Desktop Virtualization Assessment April 15, 2010

Desktop Virtualization Assessment

<Insert Partner Name>

<Insert Consultant Name>

April 15, 2010

Agenda

1. Scope

2. Findings

3. VDI FIT

4. Recommendations

Scope Findings VDI FIT Recommendations

Assessment Scope

Assessment Scope Assessment Start Date: January 12, 2010

Assessment End Date: February 12, 2010

Assessment Duration: 32 days

Assessment Locations: <fill in number, names>

Desktops in Org: <fill in number>

Desktops Assessed: 187

Users in Org: <fill in number>

Users Assessed: 474

Machine Groups in Org: <fill in number>

Machine Groups Assessed: 5

User Groups in Org: <fill in number>

User Groups Assessed: 2


VDI Fit Definition

CPU and Memory Fit Good Fair Poor Avg. System CPU % Used < 10 % 10 - 40 % > 40 %

Avg. User CPU % Used < 10 % 10 - 40 % > 40 %

Avg. Memory KB Used < 350000 KB 350000 - 700000 KB > 700000 KB

Avg. GDI Objects < 150 150 - 300 > 300

I/O Fit Good Fair Poor Avg. Disk IOPS < 10 IOPS 10 - 25 IOPS > 25 IOPS

Avg. Network KB/s < 5 KB/s 5 - 20 KB/s > 20 KB/s

Avg. Network Roundtrip MS < 40 ms 40 - 140 ms > 140 ms


Assessment Machine Groups

Machine Group Number of Desktops

Stats-All-Not vitsd 186

Stats-cXXXXX machines 111

Stats-vstf-int-PreRefresh 55

Stats-vstf-int-PostRefresh 20

Stats-vitsd Machines 1

Total : 5


Assessment User Groups

User Group Number of Users

Stats Users 292

Stats VITSD 2

Total : 2

Agenda

1. Scope

2. Findings

3. VDI FIT

4. Recommendations


Key Metrics Over Assessment Time Period

ActiveDesktops

ActiveUsers

Logon Duration (s)

App Load(ms)

System CPU (%)

User CPU (%)

CPU MhzMemory Usage

(%)

Disk I/O(IOPS)

Disk I/O RateDisk R/W

RatioNetwork I/O

RateNetwork

Latency (ms)GraphicsIntensity

Avg. 113.43 97.57 14.59s 19.59s 1.64% 0.55% 63.91 35.83% 8.43 IOPS 210.28 KB/s 0.84 26.65 KB/s 10.97ms 21.2

Peak Avg. 161.00 222.00 21.85s 1.13min 2.23% 0.87% 81.21 39.09% 10.11 IOPS 324.44 KB/s 1.12 49.39 KB/s 14.89ms 32.0


Key Metrics During Average Workday (M-F 8am-8pm)

Hour Beginning

ActiveDesktops

ActiveUsers

AverageLogon

Duration

AverageApp Load

AverageSystem CPU

AverageUser CPU

AverageCPU Mhz

AverageMemory

Usage

AverageDisk I/O

AverageDisk I/O Rate

AverageDisk R/W

Ratio

AverageNetwork I/O

Rate

AverageNetwork Latency

AverageGraphicsIntensity

8AM 168 47 16.53s 14.02s 1.09% 0.28% 39.74 35.36% 9.09 IOPS 264.52 KB/s 1.31 8.39 KB/s 12.54ms 14.5




12PM 160 183 14.08s 5.31s 1.92% 1.22% 91.75 39.90% 11.21 IOPS 310.57 KB/s 0.88 43.98 KB/s 30.72ms 33.1










