Server Virtualization and Desktop Virtualization

Server Virtualization

Citrix XenServer

XenServer as an open and powerful server virtualization platform, transfers the static and complex datacenter into a dynamic and easy-delivered management center, thereby largely lower the cost of ownership for desktop, cloud and server virtualization infrastructures.

 Dymanic Data Center

Citrix XenServer is a most effective way to achieve server virtualization and deliver dynamic data center, which will provide a flexible resource pool for computing and storage. Citrix XenServer extends the development and testing resources of the Xen virtualization engine, provides a simple-to-use dynamic virtualization solution. It also provides a comprehensive server virtualization capabilities with unparalleled scalability and high cost performance.

Consolidate Server, Lower Cost

With XenServer, you can deploy multiple virtual servers on shared hardware in order to improve utilization, reduce costs on procurement, power consumption, cooling systems and occupied space. Since the workloads of server can be instantly assigned to any available local system or a remote system, server virtualization can also reduce disaster recovery cost.

Make full use of innovative technology of Xen

XenServer’s creation is based upon Xen hypervisor. As the heart of XenServer, Xen hypervisor reduces the overhead cost and enhance the performance. XenServer platform takes full advantage of Intel VT and AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) platform for hardware-assisted virtualization, provides a faster, more efficient virtualization computing capability. Different from other virtualization products that built on closed-end proprietary systems, XenServer's open API allows users to access and control advanced functions through the existing server and storage hardware.

Citrix XenServer integrates Xen technology’s high performance, security, openness; easy management and simplified deployment together. Thereby, it is a perfect solution for rapid deployment of server, server consolidation, network development and test, and disaster recovery.

Powerful, high flexibility 

Citrix XenServer is a 64-bit virtualization platform, it provides scalability required by Microsoft Exchange Server、Microsoft SQL Server and other business-critical applications. A high-capacity in CPU and memory resources, the fine control on network and disk enable XenServer to provide the best quality of service (Qos). Running virtual machines can be migrated to the new server without causing a service interruption, it can also automatically assign basic workloads, and supports zero downtime. The open command-line interface (CLI) and programming interface enable the easy integration of XenServer with existing processes and management tools.

VMWare vSphere

Calculation

With powerful features and high performance of virtualization layer, vSphere ESXi can process the server hardware resources abstractedly, and allow the resource share among multiple virtual machines.

Distributed Resources Scheduler (DRS) adjusts computing resources according to business priorities through automatic load balancing across the hosts. It also reduces the energy consumption during the low load off period.

vMotion lively migrates the virtual machines among hosts, clusters, distributed switch and vCenter Server remotely (RTT up to 100 ms), avoids the force running of the application by the planned server maintenance.

Management and Operations

Consistent Management maximizes the benefits of your virtual data center with unified easy-to-use operations management. Intelligent operation easily identify configuration errors, resource starvation and performance issues with deep visibility into virtual and physical storage infrastructure topology. Operation automation increase resource utilization through automated capacity optimization and planning. vCenter Server achieves the centralized management on vSphere platform. vRealize Orchestrator provides a simple drag and drop interface to set up your workflow.

 Network 

Network I/O Control lets you set up rules and policies for each virtual machine to ensure business-critical applications get priority network access.

Distributed Switch (VDS) simplifies virtual machine networking by letting you set up virtual machine access switching for your entire data center from a centralized interface. This makes it easy to provision, administer and monitor virtual networking across multiple hosts and clusters.

Automation

By automating routine tasks, VMware vSphere provides accurate, consistent and repeatable solutions that save IT administrators time and effort. Automation is integrated into all aspects of the vSphere platform.

Auto Deploy: automate new host provisioning with no manual intervention, allowing for rapid deployment of large numbers of vSphere hosts.

Support ongoing host administration by capturing host-level configuration settings and saving them as a template to configure other vSphere hosts.

Update Manager reduces time spent on routine remediation by automating the tracking, patching and updating of your vSphere hosts, as well as applications and operating systems.

 Storage

VMware vSphere storage virtualization is a combination of vSphere features and APIs that provide an abstraction layer for physical storage resources to be addressed, managed and optimized in a virtualization deployment.

Storage Distributed Resources Scheduler (DRS) provides intelligent virtual machine placement and load balancing mechanisms based on I/O latency and storage capacity.

Reduces the number of storage resource selection steps by grouping storage according to user-defined policies.

Storage vMotion performs proactive, non-disruptive storage migrations, eliminating virtual machine storage I/O bottle necks and freeing up valuable storage capacity.

Storage I/O Control prioritizes storage access by continuously monitoring the I/O load of a storage volume and dynamically allocating available I/O resources to virtual machines according to business needs.

VMFS allows multiple vSphere hosts to read and write to the same storage concurrently and supports all common storage interconnects for block-based storage (DASD, Fibre Channel, FCoE, iSCSI and NAS).

