questions about virtual desktop infrastructure
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This presentation discusses some common questions about virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and was given at an event hosted by Sage Technology Group in Minnepolis, MN, on October 25, 2010.TRANSCRIPT
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Questions About Virtual Desktop InfrastructureAn informal discussion of VDI, where it is today, and where it might be headed
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Agenda• Who am I?
• What’s driving VDI adoption?
• What are some of VDI’s challenges?
• How can we address the challenges of VDI?
• Where is VDI heading?
• What else would you like to know?
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What’s driving VDI adoption?
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“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
Albert Einstein
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Factors Pushing IT Orgs Toward VDI• Windows 7 migrations• Hardware refresh costs• Operational complexity
due to client patching, application deployments and updates, hardware “break and fix”
• Data confidentiality• Backing up data on
client systems
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What are some of VDI’s challenges?
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“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
Albert Einstein
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Roadblocks Impeding VDI Deployments• Business justification
• Understanding user requirements
• Infrastructure costs– Endpoint cost and endpoint management– Back-end infrastructure expenses, especially
storage
• End user experience
• Operational challenges
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How can we address the challenges of VDI?
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“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. ”
Albert Einstein
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Potential Solutions to VDI’s ChallengesChallenge Potential Solution
End-user experience • New display protocols like PCoIP and HDX• Hardware acceleration for display protocols
Compute density • Increasing CPU core count• Expanded memory functionality• Higher supported VM densities
Storage capacity and performance
• Space-conservative desktop clones• Intelligent storage tiering• Deduplication of user data
Virtual desktop protection
• Virtualization-optimized solutions such as vShield Endpoint
• A/V offloading to storage arrays
Virtual desktop image management
• Space-conservative desktop clones• Application virtualization like ThinApp or App-
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Where is VDI headed?
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“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions. ”
Albert Einstein
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Future Directions for VDI• New form factors are
revitalizing interest in VDI
iPad photo courtesy of Apple, Inc.
• Client hypervisors could reshape how we view desktop virtualization
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What else would you like to know?
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