EMC Technical Assessment for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
October 2012 : EMC Global Services
Gary Ciempa, Vinay Patel
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– Lower TCO
– Improved Data Protection
– Improved Manageability
– Increased Flexibility
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EMC Technical Assessment for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
EMC Technical Assessment for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
EMC Technical Assessment
for Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure
Executive Summary: Customer Report
Agenda
Introductions
VDI Assessment Scope &
Consolidation Objectives
VDI FIT Results, Analysis and
Findings
VDI Consolidation Plans
VDI Solution Design Baseline
VDI Proposed Architectures
– VMware View Architecture
– Storage Architecture
– Network Architecture
– Security Architecture
Operational Readiness
Customer Account and EMC Team
Customer: Large Manufacturer - Asia
–
Mr. Li, Director of Information Technology
–
Mr. Wang, Systems Administrator
EMC
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Vinay Patel, Virtualization Global Practice Manager
–
Shannon Wilber, Senior Solutions Architect
Scope
Assessment Start Date: 06/15/12, End Date 07/16/12 = Duration 31
Days
Assessment Location - Asia
900 Desktops in Organization: 50 Desktops Assessed
900 Users in Organization: 55 Users Assessed
306 Applications in Organization: 306 Applications Assessed
Existing Desktop and Application Support Team: 15
Support Existing Physical Desktop Infrastructure: 900
Objectives
Increase Scale and Utilization of Existing VMware View Virtualization Desktop Infrastructure Retire Aging Physical Desktop Hardware 3 Years and Older
Standardize on Centralized Deployment of VDI Desktop Images and User Profiles 25GB Desktop OS Images Using Fibre Channel Storage
30GB NAS Shares Using NAS File Based Storage
30 Standardized User Profile Types within VMware View Infrastructure Streamline Existing Regulatory Compliance Requirements
Increased Auditing and Control of the Virtual Desktops within VMware View Infrastructure Leverage Existing Investment in VX5500 but increasing utilization
VDI Fit Results by Resource Category
VDI Fit Ranking by Physical
Desktop System:
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Physical Desktops Summary:
▪ Good (6) / Fair (42) / Poor (0)
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Users and Profiles Summary:
▪ Good (6) / Fair (48) / Poor (1)
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Memory Fit Utilization Summary:
▪ Good (3) / Fair (45) / Poor (0)
–
Disk Storage Type Fit :
▪ Good (8) / Fair (122) / Poor (0)
CPU Fit Utilization Rating:
• Good (15%) • Fair (15-30%) • Poor Over (30%
Storage IOPS Fit Utilization Rating
EMC Technical Assessment for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
VDI Fit, All Machines Count
Good 6
Fair 42
Poor 0
Poor Fair Good
Poor
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Results – Summary of VDI Fit Machines
CPU Fit Utilization Rating:
Good (15%) / Fair (15-30%) / Poor Over (30%) Storage IOPS Fit Utilization Rating:
EMC Technical Assessment for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
VDI Fit, All Users Count
Good 6
Fair 48
Poor 1
Poor Fair Good
Poor
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Results – Summary of VDI Fit Users
CPU Fit Utilization Rating: Good (15%) / Fair (15-30%) / Poor Over (30%)
VDI FIT Assessment Analysis and Findings
Inventory Existing Physical Desktop Infrastructure
– Physical Desktop Hardware Age (48 Assessed)
▪ 14 @ (1 Yrs)
▪ 10 @ (2 Yrs)
▪ 24 @ (3 Yrs)
– Total Aging Desktops 3 Years and Over =24
Inventory Existing Desktop Groups, Users and Profiles
– Research and Development Organization = 730 Desktops & Users
– Production Organization = 170 Desktops & Users
Combined Desktop and Applications Workloads
