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VDI – Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

"Full Featured Virtual desktops are the logical

next step to server and storage

virtualization."

With this approach, all the components and

applications are virtualized, the complete full

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• Need Shared Storage

• Need SAN availability

• Need Performance

• Very expensive!

• Complex to setup and manage

• Economical only for big

companys

> 500 -1000s of Desktops

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Problem…

A virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI boot storm is the degradation of service that occurs when a significant number of end users boot up within a very narrow time frame and overwhelm the network with data requests.

Boot storms are a problem because slow, unresponsive virtual desktops can make a VDI project unpopular with end users even though desktop performance is good the rest of the time. To prevent VDI boot storms, experts recommend starting virtual machines (VMs) in waves, implementing caching or adding solid-state storage to handle the concentrated number of storage input/output (I/O) requests.

VDI boot storms are similar to VDI login storms, which are caused when a significant number of end users launch their operating systems (OSs) at the same time and VDI antivirus storms, which happen when a significant number of virtual desktops are scheduled to run malware scans at the same time.

VDI boot storm

Source:

http://searchvirtualdesktop.techtarget.com/definition/boot-storm

A virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI boot storm is the degradation of service that occurs when a significant number of end users boot up within a very narrow time frame and overwhelm the network with data requests.

Boot storms are a problem because slow, unresponsive virtual desktops can make a VDI project unpopular with end users even though desktop performance is good the rest of the time. To prevent VDI boot storms, experts recommend starting virtual machines (VMs) in waves, implementing caching or adding solid-state storage to handle the concentrated number of storage input/output (I/O) requests.

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That Means:

• The Market for Small & Mid-size Companies is Open

for Business.

• Company's and departments with a need to deploy 25

to 400 workstations do not have the administrators and

budget for the "big solutions"!

• The need for VDI in smaller companies is not being

statisfied ….

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Global Leader in Storage Virtualization Software www.datacore.com

Version 2.1

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No longer requires a dedicated Hot Standby VDS host.

Instead either host can run Primary VDI Clones or Standby

VDI Clones.

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VDS Console supports the creation and maintenance of all

VDI Clones on both hosts regardless of which host the

Console is run on.

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A host is no longer restricted to 250 VDI Clones.

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Licensing scheme is simplified. Both hosts will (and must)

have the same VDI information imbedded into the “Total

Storage” capacity field

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DataCore VDS

DataCore VDS operates on standard server hardware and can

be easily right-sized to meet customer needs:

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DataCore VDS

Active RDP (> 250 Desktops)

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Administration via:

the easy to use DataCore VDS-Tool <and>

The DataCore Portal <or>

the Microsoft Portal

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New License Model

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More than 250 Host/Server possible

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DataCore VDS is a powerful ‘Stateful’ desktop solution

► ‘Stateful’ (or persistent) virtual desktops deliver the same user experience

as a desktop or laptop PC. With ‘stateful’ virtual desktops an end-user is assigned a virtual machine for their own use just like a physical desktop.

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On the network the ‘Stateful’ virtual desktop is indistinguishable from a

physical desktop.

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Turn it off and back on and it retains the ‘State’ just like you do when

you close and open a laptop.

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Unlike the most common ‘Stateless’ offerings

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‘Stateless’ (non-persistent) desktops get destroyed every time the user

logs off and reset to a default base setup.

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All machine-related modifications, for example applications installed by

a user, are removed when the user logs off.

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DataCore VDS is:

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Simple & Fast to Install, Administer and Use

• Runs on off-the-shelf servers; any storage

• Intuitive for Windows Admins

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Affordable & Super Storage Efficient

• Uses a fraction of storage compared to other VDI architectures

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High Performance Architecture

• Delivers ‘Best in Class’ price performance

• Optimally manages I/O traffic and caches for top performance

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Powerful ‘Stateful’ Virtual Desktop Computing

• What users expect!

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Lowest cost per virtual desktop instance

Performance Cache Optimized Disk I/O

+

Thin provisioned Virtual Disks

+

Space Saving Snapshot Technology

=

Less physical Disks needed to

serve the same amount of VDIs

Lowest Cost Per

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VDS-Tool: Source-Image Set Up

Welcome Wizard..."Next"…. Select how the SI should be created…select mirror "Next"… Insert local where the VHD is saved, select Pool, select mirror Pool, insert Name for the SI

…"Next"…

RAM, network and place for the config files …"Next"… Check status window, "Finish"…done!

Start VDS-Tool,

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VDS-Tool: Create Virtual

Desktop‘s

Welcome Wizard …"Next"… License view, insert Number of clones, select the SDS and source …"Next"…

Select pool, insert name for clone …"Next"…

RAM, network and location for the config files, start VDI ? …"Next"…

Check status window, "Finish"…done!

Start VDS-Tool,

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VDS-Tool: Create Standby Clones

Welcome Wizard …"Next"… License view, insert Number of

clones, select VDS Server and VDI Host, starting number…"Next"…

Select standby pool, Place for configuration files …„Start"…

Check status window, "Finish"…done!

Start VDS-Tool,

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DataCore VDS is:

►

Simple & Fast to Install, Administer and Use

• Runs on off-the-shelf servers; any storage

• Intuitive for Windows Admins

►

Affordable & Super Storage Efficient

• Uses a fraction of storage compared to other VDI architectures

►

High Performance Architecture

• Delivers ‘Best in Class’ price performance

• Optimally manages I/O traffic and caches for top performance

►