1、Alternative Desktop Solutions,Emerging Secure Managed Client (SMC)Richard Cheston, Executive Director & Distinguished Engineer,Alternative Desktop Why Now?,Environmental factors increasing pressure for new solutions Audit/Control requirements such as Sarbanes Oxley, etc. New legislation; i.e., eDisc
2、overy Desire for Green solutions Security and Identity theft grow DisastersTechnology Improvements bringing forth new solutions today Server blades & virtualization (VMWare: ESX, GSX, VDI) Software virtualization (MS Softricity, Altiris SVS, LANDesk Thinstall) Network bandwidth Video CompressionEmer
3、ging Technologies will improve over current offerings Redirect native windows requests to virtual devices Hypervisor Effective boot over network iSCSI Intel Vpro technologies,Alternative Desktop Current Market Offerings,PC like device with local processor power,Server/DT Blade,Display device running
4、 VMWare VDI,Thin Client,Server/DT Blades,Virtualization,Blade Server Farm,Potential lowest cost, but limited function,Windows experience for low graphics application,Scalable and high availability,Display device w/ remote processing,VMWare ESX, Citrix ICA, MS RDP,Secure Managed Client (SMC),Software
5、 Stack Management console Connection Manager SAN Provisioning,SMC Client M57P available today Initially desktop w/o HDD Future - optimized design Total solution is “green”,Lenovo Storage Array (LSA) Built on iSCSI SAN Tuned for SMC Available in Rack Workgroup LSA planned for 1H09 Evaluating future L
6、SA Appliance,SMC - The Safest Alternative Desktop Solution To Pilot,Re-provision Switch back to a traditional PC without any need for replacing hardware if the SMC solution does not meet expectationsExample: 1,000 ThinkCentre M5x systems used for pilot However, all M5X systems are configured as SMC
7、devices If pilot is successful, all ThinkCentre M5x stay SMC devices If pilot does not meet customers expectations, the SMC ThinkCentre can be configured back to be a traditional PC No need to replace any hardware or leave “parts on the floor” ISCSI SAN can be re-used as backup storage for desktops
8、or elsewhereSMC mitigates the migration exposure from moving to an “alternative desktop” solution,SMC Summary of Potential Hard Cost Savings,SMC has the potential to save up to $1,100 - $3,600 over 3 years compared to a well managed PC environment,Alternative Desktop Functional Comparisons vs Tradit
9、ion PC,* Depends upon OS. Most thin clients are not standard MS OS,Physical Hardware,Hypervisor,(Xen),User Operating System (UOS),(Vista),Secure Managed Client Diskless Client Architecture,LANDesk Core,Intranet/ Internet,User 0 User N,UOS image (R/W),User OS,User Data,* * User N,User x,User 0 * *,Bo
10、ot,Image,iSCSI SAN,LanDesk,Server,Boot Manager iSCSI controller,(Linux),iSCSI Boot FW,Benefits Hierarchy Of Consolidated Computing,Building on the Benefits of Server Based Computing,Added Value of Secure Managed Client,Lower TCO,Centralized Maintenance,Enhanced Security,Flexibility,Lowest Power and
11、Cooling,Safest Investment,High Video Performance,No Additional IT Staff Needed,Fidelity With True Windows PC,Highest user satisfaction its a PC! Any app or option that works on a PC, works on SMC SAN based, not Server based No distance limitations No graphics differences to PC Supports suspend modes
12、 Same corporate image No application changes,Alternative Desktop ROI Comparison,Note: ROI is a customer implementation analysis relative to a DT baseline,SMC - Proposed Time Line Leading Up to Launch,Beta Customers:NortelNationwideRBC Coca Cola Company,Agreed Customer:Nortel,Pilot Customers: X Penn
13、State Bryant University Plus 20 more,Windows PC Fidelity,Business Functions,Full,Limited,Repetitive,Adaptive,Task & Data Entry Worker,Knowledge Worker,Power user & Technical Worker,Desktop Segmentation and Positioning,VDI,Secure Managed Client,# of users,Thin Clients,Backup,SMC - Complex Problem, Si
14、mple Solution Its just a PC with remote storage,Multiple solutions that solve the same problemsTodays virtualized solutions are complex and require the customer to integrate with multiple vendorsSMC is built on industry standard solutionsSMC is storage based,SMC vs Streaming,While Streaming is the c
15、losest technology solution to SMC, there are significant functional and costs differences Overall cost of SMC solution is significantly lower than Streaming,Disaster Recovery and High Availability Options for SMC,Three Levels of Enhanced Protection Advanced Snapshots: Protect data from logical error
16、s (accidental deletions or virus attack) 1024 Snapshots for multi-user, multi-restore points Zero degradation when creating additional snapshots Multi-level scheduling of snapshots Rollback terabytes of data in a second Asynchronous Replication: Copy data to remote disaster recovery site for restora
17、tion/recovery process Snapshot Assisted Replication greatly reduces the amount of bandwidth needed Flexible replication configurations: one-to-many locations, disk array or tape backup High Availability and Failover: Active/Passive and Active/Active mirroring between two SANs Automatic Fail-over/Fai
18、l-back Configurable Load Balancing and Failover settings Zero downtime, even in the unlikely event of complete SAN failure,SMC Software Solution Overview,Business Functionality Weekly web reports Aggregated corporate summary Average end-user Response time during the day Response time for desktop and
19、 web based applications Bandwidth usage during standard operation Average Windows and web based application usage and availability Average power consumption Average printer utilization (local and network printers),IT Functionality Hardware Inventory Software Inventory Software Distribution & Patchin
20、g Remote Control Image Management User Management (connection broker) Report Generator Executive Dashboard Intel vPro Management Software License monitoring Alert Management Storage Array Configuration Storage Array Management,Page 17,Secure Managed Client Services provided by Lenovo Professional Se
21、rvices,Proof Of Concept (POC) $8,250 + T/L Lenovo provided evaluation hardware five system kit provided Two day on-site, setup and deep demonstration Two weeks customer preformed testing One day on-site, post project results analysis Prototype & Pilot projects $49,500 + T/L Designed as a follow-on t
22、o POC Customer provided hardware up to 50 systems Single use case proven in customer environment Solution customization and architectural design Integration into customers system management solution Seamless hand-off to large scale implementation teamPart numbers: Billable services part number: 43R1
23、522 $165 / hour Travel expenses part number: 43R8859 billed at actual expense incurred,Alternative Desktop Potential TCO Comparison,All managed delivery models reduce TCO versus a typical desktop PC TCO of server-side models impacted by higher infrastructure costs (servers, network, storage, facilities) Power is a minor TCO element (3-5%),Note: http:/ SMC TCO is estimated based on well managed PC savings,SMC delivers the lowest TCO of any Desktop Alternative,Page 20,Interact ES for ThinkVantage Technologies Lenovo and Serden Audit on Lenovo SMC Devices,High CPU,Resulting in,