VDI FIT Assessment Analysis and Findings
Combined Desktop &
Applications Workloads: 48
Assessed Desktops
– Combined Desktop Workloads
▪ Used Storage =2996.23GB (3.0TB) ▪ Storage IOPS =383.91 ▪ Memory Used = 131695.61 MB (128GB) ▪ GHz CPU Workloads = 3200.00 ▪ Network I/O KB/s = 565796.00
Scaled up Combined Desktop &
Applications Workloads: 900
Total Virtual Desktops
– Combined Desktop Workloads
▪ Usable Storage Required =56179GB (56TB)
▪ Total Storage IOPS =7198.31
▪ Total Memory Required = 2469292.69 MB (2.3 TB)
▪ GHz CPU Workloads = 60000.00
VDI FIT Assessment Identified Peak Workloads
Peak Desktop And Applications
Workloads (48 Assessed)
– Machines with Peak Workloads: ▪ Machines with High Disk IOPS = 2 ▪ Machines with High Average Memory
Utilization = 9
– Applications Most in Use Over time
• Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Office Standard 2007 • Adobe PDF
• Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 • McAfee Enterprise
Peak User Workloads (55
Assessed*)
– Users With Peak Workloads ▪ Users with High Network I/O = 11 ▪ Users with High Disk IOPS = 3 ▪ Users with High Average Memory
Utilization = 11
Consolidation Plans
Departments Included in VDI Consolidation
– Research & Development & Production
VDI Office Locations in Order of Geography
– One Office Location of 900 Users in Asia Office
Potential Data Center Locations
– Asia Data Center
Timeframes for the VDI Solution Design And Implementation
– Design Target Timeframe = Sept – Oct 2012
Functional Requirements for the VDI Design
Determine Size and Scale of VDI Infrastructure
– Define Building Blocks
▪ Incrementally Scale 50 Virtual Desktops
– Define Build & Scale VDI Environment
▪ Add 650 Total New Virtual Desktops
Determine VMware View Infrastructure Scaling Requirements
– Evaluate Adding View Infrastructure Components
▪ 650 New View Clients
▪ 30 Total VMware View Composer Images
– Evaluate Adding VMware View PODS & Blocks of Virtual Desktops
Roaming Profiles and License issues
Fibre Channel and NAS Requirements: 48 Assessed
Physical Desktops
•
Fibre Channel (Block Storage)
– 25 GB per OS image
– 600 GB Datastores
– 600 GB SAN LUNS
•
NAS Storage (File)
– 30 GB per user
– 600 GB Datastores
– 600 GB CIFS Volumes
For 50 Desktops For 900 Desktops
Fibre Channel 1.25TB FC Storage
3 x 600GB SAN LUNs 22.5TB FC Storage 38 x 600GB SAN LUNs
NAS 1.5TB NAS Storage
2 x 600GB CIFS Volumes 27TB NAS Storage 45 x 600GB CIFS Volumes
Operational Readiness Accelerator
Gap Analysis (Phase 1)
Review current state, including policies,
process and procedure documentation,
organizational model and staffing levels/skill sets, through interviews & documentation
Identify gaps in People, Process and
Technology and provide high-level recommendations
Provide Operational Framework Report and
presentation
Roadmap (Phase 2)
Workshop and prioritize recommendations Make recommendations to close gaps Create prioritized roadmap
(tactical/strategic)
Provide Roadmap Report & presentation
Week 1 & 2 Interviews
Week 3 & 4 OFA Report and
presentation Week 5 & 6 Roadmap workshops Week 7 & 8 Roadmap and presentation
Functional Requirements for the VDI Design
Determine Data Center Infrastructure Size and Scale
Scale VMware vSphere 4.1 Infrastructure Hosts and Clusters
for 900 Virtual Desktops
– Scale Existing VMware View 5.0 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
– 30 Linked Clones
– Utilized Existing 1GB Cisco Ethernet for VMware ESX Host
Connectivity
– Upgrade Existing VNX 5500 to handle additional storage (File & Block)
– Utilize Existing Cisco MDS Edge Switches
Next Steps
Review Detailed Report with Customer Technical Team
Deliver Executive Summary
Gain Acceptance of Analysis and Recommendations
Consider Continuing with EMC Global Services:
– EMC Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Design
– EMC Virtual Infrastructure Implementation
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