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Scripting Datacenter Orchestration

Glenn Sizemore@glnsize

Blogs.NetApp.com/MSEnviro

Scripting Datacenter Orchestration

Cloud OrchestrationSCALE

SAT

#003Atlanta GA

October 27, 2012

FlexPod with Microsoft Private CloudValidated with Citrix XenDesktop

• Citrix XenDesktop is the first validated workload on FlexPod™ with Microsoft® Private Cloud

• First Fast Track 2.0 Validated Design– Fully integrated with Microsoft System

Center 2012 and Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 – Validated to run 2,000 virtual desktops– The most scalable VDI solution on the

market– Save 50% of storage capacity,

guaranteed!

• Accelerates VDI deployments at reduced risk– Provision and manage large VDI

environments quickly and efficiently.– Provision 2,000 VMs 25 times faster

than with traditional SAN– All HW components are shipping now– Reference implementation is available

now

How far can we take this?

(30 Seconds per VM) * 2000 VMs = 16Hrs

16 Hrs / 16 Hosts = 1 HR!

Deploy 2000 Desktops in 1 HR!!!

Ideas are Cheap…Execution Matters!

Execution

• Refactor• Fill in the Gaps• Put it all together.• Scale out• Fail • Try again!

How’d we do?

Lessons Learned

• Plan for failure and Deal with it• Session Management • Logging