Virtualization Is A Real Necessity:
Simplifying IT Management in
Higher Education
Date: September 28, 2010Time: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. (Central)
Erica Hilgeman, Rooney Thomas, Ed Sladek, Brian KitchenDell Virtualization Solutions Team
Flexible Computing for Higher Education
Enhanced learning, teaching, and research
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Expanding IT services to exceed student and faculty expectations
Research computing
Administrative computing
Academic computing
The Education Ecosystem
Key issues driving demand for Information Technology
Increased Accountability Tighter budgets, increasing regulatory reporting requirements
Greater ConnectivityMore staff, students, constituents, and stakeholders requiring mobility and remote access
Infrastructure ExpansionData security,data center efficiency, and capacity requirements
Escalating Cost StructureIncreased costs stemming from growth in storage and archiving capacity levels, new capabilities, and end-user demands
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Virtualization Strategies play an important role in meeting IT challenges
• Virtualization is a computing and applications infrastructure with centralized storage and access.
• Dell’s Vision for Virtualization
– Scalable, on-demand availability – unlimited storage
– Pay-per-use costing
– Less maintenance and faster provisioning
– Mobility with seamless connectivity
• Virtualization opportunities in Higher Education environments:
– Virtual Desktops, including:
› Virtual Lab
› Managed Virtual Client
– Virtual Servers (Data Center)
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What is the Virtual Lab?
Transformational technology for Higher Ed labs
Virtualize lab desktops for easier
management
Or, consolidate labs by allowing
students to access lab work on personal PC
A simpler answer
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Possibilities of Virtual Labs
Campus Labs
Student Devices
VIRTUAL LAB
Multi-purpose
Simplified Mgt & Security
Available 24/7
• Accommodate more uses, consolidate
• Reduce bottlenecks, optimize SW licensing & utilization
• Windows 7, XP, Vista, Linux
• Access from anywhere, any device
• No need to travel
• Distance learning
• Simplified imaging and patching
• Less client HW for break-fix
• More security
So, why hasn’t everyone virtualized their labs yet?Too many questions.
Do I have room in my Data
Center?
ROI?
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The Virtual Lab
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1) Adaptable Virtual Lab
Any image is accessible from any Desktop in any lab with just a single reboot
Technology: ODDS, VDI
2) Mobile Virtual Lab
Any lab Desktop that is fully virtualized is accessible from any device from anywhere (on & off campus)
Technology: VDI, CHV
3) Hosted Virtual Lab Access anywhere, but from servers in the Dell cloud rather than your data center.
Technology: VDI, Dell Managed Services
How are we enabling the Virtual Lab today?
Proof of Concept Lab Testing
• Tested Citrix & VMware technologies with common HiEd SW packages:
– Autodesk AutoCAD
– ChemBio 3D, Draw
– Adobe Director, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver
– VectorWorks
• Reference Architectures, White Papers
In-House Expertise
• OEM relationships with Citrix & VMware
• Single point of support
• On Premise and As-A-Service offerings
Customer References
• University of West Virginia
• University of Wisconsin
– Parkside
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Two examples of enhanced user experiencesthrough Virtualization
Reduced e library desktop energy usage by 50% and increased management efficiency with On-Demand Desktop Streaming solution.
“Now we can respond much faster to requests for new software and provide a better user experience.”Keith Walton, Manager, Network Services, West Virginia University College of Law
SOLUTION
Dell helped the university team select a cost-effective, energy-efficient virtualization solution that enhanced the end-user experience by optimizing desktops.
BENEFITS
• Approximately 50% decrease in energy usage .• Projected 67% longer refresh cycles for desktop PCs.• Software updates and installations in minutes vs. days.• Min. 2 hours per week time saved in virus remediation.• Library and lab are now quiet and cool.
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The University of Wisconsin-Parkside can now provide instant response to student and faculty while saving up to 36 days of work per year.
“What makes this so easy is that instead of touching the 10 to 30 machines in a lab to reimage, all the changing is done from one centralized server.”Bob ZimlaDesktop Support TechnicianUniversity of Wisconsin-Parkside
SOLUTION The university deployed virtual solutions to centralize management of desktop images and enable students to choose their own set of applications.
