XenDesktop Built on FlexPod Flexible IT Infrastructure for Desktop Virtualization.

XenDesktopBuilt on FlexPod

Flexible IT Infrastructurefor Desktop Virtualization

Based on a Cisco Validated Design

Design guide for XenDesktop

Linear scalability

Rapid provisioning

Unified fabric

High performance under load

Simplify. Unify. Stay Flexible.

Traditional

UCS

Nexus5000

NetApp® V-Series Systems

Unified Components

FlexPod

Unified Configuration

FlexPod Solution

Develop and Test

Starting OutData

Protection and Backup

Desktop Virtualization

Production Balanced Infrastructure: CPU, Memory, IO

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Infrastructure building block

Pre-configured & validated

Scales for on-demand growth

Predictable performance

Why Cisco UCS & Nexus for VDI

Unified computing & network Cisco extended memory technology Lower management cost Decrease time to market Vertical and horizontal scaling Repeatable!

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Why NetApp for VDI

Unified product portfolio Dedupe aware cache Simplified management with VSC Hardware accelerated zero cost clones with VSC Horizontal and vertical scaling Repeatable!

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Disk

Read and write data block from / to disk

VDI is i/o intensive Performance bottlenecks Poor user experience Requires extra disks to handle IO Very expensive solution

Impact on Traditional Storage

Read data block from disk

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NetApp Flash Cache

Disk

Users aren’t affected during simultaneous boot or log on

NetApp Handles Boot and Login StormsFlash Cache offloads read i/o

Boot time decreases Storage workload decreases Performance increases

NetApp Data ONTAP optimizes writes Multiple writes in 1 disk op Reduces i/o on disks

WAFL

Efficiency is Built In

Virtual Clones (FlexClone®)

Save up to 80% using writable virtual copies; only changed data uses capacity

Thin Replication

Save up to 95% capacity with our disk-to-disk data protection

Snapshot™ Copies

Save 80% capacity;only changed data uses storage

Double Parity RAID (RAID-DP™)

Use up to 46% less capacity versus mirrored data or RAID10

Deduplication

Reclaim up to 95% capacity for full backups; 45% on average

Thin Provisioning(FlexVol®)

Liberate 20% to 33% of your capacity

Save 95%

Save 80%

Save 33%

Save 80%

Save 95%

Save 46%

Unified: much more than multi-protocol

Protocols Low-to-High Scalability

Multi-Vendor Virtualization

Flash Cache

SSD

FlexCache®

Cost/Performance

Unified Management

Same tools & processes: learn once, run everywhere

Integrated data management

Integrated data protection

One Architecture, One O/S

FC

FCoE

iSCSI

NFS

CIFS

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Building Block for Desktop Deployment

Standard Proven Design Known capacity performance Known floor titles Known power, BTUs Scalable and repeatable

Manage Infrastructure Pools Pooled Resources

– Storage, Compute, Network

Centralized management

Reference architecture model

Designed, sized, documented

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Citrix XenDesktop Built on FlexPod

Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers and UCS Manager

Cisco Nexus Family Switches

NetApp FAS10 GE and FCoE

Citrix XenDesktopXenDesktop

Any Hypervisor

Optimized for XenDesktop

Unmatched price/performance

Fast deploy, easy to expand

Design and sizing guides

Cooperative support agreement

> 50% Faster

Many Weeks or Months

XenDesktop Built on FlexPodAccelerating Desktop Deployment

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ServiceRequest

Design and Size

DC Planning

ProcureDetailedDesign

Deploy Test

ServiceAvailable

Traditional

With FlexPod Reference BoM Validated design Precise deployment Standard test plan

DC Planning

Procure Deploy Test

Preprovisioned FlexPod Rapid deployment of applications Shared pools meet most

requirements

ServiceAvailable

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DC Planning

Procure Deploy TestService

Available

Benefits Agile service delivery Higher productivity Faster deployment Higher quality Simpler planning

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Lower risk with simplified, prevalidated, shared architecture

Start your Journey to the Cloud Today with XenDesktop built on FlexPod

Citrix

Flexible IT scalable to meet both today’s needs and tomorrow’s

Reduced TCO and better efficiency

Certified data center specialty partners and cooperative support

For more information, visit www.netapp.com/us/technology/flexpod/

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