Help, My VDI Project is Hell!Julian Wood

London VMware User Group – 17th May 2012#LonVMUG

Julian WoodIT Infrastructure Architect & Blogger

www.WoodITWork.com@julian_wood

The VDI Magic Fix

The VDI Magic Fix

cheaperquicker

hot desking work from home

hardware independenceany device, anywhere

BYO?client devices last longer

reduced downtimebetter desktop DR

security

everyone else is doing ityou're being left behind

mobile & tabletsgreen

application deliverybusiness agility

easier image managementefficiency

better user isolationyou 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 SANdevice management explosion

it's slowit's down

YouTube looks rubbishI can't use all my appsI can't install anything

I can't be offline

New Technology

IOPSbrokersPCoIPICA/HDXSANNASboot stormsstreamingapp virtualisation

layeringlinked clonesprovisioning

thin clientsVPN

serverstemplates

agentssharing

VDI Facts & FiguresVirsto VDI research findings

67 % plan to deploy in the next year54% already started

Persistent desktop or not?42% not yet determined38% depends on end user type15% persistent5% non-persistent

Reasons for launching VDI43% lower cost than physical desktops33% streamline end point management

Failure to Launch46% of POCs stall

31% projected cost exceeded target29% performance inadequate22% software licensing prohibitive19% storage price prohibitive

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The VDI Good

remote connectivitysecurityquicker provisioningcontainmentmaybe availabilityindependence for client

devicethin client

possibly easy of management

centralised workstationsdesktop licensing for

software that cannot run on a server

desktop DR

The VDI Bad

performanceclient experience

expensive, especially storage

availabilityperipherals

more management

licensinguser flexibilitylearning curve

supportall or nothingtakes forevercomplicated

Where to start

Strategy

AppsUser

s

What’s your strategy?

VDI is NOT a business strategyIf 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 & Macscorporate apps on

smartphones BYO? to work employ the kiddiesintegrate consumer,

corporate & SaaS apps keep your job!

business agility ( what does it actually mean?)

avoid managing end points mergers

be quickerincrease security of

apps/desktopsprevent local data loss

be adaptable to change

Strategy planning

Business strategyyour goalwho’s on board

Tech strategynot VDI, TS, desktops, streamingnot just infrastructureit is an application delivery strategy

Holistic approach

desktopsusers

endpointssecurity

locationconfiguration

user settingsapplication virtualisation

VDIsupport

OS streamingTS/RDSH/SBC

windows 7windows 8

provisioninglocal

Know your apps

owner roadmapsupportlocationdatarisklegallicensing

performancedelivery– local– TS/RDSH/SBC– streaming– VDI– peripherals– offline

Know your users

who?groupsadmin rightscommon applicationshow many templates

to what?file datadatabases

when?hotelingtime zones

with what?laptops on the roadtabletsphonesUSB devicesdongles

from where?work from homehot deskingbranch officescoffee shop

Bring it together

why+

what +

who

User Experience

How = Integrated Delivery

app delivery mechanismlocally installedstreamedapp: TS/RDSH/SBCdesktop: TS/RDSH/SBCVDI

not a competitionlocal + TS/RDSH/SBC + VDI + laptop + tablet

best tool for the job

VD-Why?

have a strategyhave a reason

understand complexitydoesn’t have to be everyone

awesome for right use caseit will cost more but that’s OK if you get more

It's not server virtualisation

virtualising servers saved moneyin datacenter, a few racks along

server virtualisation was awesome, must be awesome for desktops too!

know-it-all server guys don’t know desktopsits not consolidation

VDI projects span more of IT than serversVDI is more complex

Cost models

be realisticbe honest

storageusers per core won't cut it

IOPS per userDR doubles your cost

cost of failure

Your build

efficiencyperformanceagents

cachingalignment

writes

anti-viruslayering

redirectionprofiles

Things to watch out for

assessment isn’t just server sizingmoving bad stuff over

doing too much at onceknowing when to stopeverything has to work

be flexibleget Win 7 right, then get VDI right

user experience

Making it work

strategy + apps + usersstart small, think bigmake it easily expandabledo a real POC and actually test

performance for YOUR use casekeep it simpleget the right people involvedsell it internallyuse a little bribery!

Future

desktop of tomorrow?death of windows appsVMware– AppBlast– Octopus– Horizon– Horizon Mobile– Web Platform

Help, My VDI Project is Hell!Julian Wood

London VMware User Group – 17th May 2012#LonVMUG