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Virtualizing Today’s Data Center for Tomorrow’s Business Demands. Mark Bowker Analyst Enterprise Strategy Group October 23, 2008. Agenda. Level Set Market Landscape Heating Up Cloud Desktop Virtualization BC/DR – VMware FT & SRM Summary. Business & IT Challenges. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Copyright © 2008, The Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc.
Virtualizing Today’s Data Center for Tomorrow’s Business Demands
Mark BowkerAnalystEnterprise Strategy Group
October 23, 2008
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• Level Set• Market Landscape
• Heating Up– Cloud– Desktop Virtualization– BC/DR – VMware FT & SRM
• Summary
Agenda
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Business & IT Challenges
• Virtualize First Optimize Later
• Complexity Prevails
• All Your Eggs in One Basket
• Cost is a Barrier to Entry & Expansion
• IT Headcount at Risk
• Economic Headwind
Vendor Ecosystem Jockeying for Position
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Strategic IT Initiatives
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Virtualization Value
Investing in the Future IT Value
Reduced Data Center Operating Costs
Friendly to the Environment - Green IT
Consolidation & Resource Utilization
Improved Provisioning Process
Increase Availability and Uptime
Disaster Recovery
Virtualization is Difficult to Ignore1+1=3
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Virtualization Landscape
• VMware, Microsoft & Citrix– Maturity– Architecture– Feature for Feature Matchup– Community
• What’s tomorrow bring?– Gaps Will Close– Be Ready to Manage Heterogeneous Environments– Look For Standards to Develop – OVF
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“The Cloud”
vServices
vCloudVDOS
On Premise
?
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Burst – On Demand Computing Capacity
Windows
Application Servers Off Premise Compute Resources
Centralized Command & Control
WAN
Linux
Solaris
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Virtual Private Data Center
VPDC
• Zero Capital Investment• Charged on a consumption basis• Dial in performance, availability, etc • Multi Tenant• Non-technical Skill Level
• Does it pass the auditors requirements?• Is it a reality?
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BC & DR
WAN
LAN
Proxy Server
Data Store
ESX Servers
Backup
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Managed Services
• Asset Management• Software Distribution• Patch Management• Anti Virus• Software Asset Management• Software Licensing Management• Backup & Restore• Managed Helpdesk
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Desktop Virtualization
• Workforce & End Point Device
• Deployment Options
• How to Get Started
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Desktop Virtualization Usage & InterestWhich of the following best describes your organization's plans
to implement a desktop virtualization solution? (Percent of respondents, N = 706)
Don’t know, 3%I am not familiar with desktop
virtualization, 4%
No plans to evaluate or
deploy at this time, 44%
Currently evaluating, 32%
Currently piloting, 9%
Already deployed, 8%
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Workforce & End Point Device
Task Worker
Knowledge Worker
Power User
Mobile User
Thin Client
Thick Client Kiosk Portable
Storage
Laptop
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Deployment Options
• Virtual Remote Desktop– One to Many (Terminal Services)– Many to Many (VDI)
• Client Hosted Virtualization
• Dedicated Remote Workstation– PC Blade
• Application Virtualization– vApp
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Desktop Virtualization Ingredients
Hypervisor
Virtual Desktops
Connection BrokerDesktop delivery controller
Clients: Laptops, desktops, thin clients
Physical Servers
Desktop Broker
VMVM
VMVM
VMVM
VMVM
VMVM
VMVM
PersistentDesktops
Non-PersistentDesktops
VM
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Networked storage
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How To Get Started
1. User/ Data Discovery– Application Access– Data Access Rights– Location– Performance Requirements
2. Match Users That Fall Inside Threshold– Don’t Force Fit
3. Choose Architecture– Start With Overwhelming Success– Help End Users Seamlessly Make Transition
Always Keep Management Top of Mind
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Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
• HA vs. Fault Tolerance
• VMware Site Recovery Manage
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HA vs. Fault Tolerance
• HA = Auto Restart– Requires Application Downtime– OS & Application Awareness?– Exponentially better than physical world
• Fault Tolerance– Zero Downtime or Data Loss– Mirrored VMs– Passive VM Maintains Application Availability– VMware FT – Turn On with Single Click
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Virtual Machine Replication to Remote Site
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VMware Site Recovery Manager
• DR protection expansion
• Reliability of recovery improvement
• Recovery time reduction
• Management streamlining via VirtualCenter integration
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VMware Site Recovery Manager Concepts
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Next Steps
• Extend Protection
• Classify Applications / Workloads
• Determine Usefulness of State of VM
• Explore Alternative Options
• Get Started Today
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Summary
• Think Virtualization in Business Terms
• Virtualization is a Catalyst for Change
• Be a Thought Leader – Get Certified
• Virtualization is Key in Driving Next Generation Data Centers
The Time is Now!
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THANK YOU!
Mark BowkerAnalystEnterprise Strategy Group
mark.bowker@enterprisestrategygroup.com
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