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SESSION CODE: VIR-CLI304
Gareth James
Senior Consultant
Microsoft Consulting Services
Tony Sanchez
Solutions Architect
Citrix Systems
Why Hyper-V for VDI
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3. Session Objectives and Takeaways
What is VDI anyway?
What makes a good VDI platform
Why Hyper-V for VDI
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Dynamic Memory
RemoteFX
Hyper-V Architecture
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What is VDI anyway?
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5. What does a typical virtualised environment look like?
Server Virtualisation
Relatively easy to see ROI with strong TCO gains
81% of customers virtualise anywhere between 1 and 14 guests per server
Source: IDC
Client Virtualisation
Very difficult to project ROI with unproven TCO gains
Between 30 to 120+ guests per server
Disk I/O hit especially hard
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6. Core attributes of a good VDI platform
Reliability
Robustness
Cost effectiveness
High Performance
Density
Redundancy
Security
Ease of configuration
Ease of management
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Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
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Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V Role
Standard
Enterprise
Datacentre
Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
Free download
Think of it like 2008 R2 Enterprise server core
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9. How does SP1 change the game?
Supported CPU Overcommit ratio increased to 12:1 for Desktop workloads (Windows 7 SP1 guests only)
RemoteFX
Server side graphics acceleration
More efficient encode/decode
USB redirection
Supports:
Windows 7 SP1 Enterprise and Ultimate on Hyper-V 2008 R2 SP1
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10. How does SP1 change the game?
Dynamic Memory
Dynamically add/remove memory based on VM demand
Takes the guesswork out of server sizing
Supports:
Windows Vista and Windows 7
Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2
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11. Why Hyper-V for VDI testing
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12. Is Dynamic Memory just for VDI
Short Answer: No!
Strong customer success with core infrastructure, web and SQL workloads
“…with Hyper-V and Dynamic Memory, we’ve been able to consolidate our date center footprint by more than 50 percent, increase server capacity by about 35 percent and reduce power costs by 33 percent…”
Alan Buorassa, CIO, EmpireCLS Worldwide Chauffeured Services
“…We found that we could increase the number of virtual machines per Hyper-V server by 25 to 50 percent with Dynamic Memory…”
David Feng, IT Director, Sporton International
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13. What workloads work with Dynamic Memory?
Core Infrastructure
SQL
Web
Not:
Microsoft Exchange
Some applications that check start and allocate
Anything that does not play well with hot add and hot remove
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Dynamic Memory
DEMO
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Hyper-V Architecture
RING 3
RING 0
RING -1
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16. Citrix XenDesktop 5 Architecture
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Resources
VDI case studies can be found at
VDI Standard and Premium Suite licensing details can be found at
Details concerning Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V features and capabilities are available at
For information concerning Microsoft's System Center family of products, see
Tips on how to tune System Center Virtual Machine Manager for VDI deployments can be found at
For a technical overview of the new Dynamic Memory feature in Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2, see the Dynamic Memory Technical Overview whitepaper which can be downloaded from
Information about the new RemoteFX feature included in Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 can be found at
For information concerning Citrix desktop virtualization products and technologies, refer to the Citrix website at
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Resources
Sessions On-Demand & Community
Microsoft Certification & Training Resources
technet.microsoft.com/en-au
Resources for IT Professionals
Resources for Developers
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