VDI Practical Guidelines and Real Life Considerations Richard Price Virtualization Specialist [email protected]m www.virtguy.com (512) 431-7080 Austin, Texas Fly on the wings of technology
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VDI Practical Guidelines and Real Life Considerations Richard
Price Virtualization Specialist [email protected] www.virtguy.com
(512) 431-7080 Austin, Texas Fly on the wings of technology
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VDI The Good the Bad and the Ugly
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This will not be a speech on how great VDI is, its great for
some users and lousy for others; We will discuss the preparation
for VDI; How to license the desktops for VDI; & VDI
Nitty-Gritties Agenda
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Management Infastructure Desktop Virtualization Application
Virtualization Session Virtualization ie. Terminal Services User
State Virtualization Folder Redirection Roaming Profiles
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Basic Building Blocks
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Personal Virtual Desktops Pooled Virtual Desktops Personal
Virtual Desktops One OS image per user Administrator access,
desktop customizable User state typically part of the image
Personal Virtual Desktops Shared OS images, identically configured
No administrator access User state temporary (discarded at session
end)
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Support for multiple screens and resolutions Support for up to
16 monitors Multi-monitor support fully configurable by
administrator All operations supported locally, work remotely
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RD Session Host / RD Virtualization Host Audio input and
recording Streams microphone input from the users machine to the
Remote Desktop. Enables VoIP and voice recognition applications
over RDS. Improved Audio / Video synchronization Provides an
experience closer to using an physical desktop
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RD Session Host App-V Management Server RD Client RD
Virtualization Host Isolation of incompatible apps Fewer RDSH
server silos Clean app state separation NEW: Now available as part
of the RDS-CAL
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Better Together: Citrix, Microsoft and VMware
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Do I need a SAN for my VDI Farm? NO! (Unless you go blade
route.) DAS will give great performance at much lower cost.
Connection broker will balance the loads; no need for shared
storage for Vmotion or Live Migration to dynamically balance. A VDI
host server failure will cause the desktop to act like it crashed
(no ones died from this yet). Log back in and the Broker will find
a working machine for you. Design to avoid Boot Storms to avoid
crazy expensive Solid State cards.
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VDI Will Save you Money Nothing is more dangerous than a
salesman with an ROI calculator. (They get the development teams
for ROI calculations from the guys that package bacon.) Dont
believe them. It will not save you money, it will be at least 15%
more expensive than just refreshing your desktops. This doesn't
mean dont do it; just make sure the benefits you get will justify
the costs.
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Assessments, Planning and Implementation Do test studies in
your lab environments, you will learn a lot. This is not server
virtualization. Virtual server environments have their ups and
downs. VDI environments are off the charts manic depressives. Use a
VAR/OEM to assess historic workload patterns, plan and
design/implement, and check their references.
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Licensing the Desktops Ask three different Microsoft people how
to licensing anything and you will get three different answers. Two
ways to license (independent of Hypervisor choice) 1.Have Software
Assurance on Desktops 2.Purchase VDA Subscription (all thin clients
are licensed this way.) VDA Subscription conveys Software Assurance
so either option entitles you to Windows Thin PC to reuse old
desktops. Remember a new Thin PC will consume about 1/7 the power
of a desktop.
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Nothing to do with VDI, but If you are a Member of TRS My wife,
Rhonda Price, manages the TRS Facebook page. Please go to it and
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