Post on 29-Mar-2015
A Smarter Approach to VDI
Intelligent Desktop Virtualization
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Who are we?
Virtual Computer is the market leader in intelligent desktop virtualization.
Our product NxTop™ combines client-hosted VDI with centralized management that uniquely delivers desktop management, cost reduction and user experience benefits that can only be enabled through virtualization.
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What do we do?
By combining and enhancing Xen™ the market’s most broadly adopted type-1 hypervisor with a powerful central management system, Virtual Computer is able to offer full control of the end-point to IT and new capabilities to users
Put simply we..........
1. Make PCs more manageable, reliable and secure.
2. Dramatically lower the cost of PC management
3. Provide the end user freedom and flexibility
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Discussion Today
• The Challenge
• Solution Overview
• Industry Validation
• Technical Innovations
• Demonstrations
Tension Between Users & IT
End Users IT Pros
Wants Freedom and Flexibility
• Generation Y Mentality• Productivity/
Performance• All my stuff in one place• I want to use this
device......• My PC broke..............
Wants Manageability,
Security & Reliability
• Controlled Network Access
• Locked down OS• Data
Protection/Security• Predictable
Configurations• Consistent SLAs
NxTop™ delivers balance and harmony
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Unbundling PC Elements
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Hardware
Policy
Operating System
Applications User DataM
anagement
Agents
Component isolation means moreFlexibility, Manageability, Reliability
and Security
PCs Today are Glued Together
Operating SystemHardware
User DataApplications
Policy
Managed Platform
Virtual Computer Breaks them Apart
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10X
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Benefit: >90% Reduction in Infrastructure Cost versus Server Hosted VDI
StorageArrays
ManagementServer
Network Switches
Execution Servers
Server Hosted: VMware, Citrix
ManagementServer
VirtualComputer
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Discussion Today
• The Challenge
• Solution Overview
• Industry Validation
• Technical Innovations
• Demonstrations
Manage thousands of computers as easy as managing one…
OS
Application
OS
OS
OS
OS
OS
OS
OS
OS
OS
OS
OS
OS
APP
APP
APP
APP
APP
APP
APP
APP
APP
APP
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Migrate to latest OS is easy. I am just going to push the
OS down to everybody.
Roll out an application is simple as 1-2-3.
OS
APP
APP
Centrally Manage 1000’s of PCs as Easily as One
Provision 1000s of Windows PCs
AES 256 Encryption
Snapback and Rollback
Updates System& Apps
Provide a Single Master Image
Fail-safePatching
Back-up andRapid Restore
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Intelligent Desktop Virtualization
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Discussion Today
• The Challenge
• Solution Overview
• Industry Validation
• Technical Innovations
• Demonstrations
Awards
Analysts“Prediction: 90% of VDI will be client based”
– Brian Madden, brianmadden.com “Virtual Computer wins the race for bare-metal client virtualization.”
– Rachel Chalmers, The 451 Group
Partners
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NxTop Industry Validation2009
2010
2011
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Customer Spotlight
“NxTop will dramatically change the way I deploy and manage desktops, freeing up valuable IT resources and transforming my operation from being reactive to proactive.”
– Charles Miller, Town of Lincoln (MA)
“We were seriously considering a server-based VDI solution, but when we tested NxTop we were amazed that we could run it without any major incremental investments in server or network infrastructure.”
– Nathan McBride, Executive Director of IT, AMAG Pharmaceuticals
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Discussion Today
• The Challenge
• Solution Overview
• Industry Validation
• Technical Innovations
• Demonstrations
The Evolved PC Stack
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• NxTop & Application Virtualization: Full Isolation
Applications
Personalization
Operating System
Hardware
• What does this mean?– In the event of a corrupt OS, application or hardware failure– “When you tell the user to reboot , it will actually mean
something”
Engine Architecture• Type-1 Hypervisor
– Based on Xen with extensive modifications to support PCs
– Fully virtualized platform– Secure communication to server infrastructure– Quick-boot Linux VM (NxTop Connect with )
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Managementand Control
Domain (Dom0)
NxTop ConnectServices Domain
(DomS)
Hypervisor (Open Source)
…Engine
11Applications
Virtual HW
Windows 7
User Data
Virtual Machine #N
Applications
Virtual HW
Win XP
User Data
Virtual Machine #1
Hardware
WAN/LAN
Center
Shared Virtual Machines are Layered
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CenterDiscard onreboot/patch
Snapshotfor backup
LocalVHD
Persistent Local Data (not backed up)
Page.sys, temporary internet files, search indexes, .ost files
One-to-many from server
Patch
SystemVHD
COW
Shared System DiskOne to many: patch once, publish many
UserVHD
COW
Persistent User DataBacked-up on server for
instant re-provisioning
NxTop Center Architecture
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Central Server
Hyper-VISSCI
Console
Control
Repository
LDAP
SQL
File System
API
Center
NxTop Enterprise: Hierarchical Mgmt•Remote Caching Server
– Optimized for low-bandwidth/WAN environments
– At Remote Office• Local LAN operations for publishing/backups• One copy of OS image and patches• Backups stored locally in Remote Office
– At Central Office• Single view of NxTop Environment through
NxTop Center
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Central Server
WAN
Center
Remote Server
Center
LAN
NxTop Engine: End-User Experience**Product can be configured to bypass this interface
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Local VMNxTop Connect(when enabled)
Control PanelNetworkStatus
MessageCenter
PowerManagement
On/Off
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NxTop Connect Workspace
• Integrated workspace with “Apple-like” dock• Applications configured by central management server
– Xen Receiver, RDP, Google Chrome– Inter-VM shared file system– Print server (future)
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ApplicationDock
Terminal ServicesSession (RDP)
GoogleChromeBrowser
Skype
NxTop ConnectServices Domain
(DomS)
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Demo
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