Dell Solution Brief v3-3
Solution Brief
Simply the Best for Desktop Virtualization The IO Offload Engine, optimized on Dell hardware, was designed from the ground up as a desktop virtualization appliance, providing the full-featured persistent virtual desktops that users want with the manageability, scalability and affordability that make it possible. The IO Offload Engine compliments a new or existing virtual desktop solution set by delivering a critical high-performance storage component for high capacity and low cost persistent desktops. The IO Offload Engine enables full-featured persistent virtual desktops at the cost of less functional, non-persistent desktops without changing the existing compute infrastructure because we simply appear as a storage target. Delivering an exceptional user experience and extraordinary performance in mission-critical virtual desktop environments, the IO Offload Engine on Dell can scale from a single department to cloud with the same approach and architecture, without adding risk or complexity.
IO Offload Engine Appliance on Dell Features:
Defining a New Category The IO Offload Engine on Dell is not a general-purpose storage device. It is not an add-on cache. It is an extension of the virtual architecture that allows the user to deploy a massive number of persistent virtual desktops while keeping the storage they already have. VMware View, Citrix XenDesktop and Dell vWorkspace can now be deployed to meet new business drivers in a cost effective way while delivering on service levels and performance demands. The GreenBytes IO Offload Engine on Dell is uniquely simple, affordable, compatible and effective.
• Supports from 500 to 1000s of virtual desktop users • Get the full PC experience with persistent desktops • Real-time deduplication enables SSD performance at HDD prices • Extremely high IOPS and low latency get high capacity without loss of performance • VMware VAAI Acceleration • Rapid cloning for faster deployments • Full high availability with dual active controllers • iSCSI and NFS
EXISTING SAN
User & Application Data
Inline Deduplication
Reduce the amount of flash required to support VDI by as much as 98% with GreenBytes’ patented zero latency inline deduplication.
HYPERVISOR HOST
Highly Available
Redundant controllers, components and connectivity with transparent failover via iSCSI. Your desktops are always available.
GreenBytes IOOE
Preserve Investments No matter what storage you are currently using (Compellent, EqualLogic, etc.), your existing investments are protected.
It’s Your Desktop, Virtualized.
Storage-related IO is the principal bottleneck for desktop virtualization, and many vendors are promoting flash as the solution. But deploying flash without GreenBytes’ patented zero latency inline deduplication technology is cost prohibitive. GreenBytes has true, real-time, inline deduplication that reduces the number of writes seen by the SSDs, increasing flash endurance while enabling awesome performance. Competing solutions offer some of the components that enable VDI to work, but only GreenBytes’ IO Offload Engine on Dell combines all of the integral features into a single, easy to deploy and scale desktop virtualization solution that provides a full-featured virtual desktop experience. End user computing teams can continue to leverage their existing storage, working practices, management tools, and years of knowledge and experience.
Appliance Configuration 2 X R620 PowerEdge Servers Intel Xeon E5-2667 2.990GHz 8x8GB DDR3 1600 100GB SSD Boot Drive MD1220 Powervault DAS 12 to 24 200GB SSD
IO Offload Engine on Dell Solution Configuration Raw GB
Licensed Effective Storage (GB)
Users Estimate
IOOE 4800
4,800
96,000
2,000
IOOE 2400
2,400
48,000
1,000
IOOE 1200
2,400*
27,000
500
Model
*Minimal physical drive configuration of 12 drives. Greenbytes license based on raw capacity of 1200GB.
IO Performance Levels IO Type
IOPS @ 4K Block Size
Latency
100% Read
411,023
.47 ms
50/50% Read/Write
280,531
.68 ms
100% Write
236,933
.81 ms
is a SRA (Site Recovery Adapter) certified offering to enable SRM (Site Recovery Manager) for fast replication and less WAN traffic.
About GreenBytes, Inc.
