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Virtualizing Today’s Data Center for Tomorrow’s Business Demands

Mark BowkerAnalystEnterprise Strategy Group

October 23, 2008

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• Level Set• Market Landscape

• Heating Up– Cloud– Desktop Virtualization– BC/DR – VMware FT & SRM

• Summary

Agenda

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Business & IT Challenges

• Virtualize First Optimize Later

• Complexity Prevails

• All Your Eggs in One Basket

• Cost is a Barrier to Entry & Expansion

• IT Headcount at Risk

• Economic Headwind

Vendor Ecosystem Jockeying for Position

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Strategic IT Initiatives

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Virtualization Value

Investing in the Future IT Value

Reduced Data Center Operating Costs

Friendly to the Environment - Green IT

Consolidation & Resource Utilization

Improved Provisioning Process

Increase Availability and Uptime

Disaster Recovery

Virtualization is Difficult to Ignore1+1=3

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Virtualization Landscape

• VMware, Microsoft & Citrix– Maturity– Architecture– Feature for Feature Matchup– Community

• What’s tomorrow bring?– Gaps Will Close– Be Ready to Manage Heterogeneous Environments– Look For Standards to Develop – OVF

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“The Cloud”

vServices

vCloudVDOS

On Premise

?

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Burst – On Demand Computing Capacity

Windows

Application Servers Off Premise Compute Resources

Centralized Command & Control

WAN

Linux

Solaris

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Virtual Private Data Center

VPDC

• Zero Capital Investment• Charged on a consumption basis• Dial in performance, availability, etc • Multi Tenant• Non-technical Skill Level

• Does it pass the auditors requirements?• Is it a reality?

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BC & DR

WAN

LAN

Proxy Server

Data Store

ESX Servers

Backup

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Managed Services

• Asset Management• Software Distribution• Patch Management• Anti Virus• Software Asset Management• Software Licensing Management• Backup & Restore• Managed Helpdesk

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Desktop Virtualization

• Workforce & End Point Device

• Deployment Options

• How to Get Started

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Desktop Virtualization Usage & InterestWhich of the following best describes your organization's plans

to implement a desktop virtualization solution? (Percent of respondents, N = 706)

Don’t know, 3%I am not familiar with desktop

virtualization, 4%

No plans to evaluate or

deploy at this time, 44%

Currently evaluating, 32%

Currently piloting, 9%

Already deployed, 8%

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Workforce & End Point Device

Task Worker

Knowledge Worker

Power User

Mobile User

Thin Client

Thick Client Kiosk Portable

Storage

Laptop

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Deployment Options

• Virtual Remote Desktop– One to Many (Terminal Services)– Many to Many (VDI)

• Client Hosted Virtualization

• Dedicated Remote Workstation– PC Blade

• Application Virtualization– vApp

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Desktop Virtualization Ingredients

Hypervisor

Virtual Desktops

Connection BrokerDesktop delivery controller

Clients: Laptops, desktops, thin clients

Physical Servers

Desktop Broker

VMVM

VMVM

VMVM

VMVM

VMVM

VMVM

PersistentDesktops

Non-PersistentDesktops

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Networked storage

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How To Get Started

1. User/ Data Discovery– Application Access– Data Access Rights– Location– Performance Requirements

2. Match Users That Fall Inside Threshold– Don’t Force Fit

3. Choose Architecture– Start With Overwhelming Success– Help End Users Seamlessly Make Transition

Always Keep Management Top of Mind

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Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

• HA vs. Fault Tolerance

• VMware Site Recovery Manage

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HA vs. Fault Tolerance

• HA = Auto Restart– Requires Application Downtime– OS & Application Awareness?– Exponentially better than physical world

• Fault Tolerance– Zero Downtime or Data Loss– Mirrored VMs– Passive VM Maintains Application Availability– VMware FT – Turn On with Single Click

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Virtual Machine Replication to Remote Site

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VMware Site Recovery Manager

• DR protection expansion

• Reliability of recovery improvement

• Recovery time reduction

• Management streamlining via VirtualCenter integration

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VMware Site Recovery Manager Concepts

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Next Steps

• Extend Protection

• Classify Applications / Workloads

• Determine Usefulness of State of VM

• Explore Alternative Options

• Get Started Today

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Summary

• Think Virtualization in Business Terms

• Virtualization is a Catalyst for Change

• Be a Thought Leader – Get Certified

• Virtualization is Key in Driving Next Generation Data Centers

The Time is Now!

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THANK YOU!

Mark BowkerAnalystEnterprise Strategy Group

mark.bowker@enterprisestrategygroup.com