Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

1. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Guy D. Falsetti Sr. Systems Architect University of Iowa Common Solutions Group

2. University of Iowa • Founded in 1847 • Over 30,000 students • Over 12,000 FTE Faculty and Staff • Large healthcare enterprise Common Solutions Group

3. MS Blaster Worm • Hit the Iowa campus August 2004 • Generally unprepared for the event • One long-term goal: “Secure Computing” initiative Common Solutions Group

4. Four Major VDIs on Campus • Healthcare Information Systems • College of Engineering • Computer Science • Information Technology Services Common Solutions Group

5. Healthcare Information Systems • Single-focused application usage for patient care • Epic Patent System Common Solutions Group

6. Healthcare Information Systems • 105 Dell Blade Servers • 5400 concurrent connection • Citrix Meta Frame Common Solutions Group

7. College of Engineering • Provide Virtual Desktop to Facultyand Students • Desktops • Windows 7 Common Solutions Group

8. College of Engineering • 8 HP Blade Servers • VMWare View • 100 GB of local storage • 1 HP DL785 • 256GB Memory Storage Common Solutions Group

9. Computer Science • Provide Virtual Desktop to Facultyand Students • Desktops • Linux Fedora w/ NoMachine NX • Windows w/ VMWare View • Shared Home Drive Common Solutions Group

10. Computer Science • 2 HP Rack Servers • NoMachine NX Enterprise Common Solutions Group

11. Central ITS • Provide shared applications to campus for Faculty, Staff and Students Common Solutions Group

12. Central ITS • 15 HP Rack Servers • Citrix Metaframe • Moving to Xen Desktop • SAN connect storage to EMC CX4 Common Solutions Group

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16. Virtual Desktop • Over 156 applications Common Solutions Group

17. Key Points • Security • Applications Common Solutions Group

18. Questions ? Common Solutions Group