Opalis - Infrastructure Optimization for the Future
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This was a presentation that I gave on Opalis and Citrix at the Itech Summit in Calgary and Edmonton
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Opalis - Infrastructure Optimization for the Future
- 1. Infrastructure Optimization for the Future Dave Kawula Principal Consultant TriCon Technical Services Inc. dkawula@triconts.com
- 2. Traditional data centers are proving to be too rigid for evolving business needs Time absorbed maintaining status quo Inflexible “I need to be able to respond to business fluctuations instantly.” “I want to focus my staff on strategic IT initiatives.” Virtualization ceilings Soaring costs, CapEx limits “I need to offload or automate time consuming and staff intensive tasks” “I want to deploy virtualization in more of my environment” 80% of most companies’ IT budgets are spent simply ‘keeping the lights on’. 2
- 3. Industry answers focus on technology… and that is a good start Inflexible IT can’t meet business needs Automate Time absorbed maintaining status quo Move to the cloud Virtualization ceilings Optimize virtualization Soaring costs, capex limits Consolidate /Unify
- 4. The efficient data center provides CIOs better results “I need to avoid busting my budget with IT surprises” “I need to decrease the time and money spent on maintaining IT so we can focus on our core business” “I need to be responsiveto changing business conditions”
- 5. The data center of the future Highly Virtualized Converged Efficient Fabric Consolidated Workloads Automated Tiered Storage Self-Service Management Open, Standards-based infrastructure Automated Infrastructure Deployment
- 7. Problem – Tier 0 Storage Intelligent Infrastructure – Optimized Storage Virtual and tiering optimized storage solutions to lower storage costs today and in the future Think Tier 0 Storage – SSD is the future. Consider VDI – Each Guest consumes 20 – 40 IOPS VDI’s Dirty Little Secret! 40 IOPS x 100 VM’s = 4,000 IOPS = $ 40 IOPS x 1000 VM’s = 40,000 IOPS = $$$ 40 IOPS x 5000 VM’s = 200,000 IOPS = $$$$$
- 10. Opalis Consoles
- 12. Drag and drop GUI workflow designer
- 18. ITIL compatible
- 20. Auto detection of all data, schemas, forms and fields
- 22. Change the way you manage your Infrastructure! DEMO
- 23. But what about my Applications and Desktops? = + + SUCCESS!
- 24. Microsoft Virtualization with Citrix XA/XD Profile Management User State Virtualization Folder Redirection Offline files Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V Citrix XenApp6.0 Citrix XenApp6.0 Server Virtualization Session Virtualization Desktop Virtualization Application Virtualization Citrix XenDesktop
- 25. Bringing it all together
- 26. Citrix Enterprise Solutions – Built on Microsoft Desktops Applications Servers Networks Citrix EnterpriseSolutions NetScaler XenApp Essentials for Hyper-V XenDesktop Branch Repeater Microsoft Platforms
- 27. Delivering the Windows desktop
- 28. What is Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)? Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (or VDI) is an architectural model where a client OS runs in a server-based virtual machine environment and interacts with the user via a network connection. The storage and execution of a desktop workload (OS, apps, data) is centralized on a virtual machine in the datacenter Presentation of the UI is managed via a remote desktop protocol (such as RDP or ICA) to client devices Desktop Workload (OS, Apps, Data)
- 29. Desktop centralization choices Session Virtualization scales more users per server than VDI App-V works in both VDI and Sessions The same RDP connection protocol is used in both Much of the service infrastructure is shared Upsides for VDI: VDI offers better user operating system isolation VDI has better native application compatibility VDI allows users to be admins of their own images Upsides for Session Virtualization: Session Virtualization requires less hardware than VDI Sessions are cheaper than VDI desktops Server management is less than VDI Remote Desktop Services enables both session virtualization and VDI!
