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NetApp-Cisco FlexPod™ Accelerating XenDesktop Deployments worldwide
Ken Liska Virtualization Specialist | US Public Sector| NetApp
May 2013
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Virtual Desktop
Delivery Models Corporate Apps
User Installed Apps
User Personality
User Data
VDI Layering
Seamless
data access
on any device
Holistic mobility solution to deliver
Desktops, apps, and data to any device
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10GB Ethernet
Hypervisor
Corpor
ate
Apps
User
Installe
d Apps
PVS
vDisk
Write
Cache
File
On-
Demand
Apps
Personal
vDisk (s)
Home
Directori
es
VMDK VMDK VMDK
Win
7 OS
Setting
s/
Profile
User
Data
VM
Blocks CIFS CIFS
XenDesktop 5.6
Profile Management
VSC
FlexClo
ne
VMDK
Blocks/NFS
PVS
Blocks/NFS Blocks/NFS
Hosted VDI + On-Demand Apps
10GB Ethernet
Hypervisor
Corpor
ate
Apps
User
Installe
d Apps
PVS
vDisk
Write
Cache
File
On-
Demand
Apps
Personal
vDisk (s)
Home
Directori
es
VMDK VMDK VMDK
Win
7 OS
Setting
s/
Profile
User
Data
VM
Blocks CIFS CIFS
XenDesktop 5.6
Profile Management
VSC
FlexClo
ne
VMDK
Blocks/NFS
PVS
Blocks/NFS Blocks/NFS
Hosted Shared + On-Demand Apps
+ +
User Types
Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Backups
Disaster Recovery
CIFS
Seamless
data access
on any device
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10GB Ethernet
Hypervisor
Corporate
Apps
User
Installed
Apps
PVS vDisk Write
Cache File
On-Demand
Apps Personal vDisk
(s) Home
Directories
VMDK VMDK VMDK
Win 7
OS
Settings/
Profile User Data
VM
Blocks CIFS CIFS
XenDesktop 5.6
Profile Management
VSC
FlexClone
VMDK
Blocks/NFS
PVS
Blocks/NFS Blocks/NFS
Hosted VDI + On-Demand Apps
10GB Ethernet
Hypervisor
Corporate
Apps
User
Installed
Apps
PVS vDisk Write
Cache File
On-Demand
Apps Personal vDisk
(s) Home
Directories
VMDK VMDK VMDK
Win 7
OS
Settings/
Profile User Data
VM
Blocks CIFS CIFS
XenDesktop 5.6
Profile Management
VSC
FlexClone
VMDK
Blocks/NFS
PVS
Blocks/NFS Blocks/NFS
Hosted Shared + On-Demand Apps
CIFS
+ +
All User Types
Storage Architecture
Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Backups
Disaster Recovery
Complex
and
requires
lots of resources
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Intelligent Data Center Platform
• End to end solution
• Cost efficiency and performance
• Simplified deployment and management
• Prescriptive scalability
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Cisco® UCS B and C-Series Servers
w/ UCS Manager
Cisco Nexus®
Family Switches
NetApp® Unified Storage
10GE and FCoE
Features
Standard, prevalidated, best-in-class converged platform
Flexible: One platform scales up or out to fit many mixed
workloads
Benefits
Flexibility
Built-in data center efficiencies
Reduced risk
Co-operative support model
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2000+ FlexPod customers in over a year
33+ countries
500+ active partners
20+ validated solutions based on CVDs
One of the most popular workload on
FlexPod is Desktop Virtualization
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• XenDesktop tends to be a net-new project requiring new
infrastructure
• Tested, Validated and IT WORKS!
