VDI Gen2: Quick Reference Guide Top 5 Questions to Ask a VDI Vendor Before Making a Purchase

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1 VDI Gen2: Quick Reference Guide Top 5 Questions to Ask a VDI Vendor Before Making a Purchase Copyright 2011 Virtual Bridges, Inc. All rights reserved. 1

2 VDI Gen2: Quick Reference Guide Top 5 Questions to Ask a VDI Vendor Before Making a Purchase!"#$%&'(%)$$*%+",-$.%)&%&'(/%'/0"*12"+1'*%+'%3*.%'(+%",% much information as possible about desktop virtualization "*.%4567%%8/$%&'(%9(//$*+:&%:''-1*0%;'/%"%,':(+1'*%+<"+%3+,%&'(/% organization s desktop needs? Do you know the right questions to ask in order to cut through the marketing and get at the heart of the technology? Throughout this quick reference guide, we ll discuss some of the most popular questions that we hear from prospects along with questions that we d suggest you ask every vendor you are looking at or actively speaking with during your research. After all, your VDI purchase is a very important decision to be made,,'%.'*=+%>"-$%"%>'#$%?1+<'(+%3/,+%$#":("+1*0%$#$/&%:",+%.$+"1:@ What types of questions should you be asking? 2

3 Question #1: Does the VDI solution support!"#$%&'()&*)+'',&--.'$/')0!(-12 Find out if the VDI vendor offers the same high-quality user experience regardless of location or device, and regardless of handling remote users is a top reason preventing the adoption connected VDI offering connects to a server hypervisor in the data center and connectivity, this method falls short. Type-1 hypervisor for offline VDI. etc.). Examples of this type of technology include products 3

4 Type-2 hypervisor for offline VDI operating system, applications and user data. On top of that, you install a hypervisor layer that can then run a virtual increasing cost and management complexity. Examples Challenges associated with a Type-2 offline VDI solution Type-2 Hypervisor for Offline VDI NORMAL Performance Cost and Management Complexity And having to choose one of these options over another success. What s truly needed is a 4

5 to do it right! Question #2: Does the VDI vendor require costly %&/3!*4.')/!*56&'5%1'1&)4/!7'(76*51&)+ costs. 5

6 greatly eroding the cost savings argument that is a central point of VDI. And of course, let s not forget storage. When considering type of platform and chassis used. Because a poor storage handedly undermine a VDI deployment! Appropriately size resources 6

7 Choose a display protocol that adequately handles Hypervisor performance. Choose a solution that offers in-memory deduplication Employ smart workload distribution and run the same Tailor the solution to your desktop workloads considering capacity, including static versus dynamic local storage hard drives server instead of using external storage. Leverage the local, low-cost direct attached storage (DAS) serving as a front end to external storage. VDI Gen2 Features Total Cost of Ownership - # Servers, Cost of Storage + OPEX Support for Windows and Linux Guests Ease of Deployment and Management Native Support for Branch Offices (LAN-Like PC Experience, Business Continuity) One Console; Integrated Offline, Online and Branch VDI Bi-Directional Sync for User Data 7

8 Question #3: Can the VDI vendor scale at the *5/&'8!('%&&1'$/'/!+''95%'$/'05%1-&'8!(*':(**&%/' servers and desktops and grow with you over the -!%6'/&*;+''</=)'5--'5>!(/'):5-5>$-$/8? cluster. supporting high volumes of users at the same time, something handle their needs. 8

9 We have tried other competitive VDI products and found them opportunity to scale. 9

10 Question #4: Does the VDI vendor provide &%B$*!%;&%/)+ this year. What started off as a niche experiment has recently the go. And you ll need to support them. Linux Windows 7 Netbooks Tablets PDA s Mac Windows XP 10

11 C(&)/$!%'DEF'G!&)'/0&'HG<'B&%1!*'!""&*'>!/0' 0!)/&1'5%1'!%I7*&;$)&'!7/$!%).'5%1':5%'/0&8' ;5%56&'8!(*'HG<')!-(/$!%'$%'/0&':-!(1+ to manage your solution on-premise today, that shouldn t choose to separate full-time employees from seasonal party environment. Choose the right solution, for the right need, at the right time and manage from a single console Cloud On-Premise Hosted 11

12 scale. so that you can choose the right solution, for the right need, at the right time. to this solution, including user speed that is close to native are not running multiple versions of each operating system applications. computers, smart phones, and more. In those cases, the client computer. 12

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14 J>!(/'HG<'L&%M All in One Solution image management, automated provisioning, and management for VDI. Scalable, Clustered Architecture single points of failure, and scale-up or scale-out are as simple as additional nodes to the cluster. Delivers the Dynamic Desktop doesn t require expensive third-party tools and/or complex Breaks Down the Storage Barrier Provides Unified Management Includes Broad Connectivity, Protocol and Device Coverage Service-Based Pricing & Packaging 14