment

• Administrators can reduce Desk-side support calls

• Remotely manage the OS and applications

• Lockdown & Control the Desktop

• Reduce License Sprawl

• Reduce Energy Consumption

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Reduce energy consumption by ……..

Replacing Traditional PC’s with

Thin Clients

Up to 90% power savings across the desktop

What are the Benefits of VDI?

Important VDI Features….

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A desktop management platform that connects a client to a centrally managed virtual machine

A platform that supports multiple types of virtualization hypervisors, connection protocols and acceleration technologies to enhance the user experience

What are the Benefits of VDI?

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Business Infrastructure Assessment: (~ 3 weeks)Access the IT infrastructure is the first step to meaningful change.

We focus on getting most out the EXISTING infrastructure.

Deliverables include: • Inventory of hardware and software assets (Server, Storage)

• Network overview; desktop review

• System life cycle analysis

• Recommendation on technology decisions based on your needs

Outcomes expected: • Determination of the top 3 opportunities for improvement

and an opportunity road map and plan to achieve goals.

Offering

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Server and Storage Virtualization

• VMware Xen and Microsoft, Parallels, Quest

• SAN, NAS and iSCSI solutions

Desktop Virtualization and VDI

IO and Network Virtualization and Automation

Systems Management Integration and VM Management

• Provisioning, Change and Configuration Management, Monitoring and full life cycle management

• VM Sprawl management

VM performance and capacity planning

HA and Business Continuity solutions

Energy and Power Management

Virtualization Solution Practice Areas

Technology Planning, Selection and Design, Implementation