Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops 3.0
A presentation at Red Hat Webinar by Shawn Wells
RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION FOR DESKTOPS 3.0 Shawn Wells shawn@redhat.com 443-534-0130
WHY VIRTUALIZE THE DESKTOP? 2 RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
WHO BENEFITS FROM VIRTUAL DESKTOPS? ● Call centers/Task worker ● ● Knowledge workers ● ● ● Multi-monitors, fast screen refresh, unique application set Developers / Engineers ● 3 Heterogeneous computer lab environments Teachers, facilities, etc FSA / Traders ● ● Nursing stations, doctors, patient rooms, etc Education ● ● Simplified desktop and limited application set Healthcare ● ● Simplified application set Multiple environments, unique system resources requirements, unique application set RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION FOR DESKTOPS COMPLETE VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTION 4 Desktops & Server virtualization Windows & Linux desktops Full featured VDI: Integrated connection broker, pooling, templates, thin provisioning, memory overcommit, system scheduler, & more RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
SPICE: BUILT FOR VIRTUAL DESKTOPS Adaptive Protocol Improved network support for WAN 5 Dynamically chooses optimal point to process graphics Renders locally on client or falls back to server or VM Enhanced bandwidth and latency tolerance Optional SSL encryption Highest server density levels RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
SPICE: MULTIMEDIA ● ● Delivers multimedia with local appearance ● Sends native drawing/graphics commands to client for any combination of Win/Linux Unlike competing protocols, does not use MMR (MultiMedia Redirection) ● No installation of codecs on client ● ● 6 No restrictions on codec format or playback (browser/stand-alone) Supports anything the VM supports ● WMV, Quicktime, Flash, H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, etc. RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
SPICE: EXCEPTIONAL USER EXPERIENCE User experience comparable to a local desktop PC Bi-directional audio & video VoIP & video conferencing HD quality video Hi resolution 2560x1600 (each) Up to 4 monitors USB redirection for nearly any device 7 Smart Card/CAC authentication Copy & paste RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
RHEV HYPERVISOR / KVM OVERVIEW SMALL FORM FACTOR, SCALABLE, HIGH PERFORMANCE ● ● ● ● ● 8 Host: 160 logical CPU (4,096 theoretical max), 2 TB RAM (64TB theoretical max) Guest: 64 vCPU, 512 GB RAM Supports latest silicon virtualization technology Based on the latest RHEL 6 kernel Microsoft SVVP certified RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
RHEV MANAGER OVERVIEW ● 9 Centralized virtual infrastructure management (hosts, virtual machines, networking, storage, templates, etc.) ● Designed for large scale: 500+ hosts and 10,000+ virtual machines ● Administrative interfaces: GUI, RESTful API, Linux CLI RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
RHEV MANAGER OVERVIEW ● Live Migration ● Load Balancing ● Self Service Portal ● ● ● ● 10 Integrated Connection Broker/policy management Pools, Templates, thin provisioning, snapshots Centralized storage and networking management Eco-system marketplace RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
POWER USER PORTAL ● ● ● ● ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 11 Self-Service user portal Tied to Microsoft AD or Red Hat Identity Management (LDAP) users and groups Role and object based security delegation Full VM lifecycle management Create, edit and remove virtual machines Manage virtual disks and network interfaces Assign user permissions to virtual machines Create and use templates to rapidly deploy virtual machines Monitor resource usage and high-severity events Create and use snapshots to restore virtual machines to a previous state RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
REPORTING ● ● ● ● 12 Historical usage, trending, quality of service Integrated reporting engine based on Jasper reports Over 25 prebuilt reports and dashboards included Ability to create and customize reports and templates RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
RHEV FOR DESKTOPS ECOSYSTEM PARTNERS ● Integrated through the RHEV API Application Virtualization & Streaming Linux-based Thin Clients User Virtualization (Profile Mgmt) Windowsbased Thin Clients Capacity Planning & P2V, V2V Connection Broker 13 ● ● Certified by Red Hat to work with RHEV for Desktops & SPICE Free ISV software trials available via the RHEV Marketplace RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP: THE ONLY END-TOEND OPEN VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY LEADERS IN INFRASTRUCTURE, NETWORKING, STORAGE ARE BACKING RHEV 14 RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
INDUSTRY LEADING VIRTUALIZATION PERFORMANCE ● 15 SPECvirt_sc2010: As of January 1, 2012, RHEV claims top 6 results and the only 8 socket server scores RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
SIGNIFICANT COST ADVANTAGE 100 desktops on 6 sockets (three dual-socket servers) ● RHEV for Desktops delivers more value… ● ● ● 16 Windows & Linux desktops Desktops & Servers Included self-service user portal RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
RHEV FOR DESKTOPS: DELIVERING REAL VALUE! 17 RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
CALCULATE TCO & ROI YOURSELF… www.redhat.com/rhev/desktop/cost 18 RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
THANK YOU
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SPICE: BUILT FOR VIRTUAL DESKTOPS Adaptive Protocol Improved network support for WAN 21 Dynamically chooses optimal point to process graphics Renders locally on client or falls back to server or VM Enhanced bandwidth and latency tolerance Optional SSL encryption Highest server density levels RED HAT, INC. | RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION
Why virtualize your desktop? Who benefits? This presentation answered those questions while introducing the SPICE adaptive protocol for VDI.