- 30. VDI Technical Architecture XenDesktop Delivery Controller request license ADOU Login Page Licensing Domain Controller Data Store policies find desktop sign & launch Power shell validate User Settings Protocol prepare resume Apps Client Windows Server R2 2008 Hyper-V OS SCVMM XenDesktop Provisioning Server Dynamic Image VHD Storage Static Image
- 32. The Connector – Code Name “Titan” Benefits XenApp Farm Visible within SCCM Management Console Single Management Interface .MSI Applications App-V Application XenApp Hosted Applications Applications to “Unmanaged” Clients Microsoft / Citrix Development Teams Working Together
- 34. Single Interface = Single Role
- 35. Citrix Power and Capacity Management
- 36. Automatically Divert User Connections Across Farm
- 37. Sets XenApp Server Priority Ranking
- 38. Allows Install when Users are Cleared
- 41. Rinse and Repeat
- 42. Increase # of apps/users getting access to XenApp
- 43. Extend Reach of SCCM to Non- Windows Devices
- 44. Any Device with XenApp Agent
- 46. Citrix XenApp Power and Capacity Management
- 47. PowerShell Remoting enabled on the XenApp farm
- 48. Connector installs on Windows Server 2003 and later
- 51. App-V with XenDesktop and XenApp App-V helps eliminate conflicts between applications and removes the need to install those applications on PCs
- 52. Citrix XenDesktop 4 & App-VLocal desktop & application delivery models XenDesktop 4 Local Streamed Desktops(online) USER PROFILE APPS OS Virtual Apps to Installed Desktops(online and offline)
- 53. Citrix XenDesktop 4 Flexcast & App-V Integrated virtual desktops & applications across vendors 400-500 users per server hosted shared desktop 50-60 VMs per server + Shared Cache VM VM VM VM 1 user per Blade PC Blade PC Blade PC
- 54. Summary SSD is Key Workflow Management Virtual Desktop Solution Integration Virtual Application Solution Integration
- 55. Thank You Dave Kawula Principal Consultant TriCon Technical Services Inc. dkawula@triconts.com
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- Today companies struggle with the evergrowing complexity and fragility/age of their environments. The cost associated with keeping their current environment running, as well as the cost for new technology, staffing, space, security, and more is breaking IT Budgets. Dell listens to its customers and is focused on creating solutions that solve real IT challenges To help customers achieve efficiency in their enterprise To help customers control and drive down the growing costs of IT management To help customers refocus their IT efforts on R and D and innovation
- The next movement in the efficiency evolution is the unification of your network fabric and the You can by creating a flexible infrastructure, orchestrated through a unified infrastructure management. You can take the path to efficiency to a new level, by unifying and optimizing your data center infrastructure and networks. Many claim to be able to do this. There are a number of offerings out there today that intend to solve this challenge and to offer customers a proprietary, non-standard solution that was cobbled together from existing solutions. In fact, most promise the same savings in cost and complexity but the truth is……
- Highly flexible and scalable infrastructure to better meet business demandsRapid deployment of business workloadsNew capabilities added automaticallyMetered charge-backs to business usersThe resiliency, limitless capacity and low CapEx of public and private cloudsStreamlined process that cut across networking, storage, and computing silos
- Highly VirtualizedIncreased availability and scalabilityAutomated Business Continuance Reduced energy and space requirementsCoverged Efficient FabricFewer proprietary single-use networksSimplified network managementReduced cost and complexityConsolidated WorkloadsDecreased software licensing costsEnhanced application availability,Shorter time to market for new apps/functionalityAutomated Tiered StorageControl ever increasing data volumeEliminate one-size-fits-all cost structure Improved data managementSelf-Service ManagementManage infrastructure, workloads and appsDecrease the time-to-value for strategic initiativesOpen, Standards-based infrastructureLower hardware costsIncreased workload flexibilityAutomated Infrastructure DeploymentManage more infrastructure per adminFree up resources for innovation
- There are two Consoles provided with Opalis. The first is the client designer (Workflow process designer) which allows customers to build, test, modify, execute and monitor their workflows. This is a windows-based client. The second is a web-based Operator Console which allows operators to execute and view (but not create or modify) the workflows. Both consoles are tied in with Active directory and offer access-based control.
- This slide gives a visual example of how the data bus works. This concept is hard to explain without some visualization. The animation shows how after an object is executed all the relevant details about its execution are placed into the bus. As later objects execute they can draw their information from one or more previous object’s details which are already in the bus.SLIDE ANIMATION CLICK THROUGHSlide Opens: Simple Opalis WorkflowClick 1:The first object executesIt generates data and it gets put on the Opalis Data BusClick 2: The second object utilizes information from the first object (via the Opalis Data Bus)It executesIt generates data and it gets put on the Opalis Data Bus (along with the data from the first object)Click 3: The third object utilizes information from the first and second objects (via the Opalis Data Bus)ItexecutesItgenerates data and it gets put on the Opalis Data Bus (along with the data from the first and second objects)No coding is required to make this happen!As objects are added to the product all their output is categorized and made available to the bus so the end-user can access it with ease
- List of the currently available Integration Packs29 Integration PacksFrom 8 different VendorsNOTE: SC Configuration Manager is listed with SMS since the SMS IP can operate against SCCM but with a reduced function set when compared to the final SCCM IP.(as of 2/1/10 no new information on dates of additional IPs on roadmap)
- List of the currently available Integration Packs29 Integration PacksFrom 8 different VendorsNOTE: SC Configuration Manager is listed with SMS since the SMS IP can operate against SCCM but with a reduced function set when compared to the final SCCM IP.(as of 2/1/10 no new information on dates of additional IPs on roadmap)
- List of the currently available Integration Packs29 Integration PacksFrom 8 different VendorsNOTE: SC Configuration Manager is listed with SMS since the SMS IP can operate against SCCM but with a reduced function set when compared to the final SCCM IP.(as of 2/1/10 no new information on dates of additional IPs on roadmap)