New Horizons for End-User Computing Event - Pivot 3
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The document presents Pivot3's 'Horizon Suite-in-a-Box' VDI appliances designed to simplify and enhance the deployment of VMware Horizon, addressing issues like complexity and cost associated with traditional VDI setups. It emphasizes the advantages of using these purpose-built appliances, including rapid deployment, scalability, and improved user experience, while highlighting the need for a centralized, efficient storage solution for virtual desktops. Additionally, the document outlines the value proposition of these appliances in reducing operational risks and overall costs for organizations transitioning to virtual desktop infrastructure.
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Don’t take our word for it….
The Case for VDI Appliances PEX Presentation 2/2013
Simplified Infrastructure Deployment
“Pivot3’s P Cubed is The Easiest, Fastest, Simplest Horizon View
Deployment I’ve Ever Done.” - VMware EUC Desktop Specialist
Excellent End User Experience
“Users who tested them [virtual desktops] were astonished at the speed
of launching applications versus their normal desktop PC. The Club’s
designer commented that Adobe Suite applications launched as quickly
(if a little faster) on the zero client than they do on her Mac Pro desktop
and there were no issues with lag when working on posters in InDesign
or working in other applications – which surprised her greatly as she is
a Mac advocate and there is “no way a PC can run them as fast as my
Mac”. - IT Manager The Hurlingham Club, London UK
Powerful and Dynamic Scalability/Availability
“ESG Lab was able to execute a rapid implementation of a 300 desktop
VDI environment with excellent client performance, and then upgrade
the environment to 800 desktops, hot and online, with no disruption to
running clients.” - ESG Lab Test Report](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/pivot3-horizonsuiteinabox-130509062442-phpapp01/85/New-Horizons-for-End-User-Computing-Event-Pivot-3-17-320.jpg)
New Horizons for End-User Computing Event - Pivot 3
- 1. © 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. Overview Presentation April, 2013 Pivot3 “Horizon Suite-in-a-box” VMware Horizon View VMware Horizon Mirage VMware Horizon Workspace Mike Holt Director Channels and Strategic appliances mikeh@pivot3.com
- 2. 2© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. The Formula for Horizon Success The Case for VDI Appliances PEX Presentation 2/2013 = Pc < Ps
- 3. 3© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. Why appliances For Horizon View? The Case for VDI Appliances PEX Presentation 2/2013 • Before the toaster, how did we make toast? • Before the clothes washer and dryer, how did we wash and dry clothes? • Before the oven or stove, how did we cook? Before VDI appliances, how did we deliver virtual desktops?
- 4. 4© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. Why VDI has been hard, …. and risky The Case for VDI Appliances PEX Presentation 2/2013 View Servers SAN Network Cost Politics of “My PC” Visible Operational Risk Compelling Event? Infrastructure Challenges Organizational Challenges User experience matters most, and they have a basis to compare!
- 5. 5© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. x Many moving parts to integrate, test and support x Complex shared storage problem x Using existing shared storage is usually a mistake x Must perform x Must be “Always ON” x Expensive to deploy and scale x Expensive to maintain Infrastructure Challenges DIY VDI is hard, expensive, and risky ………. The Case for VDI Appliances PEX Presentation 2/2013
- 6. 6© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. x Centralizing desktop data creates a large random I/O workload profile, which is the most challenging profile to deliver on storage arrays x Requires tuning the SAN for the available CPU, RAM with available storage IOPs, capacity and network bandwidth x Achieving an optimal balance for a given # of desktops x Do over as you add more desktops?? x IOPS requirements peak during the boot and login phases, when servers load desktops over the SAN x As storage is centralized, the potential impact of storage-related problems is significantly increased Infrastructure Challenges DIY SAN for VDI is Hard and Complex The Case for VDI Appliances PEX Presentation 2/2013
- 7. 7© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. The Case for VDI Appliances PEX Presentation 2/2013 In most Cases the Pain to Change (i.e., adopt VDI) has Been Greater Than the Pain to Stay the Same …….. Until NOW
- 8. 8© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. The Case for VDI Appliances PEX Presentation 2/2013 Why VDI is no longer hard, and risky Cost Politics of “My PC” Visible Operational RiskCompelling Event? = Windows 8 Organizational Challenges View Servers SAN Network Infrastructure Challenges High performance, High Availability, Comparable Cost The Pivot3 vSTAC™ VDI Scale-out Shared Storage Virtual Desktops, Full Desktops, Appli cations and Data Challenges Solved! Challenges Solved!