Desktop Age

Years Desktops Avg. CPU % Avg. CPU MHz Total CPU MHz Avg. Memory %Avg. Memory

UsedAvg. Disk Used

%Avg. Disk Used VDI FIT Good VDI FIT Fair VDI FIT Poor

1yr 76 2% 59MHz 1151GHz 60% 317MB 57.05% 9GB 73 3 0

2yr 1 2% 96MHz 68GHz 51% 512MB 19.87% 46GB 1 0 0

4yr 3 1% 41MHz 92GHz 65% 332MB 33.51% 16GB 3 0 0

5yr 107 2% 55MHz 4793GHz 63% 336MB 31.61% 20GB 107 0 0

Totals 187 184 3 0


CPU Configuration

CPU Model Desktops Avg. CPU % Avg. CPU MHz Avg. CPU Peak % VDI FIT Good VDI FIT Fair VDI FIT Poor

Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz

107 1.81% 54.21MHz 2.30% 107 0 0

Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz

48 1.95% 57.28MHz 2.40% 47 1 0

Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7330 @ 2.40GHz

28 2.62% 62.92MHz 3.19% 26 2 0


2 1.55% 49.50MHz 1.98% 2 0 0

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz

1 2.00% 95.69MHz 2.54% 1 0 0


1 3.28% 87.25MHz 4.33% 1 0 0

Totals 187 184 3 0


Memory Configuration

Memory Size Count Avg. Memory Used % Avg. Memory Used VDI FIT Good VDI FIT Fair VDI FIT Poor

<= 512MB 181 62.24% 317.99MB 179 2 0

1024MB 4 53.68% 545.62MB 4 0 0

2048MB 2 44.87% 918.31MB 1 1 0

Totals 187 184 3 0


Operating System

Operating Systems Count VDI FIT Good VDI FIT Fair VDI FIT Poor

Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 3

186 184 2 0

Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Enterprise , Service Pack 2

1 0 1 0

Totals 187 184 3 0


Storage

Disk Size Group Count Avg. Disk Size Avg. Disk Used % Avg. Disk Used VDI FIT Good VDI FIT Fair VDI FIT Poor

< 40GB 100 20.43GB 53.03% 10.59GB 99 3 0

< 80GB 84 74.56GB 28.07% 20.93GB 84 0 0

< 160GB 3 149.03GB 27.61% 41.15GB 3 0 0

< 320GB 1 232.88GB 19.87% 46.27GB 1 0 0

Totals 187 3 0


External Devices - Most Used


Monitors and Printers

Monitor Configurations Number of Desktops 1 Monitor 185

2 Monitors 1

More than 2 Monitors 0

Printer Configurations Number of Desktops 1 Local Printer 2

More Than 1 Local Printer 2

1 Network Printer 0

More Than 1 Network Printer 0


User Groups - CPU Utilization

Group Total Users Avg. CPU % Used Avg. CPU MHz Used Avg. CPU Peak % Used VDI FIT Good VDI FIT Fair VDI FIT Poor

Stats VITSD 2 3.55% 90.52MHz 4.44% 1 1 0

Stats Users 290 3.38% 94.65MHz 4.23% 66 224 0


User Groups - Memory Utilization

Group Total Users Avg. Memory Used Avg. Memory SizeAvg. Memory

Used %VDI FIT Good VDI FIT Fair VDI FIT Poor

Stats VITSD 2 933.70MB 2048MB 45.62% 1 1 0

Stats Users 290 354.12MB 526MB 68.11% 66 224 0


User Groups - Storage Utilization

Group Total Users Avg. Disk IOPS Avg. Disk KB/s Avg. Disk Used Avg. Disk SizeAvg. Disk

Used %VDI FIT

GoodVDI FIT Fair

VDI FIT Poor

Stats Users 290 9.79 226.10 15GB 60.275862068965516GB 41.45% 66 224 0

Stats VITSD 2 5.87 116.87 35GB 100GB 55.06% 1 1 0


Applications - Most Used by Number of Users

Application Name Version Number of Users Number of Machines Number of ExecutionsTotal

