Cisco Live 2016 - Casinos are for Gambling, VDI is Not: Deploying and Managing Nimble Storage in VDI with Confidence

CASINOS ARE FOR GAMBLING, VDI IS NOTDeploying and managing Nimble Storage in VDI with confidence

Pim Brouwer, VP Alliances

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• Product selection & configuration

• Test scenarios at scale but also test exceptions like logon storms, disaster and recovery, etc.

• Understand the impact of changes in your VM (e.g., anti-virus, patches, upgrades)

VSIM

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SAFE CHECK MAX

An end users’view of performance

Put our virtual users to work for you

Testing Microsoft Office

Moving from Office 2010 to Office 2013 can reduce performance by 20%

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User Density, Microsoft Office 2010 (VSI Max 148)

User Density, Microsoft Office 2013 (VSI Max 114)

#VDILIKEAPRO

Login PI is based on a virtual users monitoring the state of a (production) virtual desktop environment.

PI runs a reliable fixed workload, whereas the behavior of a normal user is never the same.

By monitoring a fixed workload it is easier to see changes in the environment before they affect real users.

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• Virtual user logs on to existing environment

• Virtual user starts launching applications and recording response times

• If application times are below acceptable thresholds, alerts are generated

• Reports generated to show performance over time

Login PI: How it works

Technology Alliances that comfortably rely on Login VSI

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Nimble Storage and Login VSI

• R&D & QA Testing

• Benchmarking, Reference Architectures

& White Papers

• Customer Proofs of Concepts

& Demonstrations

Answers

1) No difference at all

2) Windows 10 performs 20% better!

3) Wait a minute, is there a

Windows 10 already?

4) 12% drop in performance

when moving to Windows 10

“What’s the Performance differences for Win 10 vs Win 7 in VDI?”

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KNOW THE HAND YOU’RE DELT BEFORE THE BET

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