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PIVOT3 VSTAC VDI P CUBED APPLIANCE WITH
VMWARE VIEW: AN INTEGRATED VDI SOLUTION




                       Enterprises that are setting up a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) can
                choose from many hardware and software options. One integrated solution is
                the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance, which uses VMware View software. P
                Cubed integrates storage, making it easy to set up and manage, and can scale as
                your business grows.
                       In the Principled Technologies (PT) labs, we tested the vSTAC P Cubed
                appliance. We found that it supported 105 users with an acceptable user
                response time.




                                                                                         JANUARY 2013
                                           A PRINCIPLED TECHNOLOGIES TEST REPORT
                                                                            Commissioned by VMware, Inc.
A SIMPLIFIED VDI SOLUTION
                                    Virtual desktop infrastructures require a great deal of planning to ensure you
                            can deliver the desktop performance employees require. One way to simplify the
                            process is to choose an integrated solution, such as the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed
                            Appliance.
                                    We tested a single Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance pre-configured with
                            VMware vSphere 5.1, and VMware View 5.1. We used the Login VSI Medium workload
                            to generate a reproducible, real-world test case that simulated the execution of various
                            applications including Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, Adobe® Flash® video, and
                            Microsoft Office applications. Using Login VSI, we could determine how many virtual
                            desktop users the solution could support.
                                    We configured Login VSI to run a Medium workload against a pool of virtual
                            desktops and set up the test to incrementally log users into virtual desktop sessions over
                            a 45-minute period. Login VSI measures the total response time of all the applications
                            from each session and calculates the VSI Index by taking the average response times and
                            dropping the highest and lowest 2 percent. The average response time of the first 15
                            session determines a baseline; the VSImax is baseline x 125% +3000ms. As more
                            sessions begin to consume system resources, response time degrade and the VSI index
                            increases until it is above the VSImax. When this condition is met, the benchmark
                            records a Login VSImax, which is the maximum number of sessions that platform could
                            support. All sessions stayed logged in for 15 minutes.


PROVEN PERFORMANCE
                                    In our tests, we found that the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance was able to
                            host 105 concurrent sessions while retaining a satisfactory user response, and did not
                            reach VSImax. Note: VSImax is the maximum user capacity at which performance did
                            not degrade; therefore, not reaching VSImax is a positive indicator that response time
                            remained satisfactory.
                                    Figure 1 shows the response times, in milliseconds, as we increased the number
                            of users in our test.




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Figure 1: The vSTAC P Cubed
appliance ran 105 sessions
and didn’t reach VSImax.




                                                 Figure 2 shows the percentage CPU utilization throughout our one-hour test.
                                      Average CPU utilization was 72.3 percent.



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Figure 3 shows the disk latency, in milliseconds, throughout our one-hour test.
                                                 Average disk latency was 9.2 milliseconds.



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CONFIGURING AND DEPLOYING VMS WITH THE PIVOT3 VSTAC VDI P
CUBED APPLIANCE
                                                         Because the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance comes with VMware View
                                                 preconfigured, setting it up and getting your VMs up and running is extremely simple
                                                 and quick. Figure 4 presents the time needed for the small number of steps involved in
                                                 this process. As it shows, you can configure the appliance and get 105 VMs going in less
                                                 than an hour.


Step                                                                                                                             Time
Connect Network and power on                                                                                                    0:00:09
Power on VMs and Configure Networking on ESXi                                                                                   0:03:25
Assign user to desktop pool                                                                                                     0:00:12
Update vSphere License and View license                                                                                         0:01:01
Configure View connection server                                                                                                0:00:37
Activate and customize sample desktop                                                                                           0:02:14
Total time to configure                                                                                                         0:07:38
Total time to deploy 105 VMs                                                                                                    0:45:51
Total time to configure and deploy 105 VMs                                                                                      0:53:29
Figure 4: Time to configure and deploy VMs using the Pivot3 v VSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance.




