Make VDI Personal(VDI for Everyone)
Virtualization Deep Dive Day 2011
The Promise of Hosted Virtual DesktopsSimplify desktop management
More efficient, centralized monitoring,provisioning, patching, repair
Improve business agility Workers access desktops from any
office, home PC, or pad Deliver new apps faster
Reduce capital costs Thin clients use less power than PCs
(5W vs. 80W) and last 3-6 years longer
VDI Reality: Limited to Narrow Use Cases
Call Centers
Offshore Development
Labs
Why? Non-Persistent VDI Works Great! Desktop customizations thrown out after each useDesktop reverts to pristine stateThe few required apps can be delivered easilyStorage can be reduced through block-based cloningSingle shared image provides “patch-once” simplicity
Desktop Types0%
20%40%60%80%
100%
Non-PersistentPersistent
But they’re a relatively small % of total desktops
Persistence Adds Cost & Complexity
Image/OS Mgmt
Storage Footprint
App Mgmt
Profile Mgmt
Client Mgmt
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What’s Needed: SIMPLICITY!Storage
Footprint reductionStorage Tiering
TCP based Replication
OS / ImageManagement
Single Image ManagementImage Sharing
Version Control &Rollback
Application Management
Any applicationVersioningRollback
User/Machine PersonalizationLocal profile utilized
ALL settings retainedData and Apps stored separately
User installed apps supported
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Unidesk Brings Layers to Persistent Desktops
C:
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Desktop Layering Innovation
Persistent:custom foreach user
Stateless:managedby IT
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Isolates O/S, Applications and User
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Create or Patch Underlying Layers Once
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Personalization Layer is Sustained
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Layer Versioning for Instant Repair/Rollback
Understanding Layering Three types of layers
Personalization Application OS – Gold Image
Layers are assembled in priority order
Application layer priorities can be changed
Each layer stored in a different location
SIDApp GUID HKLM
FilesProfile Installed
Apps
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Two Patent-Pending Technologies
CacheCloud™
Windows: Read-Only
Personalization: R/W
App 1: Read-Only
App 2: Read-OnlyC:
Composite Virtualization™
Antivirus
Print Drivers
CacheCloud™
Windows: Read-Only
Personalization: R/W
Application 1: Read-Only
Application 2: Read-OnlyC:
Composite Virtualization™
Any Hypervisor
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CachePoint VM
Storage Savings WITH User Personalization
Windows (shared)
Personalization 1
App 1 (shared)
App 2 (shared)
Personalization 2
Personalization 3
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UnideskManagement
ApplianceVirtual appliance serves GUI, maintains policy &
configurationAdministrator
UnideskMaster
CachePointVirtual appliance stores
common layers and installation machines
UnideskCachePoint
Virtual appliance stores only the layers need by
desktops it supports
Connection Broker
End Users
Existing Virtual Infrastructure & Storage
Unidesk Topology
Host1
Host2Personalization Layer Backups
Regular backups of desktop personalization
layers for recovery purposes.
Unidesk Virtual
DesktopsUnidesk-composited desktops hosted on
existing virtual infrastructure
Market Validation from Trade Press …“Unidesk's ability to solve the major problems associated with VDI, while improving management capabilities, the end-user experience and protecting applications from corruption, makes it a useful product for administrators dealing with balky VDI implementations or looking to regain control of personalized virtual desktops.“
Unidesk Brings VDI Success, eWEEK
“The first wave of desktop virtualization adopters treated it the same way they did server virtualization. However, the desktop is a totally different beast. They are very personal, very customized and with an infinite number of applications ... hence Unidesk.”
Unidesk: A Companion to VDI, InformationWeek
“Unidesk’s true beauty is in its primary management benefits, including flexibility that gives both end users and IT organizationsthe freedom and control they seek -- along with 100% personalization, streamlined management and cost-efficient storage."
10 Cool Virtualization Vendors for 2011, Virtualization Review
… Industry Leaders …
“Dynamic desktop composition represents an advance in client management technology and can help accelerate growth for virtual desktops where the ability to personalize the user experience is needed. Unidesk’s layering technology is an innovative example and we look forward to collaborating to enhance the virtual desktop experience for VMware View and VMware vSphere™ customers.”
- Scott Davis, CTO, Desktop Virtualization, VMware
“Solutions like Unidesk help drive growth for virtual desktops across the enterprise by giving users the ability to personalize their desktops to have the same or better experience than they had with a traditional PC. We look forward to continued collaboration with Unidesk to provide a powerful virtual desktop experience for our customers.”
- Harry Labana, CTO, Citrix Desktop Division
… but, Most Importantly, Customers
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VDI’s Missing Management Piece
vSphere
Management
Infrastructure
Access View XenDesktop
Operating System
Applications
User (Persona)
StorageReduction
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Take the Next Step… If you have VDI, go to www.unidesk.com to download
Unidesk and try it for yourself If you’re new to VDI, start with Unidesk – all you need is:
Microsoft RDS/RDP (free with Win XP and Win 7) to access your desktops VMware vSphere with vCenter to host your desktops 100GB storage (local or SAN) to store your desktops Unidesk to provision and manage your desktops
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