Get the inside scoop on what Citrix and Nutanix are up to. In this session, you will discover the collaborative projects and visions that we are most excited about. Watch the session on SynergyTV and follow along with these slides. http://live.citrixsynergy.com/2016/player/ondemandplayer.php?presentation_id=f2ededd4-64a0-47aa-bbbd-208d62128038

1. Desktop and Application Virtualization

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Today’s Speaker
Name : Kees Baggerman
Role : Staff Solutions Architect, Nutanix
: http://blog.myvirtualvision.com
: @KBaggerman

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Today’s Speaker
Name : Jarian Gibson
Role : Independent Consultant
: http://www.jariangibson.com
: @jariangibson

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Agenda
Company
Conclusion/DemoCitrix and Nutanix
Problem Solution Core Technology
Citrix and Acropolis Q&A

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Agenda
Company
Conclusion/DemoCitrix and Nutanix
Problem Solution Core Technology
Citrix and Acropolis Q&A

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About Nutanix
2600+ customers
Over 70 countries
6 continents
Founded in 2009
1500+ employees
Deliver Enterprise clouds to
 Make datacenter infrastructure invisible,
 Elevate IT to focus on applications and services

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Agenda
Company
Conclusion/DemoCitrix and Nutanix
Problem Solution Core Technology
Citrix and Acropolis Q&A

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Legacy Infrastructure Is Complex
Inherent
Complexity
Inefficient Silos
Forklift Scaling

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Datacenter Management Is Painful

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ShelfwareLock-In
Operational
Complexity
Expensive
ELAs
Virtualization Tax Is Increasing

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Agenda
Company
Conclusion/DemoCitrix and Nutanix
Problem Solution Core Technology
Citrix and Acropolis Q&A

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What Nutanix Does
Converged
compute, storage
and virtualization
Servers
Storage
Network
SAN
Virtualization

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Integrated Datacenter Management
Prism

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Predictable Economics and Growth
VMs

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0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
300 600 1200 1500 3000
Seconds
Number of Virtual Desktops
Relative Application Performance
Consistent response time while incrementally scaling blocks
Linear Scalability: From 100s to 1000s of Desktops

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Bringing the Tesla-effect into your datacenter

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Faster Shipping and Deployment
Nutanix delivered in days,
not months
Complete infrastructure, ready for application provisioning, in minutes
30x Faster Time to
Acropolis Hypervisor
Legacy

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Footprint Reduction
Up to
Less Power and Space
Legacy

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VCE vBlock (VMWare, Cisco & EMC) vs Nutanix
2500 users , 100% VDI
Source: Vblock Specialized System for Extreme Applications with
Citrix XenDesktop 7.1, page 28
Released: april 2014
vBlock Nutanix Difference
Power (Watt) 19510 7987 11523
Heat (BTU) 51223 31432 19791
Rackspace (RU) 35 20 15
Cost to run (€/yr) 39308 16092 23126
Cost to cool (€/yr) 30238 18550 11688
Total cost (€/yr) 69547 34642 34905
Per user (€/yr) 27,81 13,85 13,96
% costs saved 50%
Source: Citrix Validated Solution for Nutanix
June 2014, extrapolated node configurations

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Flexpod (Cisco + NetApp) vs Nutanix
2000 users, 75% HSD + 25% HVD
Source: Flexpod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop 7.1 and
Vmware vSphere 5.1, page 16
Released: March 5, 2014
Flexpod Nutanix Difference
Power (Watt) 13170 4406 8764
Heat (BTU) 35284 17118 18166
Rackspace (RU) 30 11 19
Cost to run (€/yr) 26534 8877 17657
Cost to cool (€/yr) 20829 10105 10724
Total cost (€/yr) 47363 18982 28381
Per user (€/yr) 23,68 9,49 11,08
% Costs saved 60%
Source: Citrix Validated Solution for Nutanix
June 2014, extrapolated node configurations