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WHAT WE TESTED
About Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance
                                     The vSTAC P Cubed appliance provides a full VDI production deployment out-of-
                             the-box with minimal configuration and in less than one hour. By efficiently eliminating
                             the need of specialized external storage, IT administrators can easily scale to hundreds
                             of virtual desktops by simply adding additional vSTAC appliances. The plug-and-play
                             capabilities of the appliance allow customers to consolidate server and storage
                             resources in to a single hardware platform in an easy to use low factory pre-configured
                             environment. Automatic storage load balancing and high-availability are features fully
                             supported by the vSTAC P Cubed appliance.
                                     To learn more about the vSTAC P Cubed appliance, visit
                             http://www.pivot3.com/products/p3/
About VMware View 5
                                     VMware designed its View 5 desktop virtualization software to simplify IT
                             management of virtual desktops from within the cloud. A centralized interface allows
                             administrators to manage upwards of tens of thousands of end-users. An administrator
                             can easily manage settings such as policy enforcement, performance monitoring,
                             connection brokering, and provisioning, to name a few. The result includes improved
                             security, less costly management, and faster provisioning and maintenance of desktop
                             images and applications. The end-user enjoys easier access to his or her View desktop
                             from a variety of locations, less downtime, a customizable desktop, and robust
                             multimedia capabilities.
                                     To learn more about VMware View 5, visit
                             http://www.vmware.com/products/view/overview.html.


About VMware vSphere 5
                                     vSphere 5 is the latest virtualization operating system from VMware. vSphere 5
                             allows companies to virtualize their server, storage, and networking resources,
                             achieving a consolidation ratio greater than 15:1. Features such as automated
                             management and dynamic resource allocation improve efficiency. The services that
                             vSphere 5 provides fall into two categories: Infrastructure services or application
                             services. The former handle the virtualization of resources and their allocation to
                             application when most needed, while the latter provide service-level controls to
                             applications running on vSphere 5.
                                     To learn more about VMware vSphere 5, visit
                             http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/overview.html.




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About Login VSI 3.6
                                     Login Virtual Session Indexer (Login VSI) 3.6 is a tool that helps assess the virtual
                             desktop performance, capacity, and scalability of a server.
                                     The newest version of Login VSI, Login VSI 3.6, includes client side performance
                             testing that test character response, large text response, mouse-click feedback, and
                             image quality and loading times on clients to ensure good end-user performance. In our
                             tests, we did not use the client-side testing portion of Login VSI, but instead used the
                             tool to determine how many virtual desktops the appliance could support. For more
                             information about Login VSI 3.6, see http://www.loginvsi.com/product-overview.


CONCLUSION
                                     Choosing an integrated solution to host your VMware View virtual desktops can
                             simplify your infrastructure and ultimately reduce costs associated with storage
                             administration, power, and cooling costs. We put one such solution that combines
                             processors, memory, and local storage, the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance, to the
                             test to see how many VMware View virtual desktops the solution could host while
                             delivering acceptable performance.
                                     As our tests show, the vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance can host up to 105
                             concurrent typical medium-workload users on VMware View virtual desktops.




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APPENDIX A – CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
         Figure 5 provides detailed configuration information for the Pivot3 vSTAC P Cubed appliance.

