O�ers Best TCO with More Desktops Per Node

For companies looking to streamline and simplify desktop delivery, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is becoming the solution of choice. But despite its benefits, many companies have a hard time achieving a positive return on investment (ROI), due to the high costs associated with their VDI platform. It's estimated that hardware costs alone make up 40-50% of total VDI expenses.

Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) provides the most cost-e�ective hosting architecture for VDI. A high-quality HCI solution is easy to deploy, manage, and scale, and can significantly lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) for your VDI system, while helping you to achieve a higher desktop density and help slash hardware footprint and related expenses. HCI combines compute, storage, networking, and virtualization into modular building blocks that operate on industry-standard hardware. This simplifies infrastructure deployment and scaling, allowing you to build a distributed scale-out architecture for VDI.

HCI lets you manage your infrastructure for VDI in pod-based configurations (i.e. 1 pod = 4 nodes = 500 virtual desktops), which makes it easier to predict your scaling needs. This saves you money against overprovisioning, since you only have to buy as much additional hardware as you need to support growth.

Also, look for an HCI solution that utilizes an ultra-low latency NVMe flash storage tier, which supports more virtual desktops per node. This allows you to support more VDI end users with less hardware.

Simple Scalable VDI with Pivot3 HCI

The traditional three-tier server-to-SAN implementation for VDI hosting uses expensive enterprise-grade hardware with complex vendor-proprietary storage technologies. As the infrastructure scales to support VDI system growth, your TCO increases in the following areas:

Hardware CostsAn initial deployment for VDI hosting requires a large capital investment, with additional costs each time you scale the infrastructure. Since scaling needs are hard to predict, you can end up spending too much and overprovisioning new servers and storage units.

Data Center CostsAs your infrastructure footprint increases in size, it requires more data center space, power, and cooling to keep it operational.

Maintenance CostsEnterprise-grade hardware requires specialized maintenance, which requires additional training for IT sta� or outsourcing maintenance needs.

Traditional Infrastructure for VDI is Expensive to Deploy and Scale. Over Time, Capital and Operating Expenses Increase as You Scale Up the Infrastructure.

Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Provides Simple Scalability of VDI, with Hosting More Desktops Per Node.

Traditional IT Infrastructure Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI)

Hyperconverged Infrastructure for VDI

In head-to-head testing, HCI outperforms traditional infrastructure, with faster IO processing and response times for virtual applications. By eliminating the bottlenecks of the three-tier architecture, HCI reduces latency and provides better performance of virtual desktops. This translates into higher productivity for end users and a higher ROI for your VDI system.

A recent survey by analyst firm ESG found that utilizing HCI infrastructure reduces the total cost of your VDI system in the following areas:

Hardware Cost Avoidance SavingsSince HCI operates on less-expensive industry-standard x86 hardware, you spend less money in your initial deployment for VDI, and also in scaling up your infrastructure.

Data Center CostsHCI architecture provides a smaller IT footprint for VDI hosting, which reduces the amount – and the costs – of data center space, power, and cooling necessary to support the infrastructure.

Labor Cost SavingsYour mid-level IT sta� can easily manage HCI on industry-standard hardware; no specialized training or extra maintenance sta� required. HCI architecture requires half the implementation and management time of traditional infrastructure. Also, HCI's improved resiliency provides increased VDI availability and reduces Help Desk work hours, which further reduces labor costs.

Comparing Traditional VDI Implementation (400 Desktops)

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Virtual Desktops Per Node (Knowledge Worker)

39%OVERALL TCO REDUCTIONS

4XMORE IOPS

PER DESKTOP

Hyperconverged Infrastructure Provides Significant Cost Savings for Hosting VDI.

HCI with NVMe Flash Architecture Provides Better VDI System Performance and Higher Productivity for End Users.

From traditional VDI implementations to competing hyperconverged infrastructure solutions tested by third parties on the same hardware,

Pivot3 consistently outperforms the competition

Pivot3 Delivers More Value

Pivot3 Costs Are Lower Than the Leading HCI Competitor

By utilizing an HCI solution that supports high-density deployments, you can support more virtual desktops per node. This further reduces the amount of industry-standard hardware you need to buy in order to support your VDI system. It also reduces the size of your IT footprint, providing additional savings in data center and labor costs.

A survey found that companies employing a high-quality HCI for VDI achieved an average savings of +$1 million over traditional infrastructure, with an almost 50% savings in both hardware and data center costs. HCI provides the best solution for keeping your VDI costs under control, and achieving a positive ROI.