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Cisco + EMC VSPEX vs Nutanix
1000 users , 70% HSD 30% VDI
Source: Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solution for EMC VSPEX with
Citrix XenDesktop 7.5 for 1000 seats, page 19
Released: July 2014
Cisco Nutanix Difference
Power (Watt) 10063 2481 7582
Heat (BTU) 28136 10555 17581
Rackspace (RU) 34 7 27
Cost to run (€/yr) 20274 4998 15276
Cost to cool (€/yr) 16609 6231 10378
Total cost (€/yr) 36884 11230 25654
Per user (€/yr) 36,88 11,23 25,65
% costs saved 70%
Source: Citrix Validated Solution for Nutanix
June 2014, extrapolated node configurations

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Agenda
Company
Conclusion/DemoCitrix and Nutanix
Problem Solution Core Technology
Citrix and Acropolis Q&A

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Distributed Storage Fabric
App Mobility Fabric
AcropolisPrism
Acropolis Hypervisor
Nutanix Products
Infrastructure
Management
Operational
Insights
Planning

24. Acropolis Hypervisor

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Legacy Virtualization in a SAN World
LUN-centric Storage
Hypervisor Bloat
Lock-in
Lower Mobility
Shelfware
Hypervisor has
taken on data
services that
belong in storage
VM-centric Data Services
Hypervisor
Storage
Virtualized Computing

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Legacy
VM-centric Storage
Simpler Stack
Virtualized Computing
VM-centric Data Services
Virtualized Computing
Hypervisor
Storage
Nutanix
LUN-centric Storage
Converged Stack for Virtualization and Storage

27. Our platform

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Nutanix nodes explained
What’s In
• Software-based
• Smart software,
commodity HW
• Scale one x86 server at a
time
• Highly distributed, but local
storage
• Heavily automated
Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform
- The hardware side

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The only thing we customized…

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What model?
“Our System was up and
running in 30 minutes!”
–Ken Farley, Gunner IT
Download Customer Success Story
 4 nodes / 2U
 Balanced
resources for
branch office,
retail stores, &
remote offices
 Power and space
savings up to 80%
NX-1000
 4 nodes / 2U
 Fast performance
for compute-
intensive
workloads (e.g.
VDI)
 Highest supported
VM density
NX-3000
 2 nodes / 2U
 Ideal for data-
intense apps
 Full range of CPU
offerings to
accommodate
multiple apps
NX-6000
 1 node / 2U
 Tailored for high
perf VDI and Tier-
1 apps
 4x more SSD
accommodates a
much larger active
data set
 Flexible configs
including CPU,
SSD, Memory &
10GbE
NX-8000
 1 node / 2U
 GPU offload
integrates
graphics intensive
users
 Ideal for any user
currently running
workstations with
GPU cards
installed
NX-7000

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What model for desktop virtualisation?
“Our System was up and
running in 30 minutes!”
–Ken Farley, Gunner IT
 4 nodes / 2U
 Fast performance
for compute-
intensive
workloads (e.g.
VDI)
 Highest supported
VM density
NX-3000
 1 node / 2U
 GPU offload
integrates
graphics intensive
users
 Ideal for any user
currently running
workstations with
GPU cards
installed
NX-7000 NX-3175
 1 node / 1U
 GPU optional
 Great combination
of high VM density
and GPU
enhanced
desktops
NX-3155
 1 node / 2U
 GPU offload
integrates
graphics intensive
users
 Ideal for any user
currently running
workstations with
GPU cards
installed

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Agenda
Company
Conclusion/DemoCitrix and Nutanix
Problem Solution Core Technology
Citrix and Acropolis Q&A

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How Nutanix helps boosting your desktop virt project?