UsageTime

On-Access Scanner service Unknown 337 173 306 34 days 452:57:56

tntgrd 4.5.0 337 173 44 n/a

Java(TM) Quick Starter Service 6.0.170 336 172 71 n/a

LSA Shell (Export Version) 5.1.2600 336 172 17 n/a

Framework Service Unknown 336 173 114 n/a

Generic Host Process for Win32 Services

5.1.2600 336 172 91 n/a

CCM Executive 2.50.4253 336 173 141 n/a

NAI Product Manager Unknown 333 170 187 n/a

Client Server Runtime Process 6.0.6000 332 171 19 n/a

Windows Explorer 6.0.6000 328 173 1026 17 days 1901:40:29


Applications - Most Used by Time

Application Name Version Number of Users Number of Machines Number of ExecutionsTotal

UsageTime

Windows Explorer 6.0.6000 328 173 1026 17 days 1901:40:29

Common User Interface Unknown 177 113 789 3 days 1434:10:03

On-Access Scanner service Unknown 337 173 306 34 days 452:57:56

Microsoft Outlook 10.0.685 45 42 377 12 days 486:58:00

Internet Explorer 7.00.6000 135 124 411 9 days 332:16:16

Realtek Sound Manager 5.0.1 145 85 705 504:01:58

NetSupport Client Application V10.00 260 126 933 502:14:46

CTF Loader 5.1.2600 155 101 615 435:39:09

Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0.6514 1 1 5 15 days 04:01:52

VMware Tools Service 3.5.0 150 62 418 1 day 237:13:35


Applications - Top Avg. CPU Consumers (%)

Application UsersAverage

CPUTime

AverageCPU

%

AverageMemory

AverageI/O


SURVAPP 4 12.59min 24.32% 6.81MB 0.00KB/s 54.2

Vselect 7 7.91min 13.47% 11.24MB 0.88KB/s 165.2

Microsoft Office Word 1 40.68s 2.26% 12.65MB 0.18KB/s n/a

Direct3D Flying Objects Screen Saver

1 55.56s 1.54% 3.25MB 0.00KB/s 11.0

McAfee Agent Script Engine 1 30.36s 1.26% 7.82MB 3.77MB/s 4.0

Adaptive Server Anywhere Database Engine

7 14.12s 0.47% 14.11MB 0.15KB/s 24.0

SQL Server Windows NT 1 16.27s 0.45% 6.84MB 0.00KB/s 4.0

Microsoft Excel 38 9.95s 0.40% 10.02MB 14.52KB/s 257.9

WMI Provider Host 1 4.20s 0.35% 5.66MB 1.00KB/s 6.0

Spider 1 9.61s 0.32% 2.96MB 0.00KB/s 28.7


Applications - Top Avg. Memory Consumers (MB)


CPUTime

AverageCPU

%

AverageMemory

AverageI/O


McAfee Engine Service 41 3.28s 0.10% 47.89MB 118.60KB/s 4.0

Microsoft Office Outlook 1 3.84s 0.21% 47.45MB 0.71KB/s n/a

Windows Update Automatic Updates

11 4.99s 0.19% 38.48MB 395.17KB/s 4.4

VpxClient 2 1.62s 0.07% 36.09MB 0.00KB/s 492.6

sas 1 0.61s 0.02% 30.83MB 0.00KB/s 414.3

Host Process for Windows Services

1 2.52s 0.15% 30.82MB 12.21KB/s 4.0

On-Access Scanner service 337 1.29s 0.04% 30.48MB 8.31KB/s 4.0

Manipula 4 6.78s 0.21% 27.25MB 7.01KB/s 180.6

Microsoft (R) HTML Application host

6 0.00s 0.00% 25.80MB 0.00KB/s 44.7


336 2.31s 0.07% 23.93MB 15.17KB/s 8.3


Applications - Top Avg. IO Consumers (KB/s)