• Scalability and predictability requirements
• Phased approach for desktop deployments
fits FlexPod model
• Backed by Cisco Validated Designs
1500 3000 4500 Users
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The Optimized Platform for Desktop Virtualization
Me
mo
ry
CPU
Unified Fabric (FCoE)
• Lower cost for compute + network infrastructure
• Greater virtual desktop density without performance impact
• Simple Operation—start in minutes, scale in seconds
• Massive Scalability—scales easily to 1000’s of desktops per UCS system
• Extended memory and I/O to avoid desktop virtualization bottlenecks
Cisco UCS
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Cost Efficiency
Simplicity
Intelligent Backup and
DR
Performance
Read and write
IO optimization
Storage Efficiency
Integrations Sizing tools
NetApp Clustered ONTAP
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10GB Ethernet
Hypervisor
Corporate Apps User Installed
Apps
PVS vDisk Write Cache
File On-Demand Apps Personal vDisk (s) Home Directories
VMDK VMDK VMDK
Win 7 OS Settings/ Profile User Data
VM
Blocks CIFS CIFS
XenDesktop 5.6
Profile Management
VSC
FlexClone
VMDK
Blocks/NFS
PVS
Blocks/NFS Blocks/NFS
Hosted VDI + On-Demand Apps
10GB Ethernet
Hypervisor
Corporate Apps User Installed
Apps
PVS vDisk Write Cache
File On-Demand Apps Personal vDisk (s) Home Directories
VMDK VMDK VMDK
Win 7 OS Settings/ Profile User Data
VM
Blocks CIFS CIFS
XenDesktop 5.6
Profile Management
VSC
FlexClone
VMDK
Blocks/NFS
PVS
Blocks/NFS Blocks/NFS
Hosted Shared + On-Demand Apps
+ +
Local VM
Corporate Apps
On-Demand Apps Home Directories
User Data
VM
CIFS CIFS
+
Seamless
data delivery
Control Systems
Storage System
DB Server
NAS
NetApp Clustered ONTAP
OS Apps Data Profiles
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Up to
1000 VMs
in 2U
Non-persistent desktops (pooled streamed with PVS)
• 5GB for PVS write cache file (0% dedupe)
• 2GB for VM memory (0% dedupe)
• 10-12 IOPS (95% writes) to write cache file
FAS2240-2 w/ 24 internal SAS disks
(600GB; 10K RPM)
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Hosted Shared Desktops (XenApp)
- Roaming Profiles
- Redirected Folders
Pooled Streamed Desktops (1 VM/user)
- Local Profiles
- Redirected Folders
Hosted Shared Desktops (XenApp)
- Mandatory Profiles
- Redirected Folders
Pooled Streamed Desktops (1 VM/user)
- Roaming Profiles
- Redirected Folders
1
2
3
4
FAS2240HA
# of drives Max. # of
desktops
112
3200
112
3200
54
1400
54
1400
FAS3250HA
# of
drives
Max. # of
desktops
67
4500
67
4500
84
3000
84
3000
DS4243 shelves with 600GB 15K RPM disks
FAS3250 config includes total two 512GB FlashCache
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FAS2240HA
# of
drives
Max. # of
desktops
50
1600
60
1300
FAS3250HA
# of
drives
Max. # of
desktops
100
3500
109
2900
Personal Streamed Desktops
(1 VM/user)
- Roaming Profiles
- Redirected Folders
- User installed apps persistent
across sessions
Personal Streamed Desktops
(1 VM/user)
- Local Profiles & Folders
- User installed apps persistent
across sessions
5
6
DS4243 shelves with 600GB 15K RPM disks
FAS3250 config includes total two 512GB FlashCache
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• XenDesktop on vSphere
• XenDesktop on XenServer
• XenDesktop on FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud
Avalon Excalibur on FlexPod CVDs available soon!
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6000 Virtual Desktops
Ease of deployment and management
Increased IT staff productivity with FlexPod
Easy & dynamic transition of workloads from private to public cloud Major Australian construction company
8 Corporate locations
100+ project site locations
Large scale datacenter transformation
26,500 students
300+ degree programs
9,800 faculty and staff members
Previous environment included 181 PCs
and 43 Mac workstations
Students and staff have 24x7 access to eLearning
Higher degree of flexibility and availability of technology enhances
student productivity
Competitive advantage in attracting new students
Lowered IT energy use
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End to end solution for desktop virtualization
• Pre-validated
• Cost efficiency and performance
• Simplified deployment and management
• Prescriptive scalability
Thank you.
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Assessment Sizing using NetApp
SPM
Customer requirements
• # of desktops
• Capacity
• Memory Size
• Perf Requirements
• Read/write ratio
• Random vs seq.
spm.netapp.com
Assessment using free license of Liquidware Labs Stratusphere software:
https://fieldportal.netapp.com/Core/DownloadDoc.aspx?documentID=57141&contentID=67779