BENEFITS
• Easier, centralized management of IT• Up to 36 days of IT staff time saved per year in changing
images• Tighter security with simple reboot to clear viruses
Desktop Virtualization: Multiple delivery models Options to solve issues with constrained data centers, limited upfront budgets, and in-house expertise
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Customer Managed On Premise Dell Managed Fully Offsite Dell Managed
Dell helps you do it
Dell does it for you
Do It Yourself Build and Transfer As-a-ServiceBuild and Operate
A flexible delivery model that suits unique needs and goals
OEM BundlesBusiness Ready Configurations Platforms
Why Dell: Informed Methodology
eSeminar
Technology Introduction
Discovery Workshop
Understand Potential
AssessmentBluePrint
Design/Plan
Implement
Informed Decisions
Lay the Path for Success
Capture the Value
1 Hour ½ - 1 Full Day 3-6 Weeks 2-4 Weeks Variable
Operations
Monitor and Maintain
Fact-based, information driven process with “you” in control
1-2 Hours
Blueprint Deliverable – Fit Assessment
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See how well specificmachines, users and applications fit in VD
• Analyze by group
–Workload statistics
–System CPU
–User CPU
–Memory Use
–Paging
–Disk I/O
–Network I/O
• Advanced metrics
–User logons
–App loading
–Network latency
–Graphics intensity
• Categorize workloads
• Customizable ratings
Best Fit
Worst Fit
Managed Virtual Client solution highlights
Physical desktops converted to virtual
desktops:
Processing moved from the desktop to the data
center
Only the presentation layer is processed on the end-user device
Access from anywhere from a variety of
devices
Desktop and data management is
centralized:
All management and support is centralized
No field resources required to support the
desktop device
Data and security is controlled centrally
Financials converted
to pay-per-use:
No up-front capital to implement virtual
desktop infrastructure
End-user computing costs scale dynamically
One bundled monthly price
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It all comes together when…
Good Desktop Virtualization Target
Staff willing to
pilot
Tech not a total
overhaul
User Need = Tech Benefit
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Not every environment
on campus will be right
for virtualization … yet:
• Many problems can be solved by optimizing traditional clients
• Make sure it’s about user need rather than technology
Virtual Desktops provide half of the answer … Virtual Servers complete the total solution.
Successful Strategies for Server and Data Center Virtualization
IT - Data Center Challenges/Opportunities
• Exponential growth ~60% year over year1
• Too expensive to deliver all data at highest service levels
• Running out of storage space in some departments with unused, wasted storage capacity across campus
DataGrowth
• Virtualization enabled shared and combined infrastructure
• Great opportunity to streamline change control and automate provisioning
Converging Infrastructure
• Public cloud providers
• Heightened expectations
• Cost pressure
End UserOptions
(1) IDC Digital Universe 2008
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Three Strategies toAddress IT/Data Center Challenges
Expand Virtualization,
Begin Automation
Embrace Cloud Computing Principles
Consolidate, Optimize Data
Centers
Expand Virtualization, Begin Automation
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Reduced HA Cost and
Complexity
High Availability
Reduced CapEx
Server ConsolidationMulti-Tenant
TemplateProvisioning
Reduced Operational
Costs
Load Balancing & Power Mgmt
Operational Efficiency
Self-service
Simplify Management
Pooled Resources
Agility
“Cloud bursting”
Fixed costs become
variable costs
20%
80%
Strategic spend
to improvethe company
Maintaininglegacy IT
environment
Start
Cost Reduction
Quality of Service
Agility
50%
50%
STANDARDIZE
SIMPLIFY
AUTOMATE
1-2 Years
Recover from
Failures
ImproveResource
Utilization
Speed Deploy-ments
Dynamic AutomatedOn-
demandPay as you
go
Consolidate / Optimize Data Centers
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Source: http://www.spec.org/jbb2005/results - comparison cases: PE 2950, M710
• 600,000 BOPS• 16 racks, 240 servers• 400 TB Data Storage• 640 sq ft• 120 kW, 7.5 kW/rack• 40% utilization
• 600,000 BOPS• 160 racks, 1500 servers• 300 TB Data Storage• 6,400 sq ft• 550 kW, 3.5 kW/rack• 20% utilization
• 600,000 BOPS• 2 racks, 40 svrs• 500 TB Data Stg• 80 sq ft• 42 kW, 21 kW/rack• 60% + utilization
Don’t plan for what you have today, …
3 YEARS
aggressively consolidate …
and design forthe future
1 YEAR
Integrated Data Center Efficiency Study
CHALLENGE
• The key objectives of this project were to:
• Reduce energy consumption
• Extend data center life
• Promote social responsibility by reducing carbon footprint and optimizing resource usage
SOLUTION
• Platform Migration
• Server Virtualization
• Storage Consolidation & Optimization
• Data Center Design
BENEFITS
• Millions of dollars saved in data center space, IT assets, and operations
• Energy savings worth ~$129,000 per year
Research Institute initiated an energy conservation and data center optimization effort and selected Dell to assist them with the execution .
712 metric tons less CO2 which is equivalent to:• Annual greenhouse gas emissions from 130 passenger vehicles or• CO2 emissions from the electricity use of 99 homes for one year or• Annual carbon sequestering power of 162 acres of pine forest
Environmental Impact
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Evolutionary and Revolutionary Approaches to Cloud Computing
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Initial Steps toward Cloud Computing
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IT Strategy Application Profiling and Workload Analysis1 2
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Server Virtualization in Optimized Data Centers Creates Benefits across your Institution
• Reduces costs to free budget for research and instruction
• Increases faculty, staff, and student productivity through improved quality of service
• Enables creativity through easier, faster provisioning of applications and supporting infrastructure (agility)
• Lays the foundation for future Cloud Computing and even greater levels of cost effectiveness, quality of service, and agility
Results: A More Efficient and More Connected Campus
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Contact our presenters:Erica Hilgeman: [email protected] Thomas: [email protected] Sladek: [email protected] Kitchen: [email protected]