CPUTime

AverageCPU

%

AverageMemory

AverageI/O


McAfee Agent Script Engine 1 30.36s 1.26% 7.82MB 3.77MB/s 4.0

Windows Update Automatic Updates

11 4.99s 0.19% 38.48MB 395.17KB/s 4.4

Java(TM) Quick Starter Service

336 3.90s 0.12% 1.38MB 277.60KB/s 4.0

McAfee Engine Service 41 3.28s 0.10% 47.89MB 118.60KB/s 4.0

Local Security Authority Process

1 3.95s 0.22% 3.03MB 45.76KB/s 4.0

Content Index service 1 2.16s 0.09% 804.00KB 45.00KB/s 4.0

Windows® installer 15 2.92s 0.06% 6.05MB 30.88KB/s 4.1


336 2.31s 0.07% 23.93MB 15.17KB/s 8.3

Microsoft Excel 38 9.95s 0.40% 10.02MB 14.52KB/s 257.9

WMI 323 0.77s 0.03% 6.34MB 13.56KB/s 7.1


Applications - Top Avg. Graphics Consumers (GDI Objects)


CPUTime

AverageCPU

%

AverageMemory

AverageI/O


Intel(R) Audio Studio 1 0.24s 0.01% 22.73MB 0.00KB/s 1139.0

Adobe Reader 9.3 6 1.29s 0.04% 18.66MB 0.09KB/s 508.0

Microsoft Project-ThinApp 1 0.00s 0.00% 7.90MB 0.00KB/s 506.0

VpxClient 2 1.62s 0.07% 36.09MB 0.00KB/s 492.6

Windows Media Player 2 0.87s 0.07% 12.98MB 0.00KB/s 473.0

Adobe Reader 9.2 6 0.45s 0.02% 15.37MB 0.00KB/s 461.3

sas 1 0.61s 0.02% 30.83MB 0.00KB/s 414.3

FlexMail Core Software 1 4.85s 0.17% 14.18MB 0.00KB/s 387.3

Microsoft Outlook 45 2.36s 0.07% 13.69MB 0.33KB/s 359.6

Microsoft Office Visio-ThinApp 2 1.81s 0.04% 8.79MB 0.32KB/s 351.8

Agenda

1. Scope

2. Findings

3. VDI FIT

4. Recommendations


VDI Fit - Machines

VDI Fit, All Machines Count Good 166

Fair 4

Poor 0


VDI Fit - Users

VDI Fit, All Users Count Good 105

Fair 369

Poor 0


VDI Fit - User Groups

Good Avg. VDI FitUser Group Users with Good Fit Avg. Sys CPU (%) Avg. User CPU (%) Avg. Memory Used Avg. Mem Used (%) Avg. Graphics Avg. Disk IOPS Avg. Network I/O Avg. Network Latency

Stats Users 64 1.77% 0.52% 361.61MB 38.44% 35.35 9.09 10.65KB/s 11.99ms

Stats VITSD 1 0.84% 0.48% 682.94MB 21.67% 78.52 4.50 0.56KB/s 432.26µs

Fair Avg. VDI FitUser Group Users with Fair Fit Avg. Sys CPU (%) Avg. User CPU (%) Avg. Memory Used Avg. Mem Used (%) Avg. Graphics Avg. Disk IOPS Avg. Network I/O Avg. Network Latency

Stats Users 226 2.58% 1.10% 364.23MB 38.98% 31.29 9.91 45.37KB/s 11.79ms

Stats VITSD 1 4.10% 1.72% 1.24GB 43.48% 4.37 7.30 2.76KB/s 4.30ms

Poor Avg. VDI FitUser Group Users with Poor Fit Avg. Sys CPU (%) Avg. User CPU (%) Avg. Memory Used Avg. Mem Used (%) Avg. Graphics Avg. Disk IOPS Avg. Network I/O Avg. Network Latency