System                                                                          Pivot3 vSTAC P Cubed
Power supplies
Total number                                                  2
Vendor and model number                                       Dell F750E-S0
Wattage of each (W)                                           750
Cooling fans
Total number                                                  6
Vendor and model number                                       Sanyo 9GA0612P1J611
Dimensions (h x w) of each                                    3x3
Volts                                                         12
General
Number of processor packages                                  2
Number of cores per processor                                 6
Number of hardware threads per core                           2
System power management policy                                Performance
CPU
Vendor                                                        Intel®
Name                                                          Intel Xeon® E5-2630
Model number                                                  Xeon E5-2630
Stepping                                                      C1
Socket type                                                   LGA2011
Core frequency (GHz)                                          2.3
Bus frequency (GT/s)                                          7.2
L1 cache                                                      32 KB + 32 KB (per core)
L2 cache                                                      256 KB (per core)
L3 cache (MB)                                                 15
Platform
Vendor and model number                                       Pivot3 vSTAC Appliance
BIOS name and version                                         1.2.6 [Pivot3 1.0.0]
BIOS settings                                                 Performance
Memory module(s)
Total RAM in system (GB)                                      128
Vendor and model number                                       Samsung® M393B2G70BH0-YH9
Type                                                          PC3-10700
Speed (MHz)                                                   1,333
Speed running in the system (MHz)                             1,333
Timing/Latency (tCL-tRCD-tRP-tRASmin)                         9-9-9-25
Size (GB)                                                     16
Number of RAM module(s)                                       8
Chip organization                                             Double-sided
Rank                                                          Dual


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System                                                                                 Pivot3 vSTAC P Cubed
Operating system
Name                                                             VMware ESXi 5.1.0
Build number                                                     799733
File system                                                      VMFS
Service Pack                                                     N/A
Language                                                         English
Hard drive
Vendor and model number                                          Seagate® ST2000NM0011
Number of drives                                                 12
Size (GB)                                                        2000
RPM                                                              7,200
Type                                                             SATA
Ethernet adapter
Vendor and model number                                          Intel I350 Gigabit
Type                                                             Integrated
USB ports
Number                                                           4
Type                                                             2.0
Figure 5: Detailed configuration information for the Pivot3 vSTAC P Cubed appliance.




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APPENDIX B – HOW WE TESTED
          Figure 6 presents the settings we used to configure the Pivot3 P Cubed VMware View environment.

  VM name                     Hosted OS                              Role (s)                  Host      Memory       # vCPUs
                                                       AD Domain controller VSI Share,
AD01              Win 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise           DHCP, DNS, NTP, AD roaming            vDT-host      4 GB           2
                                                       profiles, folder redirection
View
                  Win 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise           VMware View Connection server         vDT-host      4 GB           4
Connection
                                                 VMware Virtual Center,
vCenter           Win 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise                                                 vDT-host      4 GB           4
                                                 Composer
Management                                       Configuration and management
                  Win 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise                                                 vDT-host      4 GB           1
Station                                          software for Pivot3 STACs
Pivot3_VM         pvt.00.6.0.TALON.05A7.53301130 Pivot3 storage appliance                   vDT-host       4 GB           4
                                                                                            Launcher
Launcher          Windows 7 x 86 Enterprise            Login VSI master launcher                           4 GB           2
                                                                                             server
Golden
                  Windows 7 x 86 Enterprise            View master image                     vDT-host      1 GB           1
Desktop
Figure 6: Configuration settings we used when testing the Pivot3 vSTAC P Cubed appliance.

Setting up Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed
Configuring the network
    1.    Connect network cables into the management and private networks.
    2.    Connect to the host via the VMware vSphere client.
    3.    Log in as root.
    4.    Right click on the icons to power up each VM.
    5.    Configure IP addresses for both NICs on the management appliances.
    6.    Open the console for AD01 and login in using domain administrator credentials.
    7.    Open DNS and update the IP address of the management appliance.
Setting up the Login VSI share and Active Directory users
          For Login VSI to work correctly, you must create a CIFS share, Active Directory OU, and Active directory. For
more information on Login VSI, see http://www.loginvsi.com/en/admin-guide/installation.html. Open Windows
Explorer, and create a file called f:share, e:profiles and e:folderredirect
    1. Assign permissions of read/write to the pcube/everyone group.
    2. Right-click the f:share, e:profiles and e:folderredirect folders, and select Properties.
    3. Click the Sharing tab, and click Share…
    4. Add everyone, system and administrators to the Read/Write group, and click Share.
    5. Right-click the e:folderredirect folder and select PropertiesSharingAdvanced SharingCaching,
       and select No files or programs from the Share Folder are available offline.
    6. Click OK, Apply, OK and Close.
    7. From the Login VSI 3.6 media, run the Login VSI AD Setup.
    8. Keep the defaults, and click Start.
Creating roaming profiles for users
    1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.


