an introduction to citrix vdi-in-a-box nigel simpson, vdi-in-a-box programs manager, emea
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An Introduction toCitrix VDI-in-a-Box
Nigel Simpson, VDI-in-a-Box Programs Manager, EMEA
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History• Kaviza - founded in 2008• Based out of Cupertino, California• First release of VDI-in-a-Box, 2009• Production deployments world wide• Citrix acquired Kaviza May 2011• Kaviza mission - ‘Make VDI easy and affordable’
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• Studies show cost and complexity inhibit VDI adoption
Roadblocks to Desktop virtualization adoption
Source: 451 Group Virtualization Market Report
“The key to massive adoption is fixing the cost issue – VDI-in-a-Box is leading the charge on this front.” - The 451 Group Virtualization Market Report
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What is Citrix VDI-in-a-Box v5.0
• Easy, affordable, all-in-one desktop virtualization solution• Reduced cost and complexity• No SAN required for High Availability• Delivered as a virtual appliance• Start small and grow the solution when required• Local experience with Citrix HDX
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Some current VDI-in-a-Box customers
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Some current EMEA VDI-in-a-Box customers
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Depends on the use case….
VDI-in-a-BoxXenDesktop
Complete Desktop Virtualization
(Flexcast)
Easy to manage, affordable
VDI
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VDI-in-a-Box customers
• Relatively simple VDI only requirement• Looking for an affordable solution• Windows XP – Windows 7 migration• Some form of multimedia requirement• Local peripherals, USB, serial• Range of end point / client devices, BYO projects
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VDI-in-a-Box grid architecture
SAN Storage
Active
Directory
VM Manager
ConnectionBroker
Serverwith Hypervisor as VM Host
Full Redundancy for High-Availability
Load Balancer
VDI-in-a-BoxVirtual Appliance
VDI-in-a-Box Built-in High-Availability On-demand Scaling Built-in Citrix HDX Runs on off-the-shelf servers Multi-hypervisor support Citrix Profile Manager
User Data
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VDI-in-a-Box: An All-in-One VDI Solution
All key features are built-in: Connection brokering Dynamic provisioning High-availability Load balancing On-demand scaling Citrix HDX user experience Linked clones
Access from virtually any device withCitrix Receiver
Open architecture runs on the most popular hypervisors:• Citrix XenServer• Microsoft Hyper-V• VMware vSphere (ESXi)
VDI-in-a-Box
Hypervisor
vdiMgr
Logical Shared Storage
User Management
Dynamic Desktop Provisioning & Management
Template Management
High-Availability Grid Engine
Connection Broker Load Balancer
VirtualDesktop
VirtualDesktop
VirtualDesktop
VirtualDesktop
DAS
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VDI-in-a-Box is easy to deploy and manage
ActiveDirectory
Serverwith Hypervisor
+ VDI-in-a-BoxVirtual Appliance
Install Hypervisor
Import VDI-in-a-Box Appliance
Import Image
Configure Templates
Assign User Accounts
READY!
Install additional Servers
Point to 1st Server
READY!
User Data
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Tablets, mobile devices and thin clients
All tablet and mobile devices supported by Citrix Receiver Support for over 1.5 billion devices iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, Blackberry Certified 'HDX Ready' thin clients
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Applications
Applications can be placed in the image(s) or streamed Create images with different applications for groups of users, e.g
Finance, Sales… Applications within the image can be assigned to users using AppSense,
RES, Scense, Tricerat and others Stream applications XenApp, App-V or similar
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No more expensive than a traditional PC ~€500
Server€60 - €70*
Citrix VDI-in-a-Box CCU (SRP) €~130Microsoft VDA license €0 - €80HyperVisor (XenServer / Hyper-V / ESXi) €0 - €25Totals
€190 - €305*Server based on 50 users, 8 cores, 64GB RAM, 6 x 15k 300GB SAS
End point (Linux based ‘HDX Ready’ Thin Client) €240Totals
€430 - €545
Or repurpose PCs turning them into thin clientse.g Wyse PC Extender or MS ThinPC (SA)
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Next steps…• Use the Expert Bar today• Download the trial from http://www.citrix.com/vdi-in-a-box• 30 day trial• 10 ConCurrent users• 3 server Grid• Locate Citrix partner
from Citrix partner locator
Citrix VDI-in-a-BoxSimple, Affordable, VDI.
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