VDI Fit Comparison - Good Vs. Others

Group Avg. CPU Mhz Avg. CPU %Avg. Login

Delay (s)Avg. Disk Read

IOPSAvg. Disk Write IOPS Avg. Disk Read KB/s Avg. Disk Write KB/s

Avg. Disk R/W IOPS Ratio

Avg. Page Faults Avg. Page File Size MB Avg. Memory % Avg. Memory MBAvg. Graphics

Intensity

Other Fitness Levels

117.37 4.04 13.13 8.99 7.32 225.13 142.32 1.10 335,054.11 1,566.92 40.15 396.14 32.83

VDI Fit Good 43.44 1.49 11.83 2.80 3.94 97.82 68.86 0.70 571,517.17 1,464.22 35.48 328.42 18.72



CPU Utilization Trend

Memory Utilization Trend



Disk Utilization Trend

Network Utilization Trend


Worst VDI Fit - Machines

Name Avg. Sys CPU (%) Avg. User CPU (%) Avg. Memory Used Avg. Mem Used (%) Avg. Graphics Avg. Disk IOPS Avg. Network I/OAvg. Network

LatencyAvg. VDI Fit

vitsd-horsmic 4.10% 1.73% 1.24GB 43.56% 4.37 7.33 2.75KB/s 4.30ms 2.65

vstf-int-061 2.10% 0.67% 342.27MB 31.25% 25.91 5.81 27.84KB/s n/a 2.72

vstf-int-050 3.95% 0.72% 368.58MB 47.18% 19.35 10.56 26.07KB/s 1.53ms 2.72

vstf-int-004 2.18% 0.53% 348.62MB 42.21% 20.17 6.86 26.11KB/s 1.68ms 2.74

vstf-int-099 1.91% 0.42% 343.34MB 34.48% 19.67 9.08 34.59KB/s n/a 2.75

vstf-int-096 2.72% 0.52% 359.11MB 44.59% 19.58 11.51 15.33KB/s n/a 2.76

vstf-int-001 1.82% 0.39% 342.84MB 31.67% 17.93 6.52 24.89KB/s n/a 2.77

c157940 0.86% 0.60% 333.10MB 36.27% 21.65 9.58 24.43KB/s 12.22ms 2.78

c157968 0.91% 0.75% 343.72MB 37.97% 20.58 8.66 27.15KB/s 13.94ms 2.78

c157970 0.89% 0.37% 342.83MB 37.97% 21.04 10.20 22.30KB/s 12.74ms 2.78

c158026 0.86% 0.94% 340.16MB 37.46% 20.80 8.93 25.79KB/s 13.22ms 2.78

c157952 1.61% 0.45% 332.37MB 37.25% 21.61 10.10 23.52KB/s 13.05ms 2.78

c157946 0.92% 1.93% 344.32MB 38.25% 27.18 8.95 21.23KB/s 17.87ms 2.79

c157972 5.93% 1.44% 334.96MB 38.46% 25.33 9.27 20.72KB/s 12.43ms 2.79

c157793 1.56% 1.13% 332.55MB 37.51% 20.90 9.65 17.66KB/s 18.22ms 2.79

c157800 1.07% 0.61% 332.23MB 37.10% 21.04 9.61 18.59KB/s 25.72ms 2.79

c157951 0.86% 2.59% 335.44MB 37.55% 21.86 8.15 26.61KB/s 13.15ms 2.79

c177675 1.12% 0.91% 529.49MB 27.93% 50.99 11.84 4.34KB/s 12.73ms 2.80

c157957 0.86% 0.35% 348.91MB 38.60% 20.23 10.07 19.10KB/s 32.31ms 2.80

c157958 1.21% 0.41% 333.55MB 36.67% 19.94 9.40 24.78KB/s 12.64ms 2.80


Worst VDI Fit - Users

Name Avg. Sys CPU (%) Avg. User CPU (%) Avg. Memory Used Avg. Mem Used (%) Avg. Graphics Avg. Disk IOPS Avg. Network I/OAvg. Network

