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Maximizing the Potential of Your Datacenter Using XenServer

September 2012

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Citrix XenServer

• Free XenServer Impact• 900,000+ downloads• 150,000+ unique organizations• > 50% of Fortune 500 run XenServer

• Proven with leading vendors technology• Entrusted by demanding organizations

to run the most mission critical apps• Optimized for XenDesktop deployments

• Used by the largest clouds• Optimized for Cloud deployments

• Validated by market thought leaders

Best virtualizationplatform

“XenServer 5.5 now meets 100% of our enterprise requirements”

- Burton Group, 2009

“Look closely at Citrix as an alternative to VMware. [Citrix] offers many of the same features as VMware with more flexibility and a lower price.”

- Info-Tech Research Group, 2011

Magic Quadrant “Leader" – noted for features and price/performance”

- Gartner, 2011


Gartner Magic Quadrant Report

Citrix placed in the leaders quadrant

“The competitive market for x86 server virtualization

infrastructure has matured, leading more enterprises to

reconsider their choices, and, instead, consider multiple

virtualization infrastructures.”*

*Gartner references extracted from “Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure” published June 11, 2012


Leveraging Multiple Hypervisors

Source: Info-Tech Research Group; N = 71

1%3% 7%

31%58%

How many server virtualizationvendors are you using?

5 4 3 2 1

41%

32%

9%

9%

5% 5%

What pair of vendorsare you using?

VMware/CitrixVMware/MicrosoftVMware/OracleMicrosoft/OracleOracle/Red HatMicrosoft/Red Hat

71%

20%

7%

2%What vendor are you using?

VMware

Microsoft

Citrix

Red Hat

• Many organizations leverage a combination of VMware, for advanced management of critical workloads and apps, and Citrix or Microsoft for cost savings in non-critical systems.

• Microsoft can also bring high performance for Microsoft apps like Exchange or SharePoint.

• Citrix XenServer is often utilized to support Citrix’s XenDesktop.

The Benefits

• When possible, ensure one of your solutions can manage the other for day-to-day management tasks like live migration & P2V.

• Microsoft & Citrix can manage VMware and each other.

• VMware is beginning to offer management of Microsoft VMs.

The Challenges


Why Customers Virtualize with XenServer?

• Industry-leading server virtualization, free!• Extends your server consolidation savings into

capital equipment, space, power and cooling costs• Per host pricing for premium editions

Affordable3

• Enterprise-class features such as live migration, disk snap shots, high availability, memory overcommit

• Enables you to optimize resources with zero-downtime to users.

• Cloud and Desktop Optimized for high density workloads with usage specific optimizations

Performance2

• 10 minutes to Xen• No single points of failure• Centrally manage hundreds of virtual servers

Ease of Use1


XenServer Meets All Virtualization Needs

EnterpriseData Center

•High performance, resilient virtualization platform•Simple deployment and management model•Host based licensing to control CAPEX

DesktopVirtualization

•Optimized for high performance desktop workloads•Storage optimizations to control VDI CAPEX

•Platform for IaaS and Cloud Service Providers•Powers the NetScaler SDX platform•Fully supports Software Defined Networking•Enhanced integrations with Citrix CloudPlatform

Enterprise Data Center Virtualization


Workload Placement Services

• Feature name: Workload Balancing

• Automated guest start-up and management based on defined policy

• Guests automatically migrate from one host to another based on resource usage

• Power-on/off hosts as needed

• Report on utilization of pool resources – by VM, by host, etc.


Integrated Site Recovery

• Supports LVM SRs

• Replication/mirroring setup outside scope of solutionᵒ Follow vendor instructionsᵒ Breaking of replication/mirror also manual

• Works with every iSCSI and FC array on HCL

• Supports active-active DR


Delegated Web Based Administration

• Enables:ᵒ IT delegation for administratorsᵒ VM level administration for end users

• Support for multiple pools

• Active Directory enabledᵒ Leverages XenServer RBAC

• XenVNC and RDP console access


XenServer Pool

• Extends standard XenMotion

• Migrates VM disks from any storage type to any other storage typeᵒ Local, DAS, iSCSI, FC

• Supports cross pool migrationᵒ Requires compatible CPUs

• Encrypted Migration model

• Specify management interface for optimal performance

Live Storage XenMotion

XenServer Hypervisor

VDI(s)

Live Virtual

Machine

Desktop Optimized XenServer


Supporting High Performance Graphics

• Feature name: GPU pass-through

• Enables high-end graphics in VDI deployments with HDX 3D Pro

• Optimal CAD application support with XenDesktop

• More powerful than RemoteFX, virtual GPUs, or other general purpose graphics solutions


Controlling Shared Storage Costs – IntelliCache

• Caching of XenDesktop 5 images

• Leverages local storage

• Reduce IOPS on shared storage

• Supported since XenServer 5.6 SP2


Cost Effective VM Densities

• Supporting VMs with up to:ᵒ 16 vCPU per VMᵒ 128GB Memory per VM

• Supporting XenServer hosts with up to:ᵒ 1TB Physical RAMᵒ 160 logical processors