- 9. 9© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. • Second generation R2 appliance purpose built for Horizon Suite needs: • Virtual desktops • Full desktops • Application and Data storage • Simple to deploy and scale • Affordable Pivot3 P Cubed R2 VMware Horizon “Suite-in-a-box” Enter Title of Presentation or Whatever Footer Here. VMware Horizon View 5.2 VMware Horizon Mirage 4.0 VMware Horizon Workspace 1.0
- 10. 10© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. The Pivot3 Horizon Suite Value Proposition Accelerate Horizon Suite Deployments • Horizon-Toute-Suite™ in less than 60 minutes • Complete self contained pilot infrastructure Simplify Horizon View Scale-out • Linear live elastic scaling • Seamless migration pilot to production • Eliminate storage tuning Reduce Capex and Opex • Low cost of entry – pay as you grow • Patented non-stop storage • Cost effective at small and large scale The Pivot3 vSTAC™ VDI Scale-out Shared Storage VMware Horizon Suite Increase Horizon Channel Velocity Pivot3 VDI Overview Mar 15, 2013
- 11. 11© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. x Too big and too complex x No true shared storage vSAN x Too expensive • Designed for replica density using either expensive, SAN, SSD or FusionIO • Not designed for efficient storage of full desktops, applications and data Pivot3 • Right mix of SSD, and traditional SATA in extreme high performance HA solution that keeps costs and footprint to a minimum • Linear scale-out of both costs and performance • Low entry footprint yet scales to ‘000s • First View Rapid Desktop Appliance and now first Horizon Suite Rapid Desktop Appliance Other Solutions & Appliances • Performance • Node Cost • HA • Scale out • Ease of deployment VMware Horizon “Suite-in-a-box”
- 12. 12© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. Pivot3 vSTAC VDI R2 Purpose Built Only for VMware Horizon Suite Pivot3 VDI Overview Mar 15, 2013 vSTAC OS seamlessly creates a virtual SAN with distributed RAID protection across a local network of Pivot3 x86 appliances Scale out … x86 Virtualized SAN • RAID Protection and Efficiency • Automatic Load Balancing • Dynamic Aggregation of Capacity and IOPS • Single Shared Storage Pool for virtual desktops, full desktops, Apps and data … x86 … x86
- 13. 13© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. Pivot3 VDI Overview Mar 15, 2013 Online Test Drive – Try Out Horizon View Test Drive is a real VDI installation: 1. Sign up online 2. Drive real equipment 3. Experience the simplicity 4. Road test from your favorite device, anywhere anytime Hosted Test Drive Quickdrive.Pivot3.com
- 14. 14© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. What’s in the Box • 1 vSTAC OS License • 1 vSTAC Manager License • 4 Windows Server 2008 licenses • Windows 7 (trial licenses) • VMware Horizon Suite 1.0 Premier 100 Pack (trial license) • VMware Horizon View 5.2 • VMware Horizon Mirage 4.0 • VMware Horizon Workspace 1.0 P Cubed: Horizon Suite Starter Appliance Parent Image P3 Scale-out SAN View Manager Pre-Configured VMware Horizon “Suite-in-a-box” Connection Server Linked Clones & Full Desktops View Composer Clients Active Directory SQL Server VM VM…VM Horizon Workspace
- 15. 15© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. P Cubed R2: Lab Tested Success (Horizon View) Principled Technologies Test Report Jan 2013
- 16. 16© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. Not all high performance Horizon appliances are alike ……. The Case for VDI Appliances PEX Presentation 2/2013 125 Virtual Desktops SAN Storage Starter Appliance ~1,000 You can start with this …. Or this ….