LatencyAvg. VDI Fit

railynn 8.04% 3.34% 449.31MB 65.44% 33.00 45.51 79.00KB/s n/a 2.15

nadahei@STATCAN 2.83% 1.66% 393.61MB 40.94% 13.62 40.63 92.00KB/s n/a 2.15

lazalau@STATCAN 1.70% 0.68% 387.46MB 39.04% 11.57 34.42 48.00KB/s n/a 2.15

proinik 2.04% 1.15% 339.39MB 42.71% 28.89 39.09 72.00KB/s n/a 2.25

rancchr@STATCAN 3.65% 0.82% 444.24MB 59.32% 29.31 17.64 47.62KB/s n/a 2.35

taylkat@STATCAN 1.80% 0.79% 344.73MB 41.45% 32.75 18.70 96.84KB/s n/a 2.37

shanala 5.66% 1.36% 400.28MB 53.06% 24.85 19.90 128.65KB/s 505.68µs 2.38

tuzimar@STATCAN 3.42% 0.88% 390.76MB 46.56% 34.74 19.39 28.08KB/s n/a 2.40

robegar@STATCAN 2.79% 2.87% 596.18MB 17.55% 11.19 30.51 7.00KB/s 341.75µs 2.40

goscfra 3.08% 0.62% 385.60MB 40.95% 22.38 17.94 43.35KB/s n/a 2.40

auguark 1.01% 0.26% 393.73MB 43.70% 30.00 10.15 126.00KB/s n/a 2.40

krymmay@STATCAN

2.10% 0.83% 381.44MB 42.23% 31.30 22.51 150.33KB/s n/a 2.40

thibdom 4.28% 0.89% 353.76MB 30.27% 13.15 17.30 60.00KB/s n/a 2.40

andejen@STATCAN 5.25% 0.72% 406.15MB 52.47% 23.02 13.92 78.68KB/s 2.17ms 2.40

perriri 4.18% 0.55% 422.52MB 51.90% 21.87 13.06 58.81KB/s n/a 2.40

goulden 4.31% 0.67% 358.46MB 37.87% 27.44 13.37 195.61KB/s 1.83ms 2.45

simolis 3.80% 3.59% 436.17MB 33.85% 31.03 8.61 74.82KB/s n/a 2.46

TremJul 4.48% 1.42% 413.34MB 57.01% 26.72 11.22 64.92KB/s n/a 2.46

lamamar@STATCAN

1.47% 0.42% 408.67MB 43.89% 32.73 11.59 113.31KB/s 11.46ms 2.46

armibri 3.95% 0.68% 392.17MB 40.81% 26.49 13.03 60.80KB/s n/a 2.47

Agenda

1. Scope

2. Findings

3. VDI FIT

4. Recommendations


Design Baseline

Aggregate DataSystem Element Observed - High Observed - Average Observed - Low

CPU Speed 3192.00 2924.24 2397.00

CPU Used (%) 99.62 1.98 0.33

Memory Used (MB) 1635.58 339.93 160.41

Page File Size (MB) 2429.61 377.30 207.26

Disk Used (GB) 68.07 18.70 7.40

Disk IOPS 194.97 8.77 0.00

Network I/O (KB/s) 1193.00 34.98 2.00

Network Latency (ms) 9212.32 13.23 0.04

VDI Configuration BaselineMinimum Configuration Recommended Configuration Conservative Configuration

Number of Cores 23 31 47

Memory Needed 37 GB 47 GB 56 GB

Storage Needed 2463 GB 3162 GB 3512 GB

** Design assumes master image, de-duplication


Recommendations

Proposed Solution- <Enter VDI Configuration description>

End Points- <Enter plan for end clients, terminals, hardware reuse>

Ensuring Good User Experience- Liquidware Labs' ProfileUnity for user data migration, profile migration- Liquidware Labs' Stratusphere for end user performance monitoring, problem resolution


VDI

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