• Yielding up to 150 Desktop images per host

• Included at no cost with all XenDesktop purchases

• Cisco Validated Design for XenDesktop on UCS

Cloud Optimized XenServer


Distributed Virtual Network Switching

• Virtual Switchᵒ Open source: www.openvswitch.orgᵒ Provides a rich layer 2 feature setᵒ Cross host internal networksᵒ Rich traffic monitoring options

• DVS Controllerᵒ Virtual applianceᵒ Web-based GUIᵒ Can manage multiple poolsᵒ Can exist within pool it manages

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

http://www.openvswitch.org/


NetScaler SDX – Powered by XenServer

• Complete tenant isolation

• Complete independence

• Partitions within instances

• Optimized network: 50+ Gbps

• Runs default XenServer 6

XenServer Customers


• Part of the Army’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, leads the design, build, training and deployment of Army ERP solutions.

U.S. Army Shared Services Center

• Looking for cost savings through hardware consolidation

• How XenServer helped:ᵒ Consolidated SAP environment from 21 to 4 servers. ᵒ Increased processing capacity 300%ᵒ Reduction in operating costs yielded savings of $414,181 in first year

• Next steps:ᵒ Moving additional workloads to XenServer to capitalize on cost

savingsᵒ Implement Disaster Recovery solutionᵒ Examining XenDesktop for desktop virtualization


Medical University of South Carolina

• South Carolina based teaching hospital

• State funding cuts threatened services

• XenDesktop for application deliveryᵒ 300 applications virtualizedᵒ Supporting rural out reach programsᵒ Facilitating mobile access to patient information

• XenServer used for additional server consolidationᵒ IT and capital costs shrunkᵒ Power and cooling reduced by 73%ᵒ Service uptime objectives met for clinicians, physicians and researchers

http://www.musc.edu/


1&1 Internet

• Leading global Web Hosting providerᵒ 5 data centers with 70,000 servers in Europe and USAᵒ Over 11 million customers on paid servicesᵒ Manage over 18 million domain names

• Searching for best solution for its public cloud offering, Dynamic Cloud Server

• XenServer chosen for cloud platform due to:ᵒ product maturityᵒ open source code-baseᵒ flexible pricing modelᵒ Citrix worldwide support and services

• Looking at other Citrix offerings ᵒ Evaluating Citrix CloudPlatform for cloud orchestration layer

XenServer Pricing and Packaging


Product Packaging and Pricing

Automated, integrated, and production-ready offering for medium to large enterprise deployments

Data protection and resiliency for enterprise-wide virtual environments

Free, enterprise-ready virtual infrastructure with management tools above and beyond alternatives

$5,000 /host

$2,500 /host

FREE

XenServerPlatinum

$1,000 /host

Highly available and memory optimized virtual infrastructure for improved TCO and host utilization

XenServerEnterprise

XenServerAdvanced

XenServerFree


Subscription AdvantageCitrix Subscription Advantage entitles customers the ability to upgrade to the latest software version for their product at no additional charge. Support not included.

Renewal Categories

Current: Renewal SRPActive memberships

Reinstatement: Renewal SRP + pro-rated renewal for time expired + 20% feeMemberships that are expired 1 through 365 days

Recovery: Recovery SRPMemberships that are expired more than 365 days

Edition Renewal SRP Recovery SRP

XenServer Platinum $675.00 per SVR $2,800.00 per SVR

XenServer Enterprise $325.00 per SVR $1,400.00 per SVR

XenServer Advanced $130.00 per SVR $560.00 per SVR


Support Options XenServer Support Options Premier SupportCost 7% of license cost (SRP)Product Coverage XenServer Advanced, Enterprise and PlatinumCoverage Hours 24x7x365Incidents UnlimitedNamed Contacts UnlimitedType of Access Phone/Web/Email

Add-on Service OptionsSoftware or Hardware TRM 200 hours/Unlimited incidents/1region $40,000

Additional TRM hours 100 hours $20,000

Fully Dedicated TRM 1600 hours/Unlimited incidents/1 region $325,000

On-site Days On-site technical support service $2,000 per day

Assigned Escalation 200 hours/1 region (must have TRM) $16,000

Fully Dedicated Assigned Escalation 1600 hours $480,000


It’s Your Budget … Spend it Wisely

•Vendor lock-in great for vendor•Beware product lifecycles and tool set changesSingle Vendor•ROI Calculators always show vendor author as best•Use your own numbersROI Can be Manipulated

•Over buying is costly; get what you need•Support call priority with tiered modelsUnderstand Support Model

•Some projects have requirements best suited to specific tool•Understand deployment and licensing impactUse Correct Tool•Blanket purchases benefit only vendor•Chargeback to project for feature requirements

Leverage Costly Features as Required

Work better. Live better.

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