Storage Thin Provisioning increases virtual machine storage utilization by enabling dynamic allocation and intelligent provisioning of physical storage capacity.

Storage API enhances your storage awareness, data protection and array integration and takes advantage of multi-pathing capabilities offered by third-party storage vendors.

Desktop Virtualization

Citrix XenDesktop

Citrix XenDesktop as a desktop virtualization system, gives employees the freedom to work from anywhere while reduces deployment costs by as much as 40% with flexible delivery options.

Features and Benefits

The best possible user experience

Virtual Desktop: each time when the user log on, it will generate a virtual desktop dynamically, which will ensure a stable performance

SpeedScreen TM: provide the fastest desktop performance under any network condition

Quick start: access virtual desktops within a few seconds

Universal Printer Driver: provide users with fast consistent printing experience, simplify printer management and support for IT department

 Simple Desktop Provisioning and Management

Desktop image management: IT can enable a centralized management through a single image on multiple virtual desktops

Image provisioning by demand: by creating or canceling virtual desktops provisioning, it will not only achieve resource optimization, it will also come up with a clean operating system each time when the users log on

Desktop Storage Optimization: with hundreds of virtual desktops launching from a single desktop image, thereby reduce the "desktop image sprawl" and save up to 90% of storage costs

Virtual Machine Infrastructure: provide a hypervisor based on 64-bit paravirtualization, thereby achieve the scalability and affordability of virtual desktops centralized depository

Reliable desktop access management

Desktop assignment: create a virtual desktop pool for user groups, or provide personalized desktop for a specific user

Session Management: ensure the desktop connection and remain in session

Session Reliability: ensure users continue to work even under over high latency or low bandwidth network connections

High availability/Recovery from failure: allow users access their virtual desktops in the event of a single point of failure

Secure Remote Access: enable users remotely access their virtual desktops on other devices outside the company firewall.

Desktop Optimization and Support

Desktop Performance Monitoring: proactively ensure the best performance through the real-time and historical monitoring data tracking

WAN optimization: improve WAN performance through the Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms

Desktop Support: allow technical support view the user's screen, open dialogue, transfer files, thereby quickly solve the problem

Desktop Delivery Ecosystem

Desktop devices: the new terminal equipment can provide the best user experience and the immediate available interoperability

Support wide range of system management program: provide the interoperability and integration capabilities with Citrix, Microsoft and VMware VM infrastructure

Support Blade PC: adopt Blade PC-based virtual desktop, provide users with high-performance computing resources

Support heterogeneous client: enable users have greater flexibility in selecting the terminal equipment, supports Windows, Linux, Mac, and smartphone operating systems.

VMWare View

VMware View product portfolio allows IT administrator run virtual desktops in the data center, end users are able to view all the applications and data under their familiar and personalized environment on any device anywhere. Thereby it can manage the desktop and applications more flexible, more reliable, more effective and securely from the data center.

Easy control of your desktop through a new generation of VDI

Provide rich, personalized virtual desktops to any device, and all the advantages of centralized management

Reduce costs through centralized management and centralized allocation of resources

Improve security by moving data from desktop devices into the data center

Improve business agility by faster deployment and more flexible universal access

Universal Client Solution

Desktop of the future is not a single PC: it is a combination of different devices, multiple platforms, legacy applications, Web-based applications and the end user's data and settings. It provides customized views of desktop、applications and data, and also maintains the centralized control and security. It separates the desktop from the underlying hardware, and the applications from operating systems, thus simplifies the desktop management and reduces the cost. Through VMware View universal client solution, end users are able to access the desktop at any device anywhere.

Reduce Desktop Management Cost

Check how much cost you’ve saved by centralized desktop resources (including hardware, operating systems and applications) management via TCO calculator. By saving the money and time on testing, deployment, management and support of the traditional Windows desktop, VMware View Composer can save up to 70% demands in storage and cost.

Provide a Complete and Secure Desktop Environment

Maintain the control over data and intellectual property by securely stored them in the data center. End users can access personalized desktop, applications and data at anywhere any time, without jeopardizing the company's security policy.

Fast Deployment and Management on Desktop and Applications

Deploy the new desktop within minutes, optimize IT resources value, and improve the work efficiency of end-users. Instantly update application desktop from the central location through View Manager. Achieve advanced desktop image management through VMware View Composer, and simplfy the application delivery through VMware ThinApp application virtualization.

Provide disaster recovery and business continuity

Desktop disaster recovery solutions are often expensive and complex. VMware View users can simply extend the enterprise-class features (such as high availability, disaster recovery and business continuity) to the desktop through tight integration with VMware Infrastructure. Backup desktop and data in the data center will improve fault tolerance and reliability, and provide higher levels of availability to end users in the meantime.