GreenBytes delivers patented IO-Offload desktop virtualization storage optimization software that maximizes the effective performance and capacity of existing infrastructure to provide persistent, full-featured virtual desktops with the manageability, scalability and affordability required for cloud-scale VDI deployments. GreenBytes was founded in 2007 and is based in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. For more information, please visit www.getgreenbytes.com. Issue Date: November 21, 2013
Simply the Best for Desktop Virtualization The IO Offload Engine, optimized on Dell hardware, was designed from the ground up as a desktop virtualization appliance, providing the full-featured persistent virtual desktops that users want with the manageability, scalability and affordability that make it possible. The IO Offload Engine compliments a new or existing virtual desktop solution set by delivering a critical high-performance storage component for high capacity and low cost persistent desktops. The IO Offload Engine enables full-featured persistent virtual desktops at the cost of less functional, non-persistent desktops without changing the existing compute infrastructure because we simply appear as a storage target. Delivering an exceptional user experience and extraordinary performance in mission-critical virtual desktop environments, the IO Offload Engine on Dell can scale from a single department to cloud with the same approach and architecture, without adding risk or complexity.
IO Offload Engine Appliance on Dell Features:
Defining a New Category The IO Offload Engine on Dell is not a general-purpose storage device. It is not an add-on cache. It is an extension of the virtual architecture that allows the user to deploy a massive number of persistent virtual desktops while keeping the storage they already have. VMware View, Citrix XenDesktop and Dell vWorkspace can now be deployed to meet new business drivers in a cost effective way while delivering on service levels and performance demands. The GreenBytes IO Offload Engine on Dell is uniquely simple, affordable, compatible and effective.
• Supports from 500 to 1000s of virtual desktop users • Get the full PC experience with persistent desktops • Real-time deduplication enables SSD performance at HDD prices • Extremely high IOPS and low latency get high capacity without loss of performance • VMware VAAI Acceleration • Rapid cloning for faster deployments • Full high availability with dual active controllers • iSCSI and NFS
EXISTING SAN
User & Application Data
Inline Deduplication
Reduce the amount of flash required to support VDI by as much as 98% with GreenBytes’ patented zero latency inline deduplication.
HYPERVISOR HOST
Highly Available
Redundant controllers, components and connectivity with transparent failover via iSCSI. Your desktops are always available.
GreenBytes IOOE
Preserve Investments No matter what storage you are currently using (Compellent, EqualLogic, etc.), your existing investments are protected.
It’s Your Desktop, Virtualized.
Storage-related IO is the principal bottleneck for desktop virtualization, and many vendors are promoting flash as the solution. But deploying flash without GreenBytes’ patented zero latency inline deduplication technology is cost prohibitive. GreenBytes has true, real-time, inline deduplication that reduces the number of writes seen by the SSDs, increasing flash endurance while enabling awesome performance. Competing solutions offer some of the components that enable VDI to work, but only GreenBytes’ IO Offload Engine on Dell combines all of the integral features into a single, easy to deploy and scale desktop virtualization solution that provides a full-featured virtual desktop experience. End user computing teams can continue to leverage their existing storage, working practices, management tools, and years of knowledge and experience.
Appliance Configuration 2 X R620 PowerEdge Servers Intel Xeon E5-2667 2.990GHz 8x8GB DDR3 1600 100GB SSD Boot Drive MD1220 Powervault DAS 12 to 24 200GB SSD
IO Offload Engine on Dell Solution Configuration Raw GB
Licensed Effective Storage (GB)
Users Estimate
IOOE 4800
4,800
96,000
2,000
IOOE 2400
2,400
48,000
1,000
IOOE 1200
2,400*
27,000
500
Model
*Minimal physical drive configuration of 12 drives. Greenbytes license based on raw capacity of 1200GB.
IO Performance Levels IO Type
IOPS @ 4K Block Size
Latency
100% Read
411,023
.47 ms
50/50% Read/Write
280,531
.68 ms
100% Write
236,933
.81 ms
is a SRA (Site Recovery Adapter) certified offering to enable SRM (Site Recovery Manager) for fast replication and less WAN traffic.
About GreenBytes, Inc.
GreenBytes delivers patented IO-Offload desktop virtualization storage optimization software that maximizes the effective performance and capacity of existing infrastructure to provide persistent, full-featured virtual desktops with the manageability, scalability and affordability required for cloud-scale VDI deployments. GreenBytes was founded in 2007 and is based in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. For more information, please visit www.getgreenbytes.com. Issue Date: November 21, 2013