- 17. 17© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. Don’t take our word for it…. The Case for VDI Appliances PEX Presentation 2/2013 Simplified Infrastructure Deployment “Pivot3’s P Cubed is The Easiest, Fastest, Simplest Horizon View Deployment I’ve Ever Done.” - VMware EUC Desktop Specialist Excellent End User Experience “Users who tested them [virtual desktops] were astonished at the speed of launching applications versus their normal desktop PC. The Club’s designer commented that Adobe Suite applications launched as quickly (if a little faster) on the zero client than they do on her Mac Pro desktop and there were no issues with lag when working on posters in InDesign or working in other applications – which surprised her greatly as she is a Mac advocate and there is “no way a PC can run them as fast as my Mac”. - IT Manager The Hurlingham Club, London UK Powerful and Dynamic Scalability/Availability “ESG Lab was able to execute a rapid implementation of a 300 desktop VDI environment with excellent client performance, and then upgrade the environment to 800 desktops, hot and online, with no disruption to running clients.” - ESG Lab Test Report
- 18. 18© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. Rapid, simple “In-in-a-box” implementation Dedicated high performance infrastructure Simplified storage management High availability and automatic storage load balancing Linear scalability of desktops Low entry price point and pay-as-you- grow appliance model Integrated, certified and tested with VMware Why customers like Pivot3’s “Horizon Suite-in-a-box” Appliance Solution Pivot3 VDI Overview Mar 15, 2013
- 19. 19© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. The Formula for Horizon Success The Case for VDI Appliances PEX Presentation 2/2013 = Pc < Ps • VDI deployments occur when the Pain to change (Pc) is less than the Pain to stay (Ps) the same. • Pivot3 P Cubed “Horizon Suite-in-a-box” appliances make VDI deployments occur, because they eliminate deployment and performance risks while making VDI affordable More Cost & Complexity Less Cost & Complexity
- 20. 20© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. Products: Pivot3 vSTAC VDI Spec Sheet Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Spec Sheet vSTAC-VDI and vSTAC P Cubed Hardware Specs Configure and Test: VDI Configurator Test Drive! Technology & Reviews: ESG Lab Review VDI Technology Overview Resources VMware Horizon Solutions: Healthcare Desktop Pivot3-VMware AlwaysOn Desktop™ Validated Design Guide Pivot3-VMware AlwaysOn Desktop™ Solution Brief Healthcare-3 Validated Design for VDI Mobile Desktop Pivot3-VMware Mobile Secure Desktop Reference Architecture Pivot3- VMware Mobile Secure Desktop Solution Brief Branch Office Desktop Pivot3-VMware Branch Office Desktop Solution Brief General Purpose Desktop Pivot3-VMware View Reference Architecture Contact: General: VDIinfo@Pivot3.com North America: scotts@pivot3.com UK: mikeh@pivot3.com Germany: dieterk@pivot3.com France: phillipep@pivot3.com Middle East: annandc@pivot3.com APAC: cala@pivot3.com
- 21. 21© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. Simplicity Do more with less. Savings Scalability Virtualize Compute Store Q & A For more info, visit www.pivot3.com or email info@pivot3.com Pivot3 VDI Overview Mar 15, 2013
- 22. 22© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. Horizon Suite Horizon Suite empowers both IT and users with advantages that move the business forward: • Lower the total cost of ownership of existing Windows PCs and applications • Provide robust and reliable end-user computing on any desktop, tablet, or smartphone • Gain centralized physical and virtual desktop management governed by business policies • Securely deliver Windows, SaaS, and web applications on any desktop or mobile device.
- 23. 23© 2013, Pivot3, Inc. All rights reserved. Gain centralized, zero-touch physical and virtual desktop management with full native performance and flexibility for end-users. Streamline the end-user experience and reduce costs with a single workspace for applications and data, delivered securely on any device. Horizon Suite Enter Title of Presentation or Whatever Footer Here. Simplify desktop management, security, and control while delivering an optimum end-user computing experience across all devices and networks. Turn disparate operating systems, applications, and data into centralized services delivered on any device. Policy-driven access and delivery protects vital data and ensures compliance. Deliver a consistent, intuitive, and collaborative computing experience across all devices— anytime, anywhere. Simplify Manage & Secure Empower