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1 Executive Summary Dell and Citrix have taken another significant step toward eliminating the complexity of desktop virtualization. Together we have developed an improved turn-key solution - the DVS Simplified Appliance - to help small and medium enterprise customers leverage this compelling technology. For those new to the space, desktop virtualization is a proven methodology for delivering a rich computing experience to end users from centralized data centers. These data centers can be on-site or cloud-based, in either customer-hosted or Dellmanaged configurations. In desktop virtualization the OS, applications, user preferences, and user data are decoupled from the client device. This gives IT departments the ability to deliver standardized desktops to multiple end points, to improve operational efficiency and security, and to ultimately enhance user productivity. Dell‖s Desktop Virtualization and Cloud Client Computing solutions meet the needs of a rapidly changing and increasingly mobile workforce by providing near universal access to corporate apps and data. They also provide IT departments with a greater degree of control by delivering a flexible user experience without compromising security. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box 5.1, the Dell DVS Simplified Appliance provides a simplified, cost effective solution in a convenient appliance. This allows companies with limited budgets and IT staff to leverage the benefits of desktop virtualization at as few as 50 users. VDI-in-a-Box 5.1 integrates connection brokering, load balancing, desktop provisioning, high-availability, and user personalization features using Citrix Personal vDisk (PVD). VDIin-a-Box 5.1 also delivers preferred management functions in a single package running on standard Dell servers with local storage while enabling anytime anywhere access with built-in support for the Citrix® HDX™ high definition desktop virtualization experience to end users for any application, device, or network. Finally, VDI-in-a-Box offers hypervisor support for Citrix XenServer and Microsoft Hyper-V. This reference architecture provides an introduction to the technology, benefits, general sizing guidance and configuration recommendations for implementing a Dell virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution powered by Citrix VDI-in-a-Box 5.1 with a Citrix XenServer or Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructure. This configuration combines Dell PowerEdge R720 rack or Dell PowerEdge T620 tower servers with VDI-in-a-Box software to create a flexible VDI solution capable of providing a user experience that is the same or better than a traditional PC desktop. Solution flexibility allows us to support smaller deployments of only 50 users and broader deployments supporting 100 users on either a tower or a rack based server. The smaller configuration provides virtual desktops at the same cost per seat but with a lower overall cost of entry than the 100 user deployment. In this way, Dell‖s Desktop Virtualization Solutions (DVS) are indeed giving you the power to do more. 1 Dell DVS Simplified Appliance Reference Architecture

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Dell DVS Simplified Appliance Reference Architecture
1
Executive Summary
Dell and Citrix have taken another significant step toward eliminating the complexity of
desktop virtualization. Together we have developed an improved turn-key solution
–
the
DVS Simplified Appliance
–
to help small and medium enterprise customers leverage this
compelling technology. For those new to the space, desktop virtualization is a proven
methodology for delivering a rich computing experience to end users from centralized
data centers.
These data centers can be on-site or cloud-based, in either customer-hosted or Dell-
managed configurations. In desktop virtualization the OS, applications, user preferences,
and user data are decoupled from the client device. This gives IT departments the ability
to deliver standardized desktops to multiple end points, to improve operational efficiency
and security, and to ultimately enhance user productivity.
Dell
‖s
Desktop Virtualization and Cloud Client Computing solutions meet the needs of a
rapidly changing and increasingly mobile workforce by providing near universal access to
corporate apps and data. They also provide IT departments with a greater degree of
control by delivering a flexible user experience without compromising security. With Citrix
VDI-in-a-Box 5.1, the Dell DVS Simplified Appliance provides a simplified, cost effective
solution in a convenient appliance. This allows companies with limited budgets and IT
staff to leverage the benefits of desktop virtualization at as few as 50 users.
VDI-in-a-Box 5.1 integrates connection brokering, load balancing, desktop provisioning,
high-availability, and user personalization features using Citrix Personal vDisk (PVD). VDI-
in-a-Box 5.1 also delivers preferred management functions in a single package running on
standard Dell servers with local storage while enabling anytime anywhere access with
built-in support for the
Citrix® HDX™
high definition desktop virtualization experience to
end users for any application, device, or network. Finally, VDI-in-a-Box offers hypervisor
support for Citrix XenServer and Microsoft Hyper-V.
This reference architecture provides an introduction to the technology, benefits, general
sizing guidance and configuration recommendations for implementing a Dell virtual
desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution powered by Citrix VDI-in-a-Box 5.1 with a Citrix
XenServer or Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructure. This configuration combines Dell
PowerEdge R720 rack or Dell PowerEdge T620 tower servers with VDI-in-a-Box software
to create a flexible VDI solution capable of providing a user experience that is the same or
better than a traditional PC desktop.
Solution flexibility allows us to support smaller deployments of only 50 users and broader
deployments supporting 100 users on either a tower or a rack based server. The smaller
configuration provides virtual desktops at the same cost per seat but with a lower overall
cost of entry than the 100 user deployment.
In this way, Dell‖s Desktop Virtualization
Solutions (DVS) are indeed giving you the power to do more.