Items Tagged: VDI
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On Our Radar: VDI-Optimized Storage
Will 2010 mark the turning point for desktop virtualization? I think it depends on how well the leading storage vendors take the mystery and complexity out of storage planning for virtual desktop infrastructures (VDIs).
- Premiered: 05/16/10
- Author: Taneja Group
Virtual Bridges Shrinks the “I” in VDI
Continuing our theme of bold claims in the desktop virtualization space, I had a quick update last week from Virtual Bridges, the all-in-one virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) vendor. The Austin-based company sees themselves heralding the “end of stateful endpoint management” (Win7 upgrades, anyone?) and announced that the “days of purpose-built VDI are here.” Sounds good, eh?
- Premiered: 11/20/10
- Author: Taneja Group
Virtual Desktops in the Cloud: Yes, You Can Bring Your iPad
Every day, another CEO walks into a datacenter and says, “put my stuff on my iPad.” Instead of waiting for the datacenter to come up with a cost-effective combo of desktop virtualization technologies, many companies will find their users heading to the cloud with or without them.
Turbo-Charging VDI: Dell’s EqualLogic Hybrid SSD/SAS Arrays Deliver the Density
Storage is at the heart of the VDI ROI equation. Testing showed that the Dell PS6000XVS, for a typical set of linked-clone non-persistent VDI task workers, easily achieved a density of 680 virtual desktops (85 10GB disk/1GB memory VMs per ESX server, generating 2-5 IOPS each)…with headroom.
- Premiered: 12/15/10
- Author: Taneja Group
Breaking Down the Barriers to VDI with Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SAN Arrays
While Taneja Group has been cautious to date on the pace of desktop virtualization adoption, recent hypervisor and storage technology innovations strongly suggest that in 2011 and 2012 we will see a rapid acceleration. Key to this momentum has been increased interest in one type of desktop virtualization, namely server-hosted virtual desktops (often called “virtual desktop infrastructure,” or VDI). VDI has often promised more than it delivered, however, due to complexity, performance and cost challenges. Chief among these challenges has been the high up-front capital costs and subsequent inefficiencies of the storage platforms deployed to support VDI. Dell aims to turn this around, however, with several recent additions and enhancements to its popular EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI array family. In this first section of a three-part in-depth report, we first review the current barriers to wider adoption of VDI, focusing on key storage challenges, and look at how the new Dell PS Series XVS hybrid SAS/SSD arrays deliver the density required to overcome these barriers.
Maximizing Desktop Virtualization Success with VDI-optimized Dell EqualLogic Hybrid Arrays
VDI has often promised more than it delivered, due to stubborn complexity, performance and cost challenges. Chief among these challenges has been the high up-front capital costs and subsequent inefficiencies of the storage platforms deployed to support it. Building on deep integration with VMware’s vSphere 4.1 platform via the vStorage APIs, Dell has set its sights squarely on VDI and aims to break down both the cost of acquisition and TCO (CapEx and OpEx) barriers that have plagued VDI ROI in the past. Dell has added intelligent workload tiering and new hybrid SSD/SAS arrays to its Equal-Logic PS Series family and we analyze a recent performance benchmark to evaluate in detail how Dell’s innovations reduce complexity, improve performance and lower the cost of VDI.
Building a VDI Environment on Shared Storage
Last time, I talked about the challenges that remain around desktop virtualization: too many platform choices, the explosion in the number of end-user devices, the confusion caused by cloud offerings, and the lack of a breakout management solution for desktop virtualization.
- Premiered: 04/01/11
- Author: Taneja Group
- Published: Virtualization Review
VDI's Impact on Network Infrastructure
It's been clear for some time that the initial rosy ROI projections surrounding Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) didn't exactly tell the whole story.
- Premiered: 04/22/11
- Author: Taneja Group
- Published: ITBusinessEdge.com
Virtual Bridges: The Second Generation of VDI is Now
Too many desktop virtualization projects have gotten off to a rocky start. Early efforts to deploy server-hosted desktop virtualization (or VDI, for “virtual desktop infrastructure”) have often stalled under the weight of massive upfront costs and returns that never seem to materialize. Existing VDI offerings have evolved from an existing array of terminal services and hypervisor technologies, and typically require heavy lifting to integrate, customize, and optimize for a particular set of customer requirements.
A new class of solutions is now emerging that herald the second generation for VDI: comprehensive, purpose-built and turnkey offerings that combine virtualization with powerful access, security, management, and storage optimization technologies. In this profile we explore the drivers for and essential elements of second-generation VDI, and take a close look at Virtual Bridges’ VERDE solution.
The Taneja Group Profiles Second Generation VDI Technology
Taneja Group analysts have a lot of expertise and a broad background in the IT community, giving them a rich and unique perspective on industry trends and products in today’s market.
- Premiered: 06/03/11
- Author: Nevin Taneja
- Published: Virtual Bridges
Nutanix launches dense storage appliance for storage clouds, VDI
Startup Nutanix Inc. today unveiled its dense storage appliance that combines solid-state drives (SSDs), hard drives, compute and a file system into a dense unit aimed at building private storage clouds and virtual desktop infrastructures (VDIs).
Nimble Storage's "CASL" Delivers the Definitive Storage Architecture for High-Performance, Low-Cost
Real-World Tested in a Range of Demanding Operating Environments, Nimble Storage Arrays Give VDI Users Superior Responsiveness and Data Protection While Giving VDI Administrators Complete Flexibility and Control
Three key VDI storage challenges
Virtual desktops offer some attractive benefits, but storage systems that aren’t up to the task can make it hard to realize those benefits.
- Premiered: 02/15/12
- Author: Jeff Byrne
- Published: TechTarget: SearchStorage.com
Nimble Storage: A Proven VDI Storage Solution
This paper examines Nimble Storage VDI storage solution, based on the company’s rich and highly differentiated CASL architecture. The profile outlines three fundamental advantages that enable Nimble to provide a highly valuable, storage solution for VDI environments.