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Desktop Catalog mode choices
MCS
Pooled
PVS
Pooled with PVD Dedicated
Non Persistent:
Writes discarded on restart
(Semi)- Persistent
Writes sustained on restart
Catalog disk modes
Random
Static
Pre-Assigned
First Use
Streamed
Streamed
with PVD
Virtual
Physical
Virtual only

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PXE BDM
PVS high level vDisk architecture
PVS Server(s)PXE BDM PXE BDM
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Standard Mode: 1:many
(write cache enabled)
Private mode: 1:1
(write cache disabled)
PVS disk modes
Device collection
(based on MAC) .vhd
1. Write cache on disk 2. Write cache in RAM 3. Write cache on PVS server
4. Write cache in RAM, with overflow to disk
Write
cache
Write
cache
Write
cache

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PXE BDM
Citrix PVS – On Nutanix?
PVS Server(s)PXE BDM PXE BDM
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10111000101011
Standard Mode: 1:many
(write cache enabled)
Private mode: 1:1
(write cache disabled)
PVS disk modes
Device collection
(based on MAC) .vhd
1. Write cache on disk 2. Write cache in RAM 3. Write cache on PVS server
4. Write cache in RAM, with overflow to disk
Write
cache
Write
cache
Write
cache
Write Cache Placement

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PXE BDM
Citrix PVS – On Nutanix?
PVS Server(s)PXE BDM PXE BDM
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10111000101011
Standard Mode: 1:many
(write cache enabled)
Private mode: 1:1
(write cache disabled)
PVS disk modes
Device collection
(based on MAC) .vhd
1. Write cache on disk 2. Write cache in RAM 3. Write cache on PVS server
4. Write cache in RAM, with overflow to disk
Write
cache
Write
cache
Write
cache
Distribution of vDisks

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MCS high level vdisk architecture
Virtual Machine
Diff disk
Root vDisk
Datastore
Virtual Machine Virtual Machine
ID disk
Diff disk
ID disk
Diff disk
ID disk
Master VM
snapshots
flattened copy…
…to every
configured
datastore
Persistent
identity
16MB
Space
reclaimed at
every reboot
One copy of the vdisk
shared by all VM’s

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Citrix MCS – On Nutanix
Before After

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Citrix MCS – On Nutanix?
Read IO

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Citrix MCS - On Nutanix
Master vDisk
Distributed storage
Clone…
Hypervisor node local storage
Diff
ID
Diff
ID
Snapshot
Shadow Clone
Hypervisor node local storage
Diff
ID
Diff
ID
Shadow Clone
Hypervisor node local storage
Diff
ID
Diff
ID
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10101010101011
Shadow Clones

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Agenda
Company
Conclusion/DemoCitrix and Nutanix
Problem Solution Core Technology
Citrix and Acropolis Q&A

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Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor is Citrix Ready
• Consistent and Predictable performance
• Turnkey setup and monitoring
• Consumer grade management
• Simplified OpEx
• Time to value
• End-to-end ownership

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Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp on Acropolis Hypervisor
Acropolis Hypervisor
Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor
is now certified Citrix Ready for
Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp and Citrix Workspace
Cloud
Citrix NetScaler VPX
Citrix ShareFile
Citrix Lifecycle Management

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A Layered Approach to App and Desktop Delivery
Network
Compute and Storage (HW)
Hypervisor
Control and Access Layer
Desktop Layer
User Layer
Choiceof
XenDesktop
& XenApp
Acropolis
Hypervisor
Hyper-V ESXi
NetScaler VPX 10GbE
Switches
+

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How Nutanix AHV boosts XenDesktop
No infrastructure restraints Data locality AHV concept of clones Single Datastore

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Agenda
Company
Conclusion/DemoCitrix and Nutanix
Problem Solution Core Technology
Citrix and Acropolis Q&A

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Integration points

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Integration points
Power management plugin - provides the ability to cleanly
power up and power down VMs from the hypervisor.

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Integration points
Machine Creation Services - provides the ability to
provision desktops inside of the Citrix environment.

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Integration points
Citrix Validated Solution - An architecture document that
validates our design and performance.

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Agenda
Company
Conclusion/DemoCitrix and Nutanix
Problem Solution Core Technology
Citrix and Acropolis Q&A

55. Thank You
Q&A

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Useful links
Solution Note for XD on AHV:
http://go.nutanix.com/citrix-xenapp-and-xendesktop-on-acropolis.html
Reference Architectures http://nutanix.com/resources/reference-architecture/
Automating Citrix PVS on Nutanix AHV:
http://blog.myvirtualvision.com/2015/11/25/automating-citrix-pvs-nutanix-ahv-posh/