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An Introduction to Citrix VDI-in-a-Box. Nigel Simpson, VDI-in-a-Box Programs Manager, EMEA. 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
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An Introduction toCitrix VDI-in-a-Box Nigel Simpson, VDI-in-a-Box Programs Manager, EMEA
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’
Roadblocks to Desktop virtualization adoption • Studies show cost and complexity inhibit VDI adoption “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 Source: 451 Group Virtualization Market Report
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
Depends on the use case…. XenDesktop VDI-in-a-Box Easy to manage, affordable VDI Complete Desktop Virtualization(Flexcast)
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
User Data VDI-in-a-Box grid architecture • 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 Active Directory VDI-in-a-Box Virtual Appliance Server with Hypervisor as VM Host VM Manager Connection Broker SAN Storage Load Balancer FullRedundancyfor High-Availability
High-Availability Grid Engine User Management Dynamic Desktop Provisioning & Management Connection Broker Template Management Load Balancer Logical Shared Storage VDI-in-a-Box: An All-in-One VDI Solution VDI-in-a-Box • 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) Virtual Desktop Virtual Desktop Virtual Desktop Virtual Desktop Hypervisor vdiMgr DAS
User Data VDI-in-a-Box is easy to deploy and manage Active Directory Server with Hypervisor + VDI-in-a-BoxVirtual Appliance
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
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, Triceratand others Stream applications XenApp, App-V or similar
No more expensive than a traditional PC ~€500 Server €60 - €70* Citrix VDI-in-a-Box CCU (SRP) €~130 Microsoft VDA license €0 - €80 HyperVisor (XenServer / Hyper-V / ESXi) €0 - €25 Totals €190 - €305 *Server based on 50 users, 8 cores, 64GB RAM, 6 x 15k 300GB SAS End point (Linux based ‘HDX Ready’ Thin Client) €240 Totals €430 - €545 Or repurpose PCs turning them into thin clients e.g Wyse PC Extender or MS ThinPC (SA)
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 partnerfrom Citrix partner locator
Citrix VDI-in-a-Box Simple, Affordable, VDI.