I.R.I.S.%20Virtual%20Desktop

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I.R.I.S. Virtual Desktop

• Pieter Van den Abeele
• Solution Architect - I.R.I.S. ICT
• pieter.van.den.abeele_at_irislink.com

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What is Virtualization?

• Before

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What is Virtualization?

• After

H Y P E R V I S O R
server
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Value proposition

• Hardware resources are typically underused.
• Advantages of consolidating datacenter
  infrastructure
• Make better use of server resources
• Increase performance per Watt (GREEN)
• Improve scalability, flexibility
• Reduce total cost of ownership
• Virtualize to save money!

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Virtualization I.R.I.S. ICT

• I.R.I.S. ICT was first to bring server
  virtualization to BeNeLux market in 2002, using
  the VMware ESX platform. We are a VMware VIP
  business partner.
• We focus on Complex IT infrastructure e.g.
  Mainframe, UNIX, Linux, VMware, Storage.
  Virtualization is a core component of our
  business.
• Several large customer accounts, success stories
  and awards.

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Enterprise Desktop

• As plenty of companies are virtualizing their
  server infrastructure, what is happening with the
  total cost of ownership of their IT
  infrastructure?

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Enterprise desktop

• Server consolidation reduces total cost of
  ownership of entire IT infrastructure, but also
  increases share of the desktop.
• The desktop has become the new focal point for
  efforts aimed at reducing Total Cost of
  Ownership.

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Desktop market trends

1. Traditional desktop workstation
2. Thin Client workstation
3. Desktop Virtualization

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Traditional workstation

• Gigahertz race, Gigabyte race
• Tight coupling between Hardware and Operating
  System. (Vista migration issues)
• Idle Power consumption gt70Watt
• 3 year lifetime (Gartner)
• Price Leadership strategy
• Defines the desktop experience
• Commodity

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Thin Client workstation

• Thin Client market is hot, crowded and growing.
  Players include DevonIT, Wyse, Sun, IGEL and many
  others.
• Vendor strategy Price leadership with little or
  no differentiation going on.
• Vendors focus on management tools to try and lock
  customers in to their platform.
• Typically provides only a limited desktop
  experience.
• Thin Clients are essentially commodity
  mini-PCs.

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Desktop Virtualization

• The virtualization market is hot, crowded and
  growing. Virtualization technology is becoming a
  commodity.
• Players include VirtualBox, Citrix, VirtualIron,
  Vmware, Sun, Microsoft, Novell, etc.
• Players providing only selected pieces of the
  virtualization puzzle.

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Desktop Virtualization

• Several vendors provide a piece of the Desktop
  Virtualization puzzle.
• When these pieces are combined, the resulting
  configuration typically faces a number of
  challenges
• No multimedia support.
• No multi-monitor support.
• No desktop peripheral (USB, Serial, Parallel)
  support.
• Impact on the network.
• No single point of contact.
• Tight coupling to a specific Operating System
• Power consumption

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I.R.I.S. Virtual Desktop

• An end-to-end solution that solves the
  challenges our customers are facing.

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Solution Architecture
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Centralized Hardware

• Leverage proven server virtualization technology.
• Instead of server operating systems, we install
  desktop operating systems in the virtual
  machines.
• Typically consolidation ratio is higher compared
  to server virtualization.
• Shared storage Pool can be anything from NAS,
  SAN, SAS, FC to iSCSI.
• Mixing storage types is possible (cost).

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Centralized hardware details

• Storage storage pool for the desktop
  environments datacenter storage quality.
  Enterprise features available (replication,
  disaster recovery, thin provisioning, etc.)
• Dedicated and certified servers for the IRIS
  Virtual Desktop Solution. Features such as
  memory, HBA, power supply, processors, etc. are
  configured to achieve an optimal consolidation
  ratio. (presales)

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Desktop broker

• Virtual desktops need to be assigned to users.
• User supplies username and password to the
  broker.
• Broker points user to his/her virtual machine.
• Broker is a virtual machine running Linux with a
  dedicated web application provided by LeoStream.
• Broker talks to active directory and Virtual
  Machine management console.

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Desktop Broker choice

• Plenty of brokers are available on the market. We
  take the following technological factors into
  consideration when aligning with a specific
  partner.
• Operating System independent (Linux Windows)
• Virtualization layer independent (MSTS, Citrix,
  Vmware, Xen )
• K.I.S.S. philosophy
• Interchangeable component in our Open
  Architecture
• Price point
• Our architecture is designed to be as open as
  possible, to allow for integration with existing
  infrastructure.

