VDI-in-a-Box customers - Virtual Computing Forum 2012
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An Introduction to
Citrix VDI-in-a-Box
Nigel Simpson, VDI-in-a-Box Programs Manager, EMEA
History
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Kaviza - founded in 2008
Based out of Cupertino, California
First release of VDI-in-a-Box, 2009
Production deployments world wide
Citrix acquired Kaviza May 2011
Kaviza mission - ‘Make VDI easy and affordable’
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Roadblocks to Desktop virtualization adoption
• Studies show cost and complexity inhibit VDI adoption
“The key to massive
adoption is fixing
the cost issue –
VDI-in-a-Box is
leading the charge
on this front.”
- The 451 Group
Virtualization Market Report
Source: 451 Group Virtualization Market Report
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What is Citrix VDI-in-a-Box v5.0
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Easy, affordable, all-in-one desktop virtualization solution
Reduced cost and complexity
No SAN required for High Availability
Delivered as a virtual appliance
Start small and grow the solution when required
Local experience with Citrix HDX
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Some current VDI-in-a-Box customers
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Some current EMEA VDI-in-a-Box customers
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Depends on the use case….
XenDesktop
VDI-in-a-Box
Complete Desktop
Virtualization
(Flexcast)
Easy to manage,
affordable
VDI
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VDI-in-a-Box customers
• Relatively simple VDI only requirement
• Looking for an affordable solution
• Windows XP – Windows 7 migration
• Some form of multimedia requirement
• Local peripherals, USB, serial
• Range of end point / client devices, BYO projects
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VDI-in-a-Box grid architecture
VDI-in-a-Box
User Data
Active
Directory
Server
VDI-in-a-Box
Virtual Appliance
with Hypervisor
as VM Host
VM Manager
Connection
Broker
SAN Storage
Load Balancer
Full Redundancy for High-Availability
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Built-in High-Availability
On-demand Scaling
Built-in Citrix HDX
Runs on off-the-shelf servers
Multi-hypervisor support
Citrix Profile Manager
VDI-in-a-Box: An All-in-One VDI Solution
Virtual
Desktop
Virtual
Desktop
VDI-in-a-Box
Virtual
Desktop
Virtual
Desktop
User
Management
Dynamic Desktop
Provisioning & Management
Template
Management
Connection
Broker
Logical Shared Storage
Load Balancer
High-Availability Grid Engine
vdiMgr
Hypervisor
DAS
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All key features are built-in:
Connection brokering
Dynamic provisioning
High-availability
Load balancing
On-demand scaling
Citrix HDX user experience
Linked clones
Access from virtually any device with
Citrix Receiver
Open architecture runs on the most
popular hypervisors:
• Citrix XenServer
• Microsoft Hyper-V
• VMware vSphere (ESXi)
VDI-in-a-Box is easy to deploy and manage
Install
Hypervisor
User Data
Import VDI-in-aBox Appliance
Active
Directory
Server
with Hypervisor
Import Image
Configure
Templates
Assign User
Accounts
READY!
Install additional
Servers
Point to 1st
Server
READY!
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+ VDI-in-a-Box
Virtual Appliance
Tablets, mobile devices and thin clients
All tablet and mobile devices supported by Citrix Receiver
Support for over 1.5 billion devices
iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, Blackberry
Certified 'HDX Ready' thin clients
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Applications
Applications can be placed in the image(s) or streamed
Create images with different applications for groups of users, e.g
Finance, Sales…
Applications within the image can be assigned to users using AppSense,
RES, Scense, Tricerat and others
Stream applications XenApp, App-V or similar
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No more expensive than a traditional PC ~€500
Server
Citrix VDI-in-a-Box CCU (SRP)
Microsoft VDA license
HyperVisor (XenServer / Hyper-V / ESXi)
Totals
€60 - €70*
€~130
€0 - €80
€0 - €25
€190 - €305
*Server based on 50 users, 8 cores, 64GB RAM, 6 x 15k 300GB SAS
End point (Linux based ‘HDX Ready’ Thin Client)
Totals
Or repurpose PCs turning them into thin clients
e.g Wyse PC Extender or MS ThinPC (SA)
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€240
€430 - €545
Next steps…
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Use the Expert Bar today
Download the trial from http://www.citrix.com/vdi-in-a-box
30 day trial
10 ConCurrent users
3 server Grid
Locate Citrix partner
from Citrix partner locator
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Citrix VDI-in-a-Box
Simple, Affordable, VDI.
Thank you
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