Transcript Help, My VDI Project is Hell!

Help, My VDI Project is Hell!
Julian Wood
London VMware User Group – 17th May 2012
#LonVMUG
Julian Wood
IT Infrastructure Architect & Blogger
www.WoodITWork.com
@julian_wood
The VDI Magic Fix
The VDI Magic Fix
cheaper
quicker
hot desking
work from home
hardware independence
any device, anywhere
BYO?
client devices last longer
reduced downtime
better desktop DR
security
everyone else is doing it
you're being left behind
mobile & tablets
green
application delivery
business agility
easier image management
efficiency
better user isolation
you already know how
The VDI Reality
The VDI Reality
it costs how much per desktop?
I now have to use 3 desktops
I need a bigger/better/faster SAN
device management explosion
it's slow
it's down
YouTube looks rubbish
I can't use all my apps
I can't install anything
I can't be offline
New Technology
IOPS
brokers
PCoIP
ICA/HDX
SAN
NAS
boot storms
streaming
app virtualisation
layering
linked clones
provisioning
thin clients
VPN
servers
templates
agents
sharing
VDI Facts & Figures
Virsto VDI research findings
67 % plan to deploy in the next year
54% already started
Reasons for launching VDI
43% lower cost than physical desktops
33% streamline end point management
Failure to Launch
46% of POCs stall
31% projected cost exceeded target
29% performance inadequate
22% software licensing prohibitive
19% storage price prohibitive
Persistent desktop or not?
42% not yet determined
38% depends on end user type
15% persistent
5% non-persistent
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The VDI Good
remote connectivity
possibly easy of
management
security
centralised workstations
quicker provisioning
desktop licensing for
containment
software that cannot
maybe availability
run on a server
independence for client
desktop
DR
device
thin client
The VDI Bad
performance
client experience
expensive, especially
storage
availability
peripherals
more management
licensing
user flexibility
learning curve
support
all or nothing
takes forever
complicated
Where to start
Strategy
What’s your strategy?
VDI is NOT a business strategy
If it is, you are on the road to nowhere...
VDI is a technological enabler for some of your
strategy
NOT just an IT project
(insert cloud instead of VDI!)
What are you trying to do?
save money
work from anywhere
iPads & Macs
corporate apps on
smartphones
BYO? to work
employ the kiddies
integrate consumer,
corporate & SaaS apps
keep your job!
business agility ( what
does it actually mean?)
avoid managing end
points
mergers
be quicker
increase security of
apps/desktops
prevent local data loss
be adaptable to change
Strategy planning
Business strategy
your goal
who’s on board
Tech strategy
not VDI, TS, desktops, streaming
not just infrastructure
it is an application delivery strategy
Holistic approach
desktops
users
endpoints
security
location
configuration
user settings
application virtualisation
VDI
support
OS streaming
TS/RDSH/SBC
windows 7
windows 8
provisioning
local
Know your apps
owner
roadmap
support
location
data
risk
legal
licensing
performance
delivery
– local
– TS/RDSH/SBC
– streaming
– VDI
– peripherals
– offline
Know your users
who?
groups
admin rights
common applications
how many templates
to what?
file data
databases
when?
hoteling
time zones
with what?
laptops on the road
tablets
phones
USB devices
dongles
from where?
work from home
hot desking
branch offices
coffee shop
Bring it together
why
+
what
+
who
User Experience
How = Integrated Delivery
app delivery mechanism
locally installed
streamed
app: TS/RDSH/SBC
desktop: TS/RDSH/SBC
VDI
not a competition
local + TS/RDSH/SBC + VDI + laptop + tablet
best tool for the job
VD-Why?
have a strategy
have a reason
understand complexity
doesn’t have to be everyone
awesome for right use case
it will cost more but that’s OK if you get more
It's not server virtualisation
virtualising servers saved money
in datacenter, a few racks along
server virtualisation was awesome, must be
awesome for desktops too!
know-it-all server guys don’t know desktops
its not consolidation
VDI projects span more of IT than servers
VDI is more complex
Cost models
be realistic
be honest
storage
users per core won't cut it
IOPS per user
DR doubles your cost
cost of failure
Your build
efficiency
performance
agents
caching
alignment
writes
anti-virus
layering
redirection
profiles
Things to watch out for
assessment isn’t just server sizing
moving bad stuff over
doing too much at once
knowing when to stop
everything has to work
be flexible
get Win 7 right, then get VDI right
user experience
Making it work
strategy + apps + users
start small, think big
make it easily expandable
do a real POC and actually test
performance for YOUR use case
keep it simple
get the right people involved
sell it internally
use a little bribery!
Future
desktop of tomorrow?
death of windows apps
VMware
– AppBlast
– Octopus
– Horizon
– Horizon Mobile
– Web Platform
Help, My VDI Project is Hell!
Julian Wood
London VMware User Group – 17th May 2012
#LonVMUG