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IRIS Virtual Desktop
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I.R.I.S. Client

• A hardware appliance that presents a virtualized
  desktop to the user.
• Two models I.R.I.S. Client Pro and Express
• Pro office environment
• Express industrial environment

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I.R.I.S. Client Details

• Own Hardware design
• Own Integrated Linux Software stack
• A platform that allows for differentiation at
  both HW and SW level

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I.R.I.S. Client Pro

• Features
• 2 x front USB2 port
• 1 x audio in
• 1 x audio out
• 1 x parallel port
• 1 x serial port
• VGA display (1600x1200)
• PS2 keyboard and mouse support
• 100 megabit network
• Solid state (no moving components)
• Low Power Consumption

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I.R.I.S. Client Express

• Features
• Solid steel case
• 2 x USB2 port
• 1 x audio in
• 1 x audio out
• Optional serial port
• VGA display (1600x1200)
• PS2 keyboard and mouse support
• Redundant 100 megabit network (PoE)
• Low Power Consumption
• Industrial temperature range support. From -45 to
  80 degrees Celcius.
• 50G gravity / shock
• Solid state (no moving components)

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HW differentiation

• Low power consumption.
• 0.1 Watt to 1 Watt range (CPU)
• Integrated motherboard system on a chip
  microprocessor from automotive industry
• Financial incentive (volume gt 100 million SoCs
  sold in 2007)
• Hardware accelerated encryption / compression
• Virus free architecture
• Fanless/sinkless
• 68 x 58 mm

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Pricing

• Project based.
• Largely depends on consolidation ratio and
  desktop requirements (cpus, core frequency,
  memory, operating system).
• CAPEX
• Per user pricing for the COMPLETE solution is
  potentially as cheap as a DELL desktop. (Windows
  XP desktops, typical office usage)
• OPEX
• ROI possible after less than 24 months, only
  considering Power consumption savings.
• Desktop management can be improved substantially.

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SW differentiation

• An end-to-end solution that solves the challenges
  our customers are facing.

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USB OVER IP

• Each I.R.I.S. Client includes a full USB-over-IP
  implementation.
• Supported devices include (but not limited to)
• Blackberry,
• Voip headsets,
• iPhone,
• smartcard, e-id,
• bluetooth
• dongles
• scales, barcode scanners, printers,
• paper scanners
• BankContact/Visa terminals,
• Touchscreens
• Ability to restrict supported vendors and devices
  on a per client and per user basis.
• Ability to restrict bandwidth on a per client
  basis.
• USB2 supported.
• Demo

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Multi-Monitor support

• Up to 4 monitors supported. (Windows)
• Up to 16 screens supported. (Linux)
• Each I.R.I.S. Client contains only one VGA output
  port, but multiple clients can be clustered
  together. (also works for USB ports)
• Maximum resolution per monitor 1600 x 1200
  pixels
• Number of pixels in a 4 monitor configuration
  exceeds number of pixels in a dual
  High-Definition (1080p) television setup.

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Virtually Configurable

• Both Linux and Windows operating systems are
  supported.
• Up to 4 Virtual CPUs per desktop.
• Up to 64Gb RAM per desktop. Thin provisioned.
• Local Admin possible

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Low Power consumption

• Central hardware can be put to sleep at night,
  reducing Power consumption even more.
• Savings have been validated by our customers.
• Return on investment possible in less than two
  years.

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Certified Peripherals

• Certified with Kodak scanners (i30/i40), HP
  scanners Printers, dongle software, DataLogic,
  Motorola, HTC smartphone,
• ICC I.R.I.S. Certification Center for the
  Virtual Desktop environment have your
  peripherals certified !

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Server-technology benefits

• Snapshots of running machines (demo)
• Backups
• VMotion Live migration (demo)
• High availability

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Demo!
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Demo 1 Vista USB

• Log in to Vista - explain migrations
• USB scanner
• Show recognized using device manager
• Start scanning
• We have people from datalogic/Intermec and
  motorola here for a demo.
• We also have USB dongled-software on display
  (IRIS Capture Pro)

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Demo 2 Live Migration

• Start Vmware VirtualCenter
• Show Physical HW
• Show number of VMs
• Show virtual memory allocated for our desktop
• Show it is running on esxqcX
• Start live migration to esxqcY

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Demo 3 On the fly resource allocation

• Log in to XP
• Allocate new virtual disk for virtual machine
• Initialize new virtual disk
• Use new virtual disk

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Demo 4 Provisioning Reboot

• Virtual Machines can be created for users when
  they first log in. We will manually step you
  through the process of deploying a desktop.
• While it is running, lets restart another
  machine to see how fast booting is.

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Demo 5 Application virtualization

• Thinstall IE6 side by side with IE7
• Show how its done. As easy as snapshotting.

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Demo 6 Multi-monitor

• Please see our booth after this session.
• We have on display 3 displays!.
• We also have video streaming demo

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Questions?

• Interested in a personalized demo?
• Send your questions and date/time request to
  Virtual.Desktop_at_irislink.com
• We can host the demo at our office or prepare an
  on-site demo.
• Interested in a Proof-of-Concept?
• We can provide a mobile datacenter for up to 100
  users for a number of weeks allowing you to
  evaluate the solution.
• Please visit our booth!
• Multi-screen setup
• USB Scanning
• IRIS Capture Pro software demo
• Video streaming