VMworld 2013 Shawn Bass, shawnbass.com Cyndie Zikmund, VMware Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare

1. How Good is PCoIP - A Remoting Protocol Shootout
Shawn Bass, shawnbass.com
Cyndie Zikmund, VMware
EUC5503
#EUC5503

2. • What do protocols and cars have in common?
Cyndie Zikmund PLM End User Computing, VMware
• Graphics remoting 101
• End-user computing test methodology
• Shootout – 2D multimedia / software graphics
• Shootout - GPU Sharing
• Summary
Content

3. • Consider minimum set of requirements
• Research your options
• Shop around for best price
• Make a selection based on all your criteria
• It’s like buying a car…
Making a Protocol Purchase Decision

4. Requirement: 40mpg or More
Meets the 40mpg requirement, but is it what I want?

5. Requirement: 40mpg or More
Beats the 40mpg requirement, but is it what I want?

6. Requirement: 40mpg or More
Come on. Really?

7. Other Considerations are Important Too
Overall requirements need broader solution.

8. 40mpg + Best Overall = More Choices
Choices. Now, that’s what I’m talking about.

9. • Protocol is an important factor
• Once requirement is met, other factors take
precedence
• Choose based on best overall solution
MPG and Protocols

10. • Tested various LAN/WAN scenarios against
RDP7, RDP8, HDX, PCoIP, HP RGS, Quest
EOP, Ericom Blaze, etc.
• Tested mobile devices (iOS, Android, Blackberry,
etc) over real 3G/4G networks.
• Tested all forms of Office Productivity and many
richer media and 3D applications
• In 6th phase of results comparisons
• Phase 6: RDP7, RDP8, View 5.2, XenDesktop 7
• It’s really an exercise in…
History of Remoting Protocol
Comparisons

11. Desktop Composition
GDI/GDI+
WPF
DirectX/OpenGL
Video/Audio
Silverlight
Flash

12. Client-Side Rendering

13. Advanced Host-Side Rendering
Render
Capture
Compress
Encrypt
Decrypt
Decompress
Display
TCP or UDP

14. Running Different Test Scenarios
Protocol
HostClient
Scripted Test
Runs

15. WAN Emulation – The Test Setup
Client Host
Apposite Linktropy Mini2
Epiphan
DVI2USB
PC with
Epiphan
recording SW
One-on-one connection
Shared environment
USB
DVI/
HDMI
Video files
(raw)
AVI

16. Description Bandwidth Latency Packet Loss
LAN 100Mb/s 0ms 0%
Within continent, slow 500Kb/s 50ms 0.01%
Within continent,
medium
2Mb/s 50ms 0.01%
Within continent,
medium, Cloud
2Mb/s 50ms 2%
Within continent,
fast
8Mb/s 50ms 0.01%
Across continents,
medium
2Mb/s 200ms 0.01%
Across continents,
fast
8Mb/s 200ms 0.01%
Across continents,
high
speed/latency/loss
12Mb/s 300ms 1%
Network Emulation Settings

17. Video Post-Processing
Raw AVI video
Full resolution, 60fps max.
ffdshow MS MPEG4 v2
One pass - quality, 99%
Microsoft
Expression Encoder
WMV Video
512 x 384 / 640 x 512
VC-1 Advanced
Fixed bitrate 1045/2090 Kbps
SPHtmlGenerator
4-Up Split Screen
SyncPlayer (Silverlight)
by J. Gorzas, Sense GmbH

18. Results – 2D Graphics
PCoIP
View 5.2
on ESXi 5.1
Windows 7
View Client 5.4
PCoIP
RDP7
Win7/RDVH
on WS2012 HV
Windows 7
RDC
RDP7
TCP
HDX
Win7/XenDesktop7
on XenServer 6.2
Windows 7
Citrix Receiver 4.0
HDX
TCP
RDP8
Win7/RDVH
on WS2012 HV
Windows 7
RDC
RDP8
UDP
UDP

19. Enterprise User Categories
Designers
Power Users
Knowledge Workers
Task Workers
Dedicated
GPU
API Intercept
(DX9, 10, 11)
Software
Rendered
Graphics

20. Graphics Acceleration Guidelines
Source:
VMware

21. • SVGA/Soft GPU – Emulating a GPU in software
– Guest OS uses generic SVGA 3D graphics driver
included in the VMware Tools
• vSGA – GPU Sharing
– Guest OS uses SVGA 3D graphics driver
– Requires a VIB component on vSphere for the API
intercept, forwarding commands to physical GPU
• vDGA – GPU Pass-Through (Tech Preview)
– Assign physical GPU to selected guest OS
– Requires native nVidia GRID card driver installed on
the guest OS
How View VDI uses 3D Graphics

22. vDesktop Graphics Model
VM
VM
NICHarddiskMemoryCPU(s) Graphics
Hypervisor
DriverDriverDriver
VM
Guest Operating System
App App App AppPCoIP
RemoteFX
HDX
Virtual
Driver
Virtual
Driver
Virtual
Driver
VDI Mgmt

23. GPU Sharing – vSGA
VM
VM
NICHarddiskMemoryCPU(s) Graphics
Hypervisor
DriverDriverDriver
VM
Guest Operating System
App App App AppvSGA
RemoteFX
Virtual
Driver
Virtual
Driver
Virtual
Driver
VDI Mgmt

24. OpenGL on vSGA

25. GPU Pass-Through - vDGA
VM
VM
NICHarddiskMemoryCPU(s) Graphics
Hypervisor
DriverDriver
VM
Guest Operating System
App App App AppvDGA
HDX
Virtual
Driver
Virtual
Driver
GPU
Driver
VDI Mgmt

26. Test Hardware – nVidia GRID K2
GPU 2 High End Kepler GPUs
CUDA cores 3072 (1536 / GPU)
Memory Size 8GB GDDR5 (4GB / GPU)
Max Power 225 W
Form Factor Dual Slot ATX, 10.5”
Display IO None
# users 2 – 64
Watts per user ~ 3.5 W
OpenGL 4.3
Microsoft DirectX 11
GRID vGPU support Yes

27. Inside the GRID Cards

28. Results – Shared GPU
XenApp GPU Sharing – GRID K2
RDP8, vGPU GRID K2
XenDesktop 7 AppEd
(Server 2012)
on XenServer 6.2
Windows 7
Win7/RDVH
on WS2012 HV
Windows 7
HDX
RDP8
UDP
PCoIP vSGA GRID K2
Win7/View 5.2
on ESXi 5.1
Windows 7
PCoIP
UDP
Bare Metal – Intel HD4000
Windows 7
TCP

29. • Rich graphics requires 2-5 mbps for great user experience
• PCoIP, HDX and RDP8/RemoteFX are head to head in
Task Worker, Knowledge Worker and some Power User
scenarios
• Pass-Through GPU offers many advantages in scenarios
that require high end rich graphics
• Pass-Through GPU is limiting for VDI scale because of 1:1
mapping.
• In the future, high-end graphic cards may play the same
role for desktop and application remoting as they do in
selected work scenarios today (engineering, design,
medical imaging)
• What’s next? 3D design & gaming from the cloud?
Summary

30. 3030
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31. THANK YOU

33. How Good is PCoIP - A Remoting Protocol Shootout
Shawn Bass, shawnbass.com
Cyndie Zikmund, VMware
EUC5503
#EUC5503