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1. User device Connection Bandwidth Virtualisation Hardware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Solution Stack Cam Merrett Please dial 0870 766 1106 to connect to audio Centralised desktops

2. { } VI3 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with VMware ESX Server VirtualCenter User connection options Deployment tools Remote offices Power usage Capacity planning ROI

3. ESX - Bare metal virtualisation • Runs directly on hardware • Manages resource allocations • Strong fault and security isolation • Encapsulation • Highly scalable architecture

4. Centralised Management Console Virtual Center

5. Head office devices Wide Area Network Remote office devices ESX with DesktopOS virtualmachines High Speed RDP HTTP ICA HTTPS Edge appliance at remote office Core appliance at head office VDI VDI: Enables server-hosted enterprise desktops. Unlike other solutions it delivers full desktop environments that are always available, accessible from anywhere, and centrally managed.

6. Leading connection brokers • Citrix Xen Desktop • Ericom • Leostream • Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite • Sun Sun Ray • VMware VDM • Zeus

7. Desktop costs Purchase price £516 Maintenance £140 Half day to install £105 £35 per hour Admin – 15 hours £525 Power usage £240 Total £1,526 Per annum £381.50 VDI Costs Thin client £240 Maintenance £0 One hour to install £35 £35 per hour Admin – hour £35 Power usage £20 VDI / 500 users £530 Total £860 Per annum £215 Cost per user model (500 users)

8. Why VMware and IBM • VMware achieves high consolidation ratios • It’s performance with desktop OS and apps leverages the underlying hardware capabilities • HA, DRS, backup, speed of deployment plus the myriad of other features designed for servers can be delivered to the desktop • X4 architecture • Scale up V Scale out • IBM OEM version support.

9. Other features • 4 way SMP Virtual Machines • iSCSI and NAS support with VMotion • Hot add virtual disk • Red Hat 4 support • 16gb addressable ram for virtual machines • Virtual machine snapshot

10. Laptops • No real physical savings for laptop users • Laptop can be replicated to virtual machine • User can work from any location • Not all users may require a laptop • People that just go from office to office • People that work from home can access via web • When a laptop breaks or is lost a new one can be imaged.

11. Server – esx1.tecdem.localStarter Machine • 2 way Processor Server • 2.8Ghz Xeon Processors • 4.0GB Memory • Three gigabit Ethernet ports • ESX Server • Capacity for 7 virtual servers • Solution price £11,600 • Cost per virtual machine = £1,658 • Capacity for 20 VDI virtual machines • Cost per VDI virtual machine = £580 = £24 per user per month

12. VDI savings case study

13. Next steps • Slides • VDI PDF • Connection broker information • WAN optimisation PDF • Capacity planning options • Proof of Concept bundle • Evaluation options User device Connection Bandwidth Virtualisation Hardware Centralised desktops