Xsigo Presentation

VDI with Xsigo – Benefits &
Case Studies
Nick Dyer – EMEA Systems Engineer
[email protected] | +44 (0)7901 606668
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VDI Challenges
How virtual I/O helps
Case Study #1: National telco
Case Study #2: Global bank
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VDI Challenges
• Performance
– Multiple user classes & needs
– Boot storm contention
• Hardware
– Disruptive installation?
– Data center space?
• Scalability
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– Easy to grow or change?
• Cost
– Can be more expensive than buying fat client PCs
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Why
WhatXsigo?
is Xsigo?
Applications
Banking
Servers
(vSphere
Hypervisor +
View Broker)
Increased
Utilization %
Network &
I/O
(Xsigo)
Increased
Completes Your
Utilization %
Virtualization
Education
Energy
Government
Virtual I/O
Strategy!
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Retail
Data Storage
(EMC VNX,
V-MAX)
Increased
Utilization %
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The I/O Problem
Unpredictable
Performance
Costly
Congestion
Network I/O
Connections
Server
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
The I/O you
need??
Cabling
Mess
Storage I/O
Connections
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Virtual I/O Close-up
Add resources
to live servers
Migrate virtual
vHBA
vHBA
I/O on
demand
vNIC
vNIC
vNIC
vNIC
vNIC
vNIC
vHBA
vHBA
Add isolated
networks on
demand
1G
10G
1G
10G
FC
iSCSI
NAS
FCoE
Inflexible system configuration.
Low resource utilization.
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40Gb Link Eliminates Bottlenecks
Xsigo delivers more
bandwidth to each server:
Traditional I/O
1 or 10Gb
40Gb x 2
to each
server
Xsigo I/O
40Gb
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Low Latency = Fast Response
Xsigo has 1/3 the
latency to the app
server.
Latency
(Time delay)
Desktop Server
App Server
Ethernet
Low
latency
link
Xsigo
Faster response time
for users.
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Eliminate the Boot Storm Problem
Xsigo’s 40Gb pipe
gives fast access
to boot server.
Desktop Server
Low
latency
link
Users up and
running quickly at
start of day.
Boot Server
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Quality of Server Controls
“Diamond Lane” for
priority traffic
VM
1
24 x 7 x 365
service available
User 1
VM
2
User 2
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Network Isolation
• Xsigo delivers isolated
networks to any server
• Does not rely on VLANs
• Freedom to:
– Host any desktop on any
server
– Load balance
– Mitigate failures
– Scale resources easily
Isolated
networks
wherever
required
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Reduced Deployment Cost
Server + I/O Costs
• Reduce
complexity
by 70%
(for 120 servers)
Capital Cost Comparison
$3,500,000
$3,000,000
$2,500,000
$339,288
$772,677
Support Cost ( 3) year(s)
$2,000,000
Cabling Cost
$1,500,000
$277,260
Switch Costs
$342,781
I/O Cards
$1,000,000
Server Cost + Software Licenses
$1,685,520
• Less
CAPEX
$500,000
$840,000
$0
Competitive
$26,000
per server
Xsigo
$14,000
per server
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Faster Deployment Time
• Leverage
existing 1GE &
FC infrastructure
• Minimize new
LAN / SAN
equipment
• Easy to grow
• Save up to 100
watts per server
Without
Xsigo
Hard to
Deploy
With
Xsigo
Easy to
Deploy
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Smaller Footprint
• One PCI slot is all
you need
• Use smaller
servers or blades
• Save rack space
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VDI User with Blades
Without Xsigo
With Xsigo
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Deployment Examples
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Large Telco VDI Deployment
Objectives
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Deliver architecture to support 3,600 remote
desktops
Scalability to 10,000 desktops
30% task-based users, 30% power users, 40%
knowledge users
Ensure <1 minute at start of day
Accelerate server deployment time
Simplify complex 1GE infrastructure
Platform
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VMware View 4.5
HP blade servers
NetApp NFS storage
Load Balance via F5 Big IP
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Large Telco VDI Deployment
Without Xsigo
12 HP BladeCenter chasses
With VirtualConnect
1104
1G
Eth.
With Xsigo
Savings
12 HP BladeCenter chasses
Cisco
Nexus
7000
Cisco
Nexus
7000
Cap Ex:
Support:
TOTAL
SAVINGS
48 IB
cables
8 10G
Eth
$400K
$72K/yr
$616K
(over 3 yrs)
Other Benefits:
(120 servers, over 3 years)
• 95% less cabling Greater
simplicity = Better uptime
• 1104 cables
• 1104 1GE ports
• 75% less time required to
provision new blades Automated I/O config
• 56 cables
• 8 10GE ports
• Single point of management for
I/O
$616K savings
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Large Telco VDI Deployment
Outcome
1. Saved $616K
2. Accelerated boot process by 5X
– Boot in <1 minute vs 5 minutes
3. QoS for different classes of users
4. Faster configuration
– 45 minutes from blade plugged in to blade in production
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Global Bank VDI Deployment
Objectives
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Deliver 60,000 remote desktops
Achieve remote management with SLA’s
Reduce re-configuration time
Facilitate DR with remote management
– Data center support supplied from a 3rd location
Platform
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Dual data center Citrix XenApp design
Citrix PVS for boot image management
VMware vSphere
Windows database servers
Windows 2008 R2
HP DL180 + DL380 servers
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Dual socket, 6 cores/proc, 128GB RAM
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Global Bank VDI Deployment
Without Xsigo
330 servers (at 2 sites)
660 10G
With Xsigo
268 servers (at 2 sites)
2 Cat 6509
4 Nexus 7000
24 Nexus 5210
536 IB
20 IS36
4 I/O
Directors
4 Nexus 7000
4 MDS 9509
976 cables
330 servers
708 10G cables
268 FC cables
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$5.7M
$1M/yr
TOTAL
SAVINGS
$8.7M
(over 3 yrs)
Other Benefits:
(120 servers, over 3 years)
2 MDS 9509
268 FC
Cap Ex:
Support:
16 10G
16 FC
4 MDS 9509
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Savings
2 Catalyst 6504
2 MDS 9148
568 cables
268 servers
16 10G cables
16 FC cables
• 41% less cabling
• 70 sessions per server
• 4X more bandwidth to each
server Better user experience
• Remote management
$8.7M savings
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Global Bank VDI Deployment
Outcome
1. Saved $8.7M
– $5.7M savings at deployment
– Additional $3M after 3 years
2. Guaranteed service levels with QoS
– Ensure high performance for critical users
– Limit bandwidth impact of “bad apps.”
3. Remote management
– Data center configuration via browser-based UI
– Dynamic I/O management
• Re-purpose servers on-demand
• Rapid configuration management across all servers
– Accelerates incident response by 1 ½ hours minimum
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Summary
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VDI Solutions
• Performance
– Up to 80Gb to each server
– Responsive / fast boot
• Cost
– $5-15K savings per server
• Hardware
!
– Re-use existing networking
• Scalability
– Simplest infrastructure
– Automated configuration
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