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Asia/Pacific Desktop Virtualization trends and analysis
Ian Song
Research Manager, Enterprise Mobility, Client Virtualization, IDC Singapore
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Situation Overview
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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
 Hypervisor virtualizes underlying
hardware
 Each user gets its own isolated virtual
desktop, applications and data
 Relatively high technical requirements
Virtual Machine Management
Hypervisor
 Comparatively low user density per
server
Key Vendor Products:
Citrix XenDesktop
VMware View
Microsoft VDI Suite
RedHat RHEV for Desktop
VDI is best suited for knowledge workers, content producers where needs for customization and security are high
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Virtual User Session (VUS)
 Multiuser operating system supporting
multiple concurrent user session
 Underlying hardware is not virtualized
Management
 Users share desktop, applications and
get their own data folders
 Mature technology, low requirement
 Comparatively high user density per
server
Key Vendor Products:
Citrix XenApp
Dell vWorkspace
Microsoft Remote Desktop Service
VMware Horizon Workspace
VUS is best suited for task workers, where computing requirements are relatively uniform, security concerns are low
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Desktop Virtualization Adoption Overview
Tier 1: On par with western countries
• Australia and New Zealand
• South Korea
• Japan
• Singapore
• Hong Kong
Tier 2: 12 – 18 months behind
• China
• India
• Malaysia
• Taiwan
• Thailand
Tier 3: More than 2 years behind
• Most SEA countries
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Desktop Virtualization adoption in APeJ
Public Sector
12%
VDI
52%
Financial
Services
13%
VDI
Less than 250 licenses used: 86%
More than 250 licenses used: 14%
Education
12%
Healthcare
4%
Manufacturin
g
30%
Media
3%
Services
21%
Retail and
Wholesale
5%
VUS
Less than 250 licenses used: 87%
More than 250 licenses used: 13%
VUS
48%
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Barriers to desktop virtualization adoption
Business
Technology
Organization
Cost/ROI
Complexity
Acceptance
Confusion
Limitation
Politics
Proficiency
Buy-In
Experience
Collaboration
Generalization
Strategy
STOP
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Reasons to implement desktop virtualization
Top 5 reason for desktop virtualization
Security
Simplify Application Management
62%
54%
Hours
9.0
Annual User Productivity Cost. Hours/Year
0.7
8.0
1.8
7.0
6.0
2.2
5.0
Simplify Hardware Management
41%
4.0
0.2
3.0
Simplify OS Management
37%
1.3
2.0
4.0
0.9
1.0
Disaster Recovery/Preparedness
32%
1.3
0.0
Traditional PC
Downtime
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Business
study
Helpdesk
Desktop Virtualization
Security
Initial access/deployment
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Future Outlook
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Million
Expected growth for Asia/Pacific
$300

VDI expected to experience high
growth, 5 yr CAGR at 38%

VUS growth remain consistent, 5
yr CAGR at 11%

By 2018, IDC expect 20+ million
users to use VDI across AP

By 2018, 40% of all VDI and
VUS sessions will be delivered
through cloud
$250
$200
$150
$100
$50
$2013
2014
2015
VDI
2016
2017
2018
VUS
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Desktop Virtualization Priorities in 2014
Simplify
Mobilize
USER EXPERIENCE
Engage
Cloudify
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User Experience
Challenge

Desktops today are very graphics
intensive

Virtual desktop with virtual CPU
graphic rendering produces subpar
user experience

User are less likely to tolerate poor
user experience

Limited user segments
Solution

GPU offload graphics processing off
CPU

Greatly improve virtual desktop
graphics performance, user
experience

Opens desktop virtualization to more
user segments

Able to replace workstations at greatly
reduced TCO
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Technology overview – Software rendered (CPU only)
 CPU handles graphics operations
 No graphics acceleration
 Poor graphical experience under load
 Suitable for simple operations with low
graphic requirement
 Supported by all VDI vendors
HYPERVISOR
Display
Software
Supported Hypervisor:
XenServer
XenSource
Hyper-V
KVM
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Technology overview – Shared GPU
 GPU handles graphical operations
 Graphic acceleration managed by GPU
driver in Hypervisor
 GPU resources allocated by Hypervisor
 Greatly improves graphical performance
 Performance will suffer under high
demand
HYPERVISOR
GPU
Manager
GPU
Driver
 Suitable for light to medium graphical
requirements, general PC replacement
Supported Hypervisor:
XenServer
XenSource
vSphere
Hyper-V
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Technology overview – GPU Pass-through
 GPU handles graphical operations
 Each physical GPU is allocated to a
single VM
 GPU bypasses Hypervisor, is managed
directly by driver installed in the VM
Driver
HYPERVISOR
Driver
Driver
 Delivers best possible graphical
performance
 1 GPU per VM can be costly
 Suitable for workstation and high-end
PC replacement
Supported Hypervisor:
XenServer
XenSource
vSphere
KVM
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Technology overview – Virtualized GPU
Driver
Driver

GPU handles graphical operations

Virtualized GPUs are delivered to each VM
directly

Actual GPU resources are managed by the
Hypervisor and allocated to VMs

Virtualized GPU resources are managed by
driver installed in the VM

Full GPU resource can be utilized and
allocated depending requirement

Deliver dedicated GPU like performance

Suitable for workstation and high-end PC
replacement
Driver
GPU
Virtualization
HYPERVISOR
GPU
CORE
GPU
Memory
Supported Hypervisor:
XenServer
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User Experience Matrix
Task Worker
Knowledge
Worker
Power User
Designer
Software
Render
(High VM Density)
Best
Shared GPU
(High VM Density)
Optimal
GPU
Pass-through
Acceptable
(Low VM Density)
Sub-par
Virtualized
GPU
(Med VM Density)
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Essential Guidance
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Essential Guidance – Strategic Mindset

Organizations are interested, but also confused

Desktop Virtualization is about User Workspace transformation
•
•
•
Support multiple device platform
Consolidated management for PC, Tablet and Smartphone
Empower all users
 Desktop Virtualization is a long term, strategic solution
 Ensuring User Experience is MUST
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Essential Guidance – Strategic Mindset
• Business Value
• Roadmap
• Improve Experience
• Improve operation
• Partners who can
deliver end to end
solution
• Partners who can
improve experience
• End Users
• Applications
• Infrastructure
Strategy
Assessment
Manage
• Based on user needs
• Develop IT expertise
• Develop KPI,
measureable result
Selection
Optimize
• User management
• Infrastructure
• Operation
management
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Evaluate
• Start small
• Operations
• User Experience
• Infrastructure
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Thank You
Ian Song
Research Manager, Enterprise Mobility, Client Virtualization, IDC Singapore
[email protected]