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2.    Browse to pcube.localLogin_VSIUsersTarget.
   3.    Select all Login VSI users, and right-click Properties.
   4.    Click the Profiles tab.
   5.    Check box Profile path, and type e:profiles%username%
   6.    Click OK.
Configuring folder redirection
   1.    Log into DC1 as administrator
   2.    Open the Group Policy editor.
   3.    Open forestdomainspcube.localright-click group Policy Objects, and select New.
   4.    Type folder redirection, leave source starter GPO as none, and click OK.
   5.    Right-click the folder redirection GPO, and click Edit.
   6.    Browse to User ConfigurationPoliciesWindows SettingsFolder Redirection, and right-click AppData
         (roaming).
   7.    In the AppData (roaming) Properties target tab, select the following:
          Setting= select Basic= Redirect everyone’s folders to the same location
          Target folder location= Create a folder for each user under the root path
          Root Path= DC1folderredirection
          In the AppData (roaming) Properties setting tab, uncheck the box for Grant the user exclusive right to
              AppData (Roaming), and click OK.
   8.    Repeat steps 6 through 8 for all subfolders in the folder redirection tree.
   9.    Close the Folder redirection group policy window.
   10.   In the group policy editor, right-click the folder redirection policy, and select GPO statusComputer
         Configuration Settings Disabled.
   11.   In the group policy editor, drag the folder redirect GPO to
         ForestDomainspcube.localLogin_VSIUsersTarget.
Update vCenter Licensing
   1.    Connect to the vCenter VM via the VMware vSphere client.
   2.    Log in using the administrator account.
   3.    Navigate to HomeAdministrationLicensing, and click Manage vSphere Licenses.
   4.    Click Add Licenses Keys, and click Next.
   5.    Click Assign to add a license to the VMware vSphere 5 desktop host.
   6.    Select the Host and the License, and click Next twice.
Customize Sample Desktop
   1. Log into the Golden_Desktop with the pcubeadministrator account.
   2. In Windows Activation, click Activate Now.
   3. Right-click ComputerPropertiesChange settingsAdvancedPerformanceSettings.
   4. In Performance settings, select the Advanced tab, and select Change for Virtual Memory.
   5. Deselect Automatically manage page file.
   6. Select Custom size, type 2048 for both values, and select Set.
Enabling ClearType fonts
   1. Click StartRun, and type cttune.exe
   2. Check the Turn on ClearType box, and click Next.
   3. Follow the wizard to enable ClearType fonts.
Installing Office 2010 Professional
   1. From the Office 2010 media, run Setup.


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2. Enter the product key for Office 2010, and click Continue.
    3. Accept the licensing agreement.
    4. Select Install Now.
    5. Reboot the system.
Installing Login VSI target software on view_gold
   1.    Log into the Golden_Desktop VM as pcubeadministrator
   2.    Browse to vsi-installTarget setup.
   3.    Run the setup.exe.
   4.    In the Target Setup wizard, specify the VSI share dc1share.
   5.    Click Start.
   6.    At the security warnings, click OK.
   7.    Reboot the system.
   8.    Open console, navigate to VMSnapshot, and click Take Snapshot.
Configure VMware View
   1.    In the ManagementStation Console, open Internet Explorer. Click continue to this website.
   2.    Log into VMware View Administrator with the pcubeadministrator account.
   3.    Navigate to View ConfigurationProduct Licensing and Usage. Click Edit License.
   4.    Enter the license, and click OK.
   5.    Navigate to InventoryPools, and click the SampleDesktop in the ID column.
   6.    Select ViewComposerRecompose.
   7.    In select Parent VM, select Golden_Desktop, and click OK.
   8.    In Image, highlight the new snapshot. Click Next.
   9.    In Scheduling, click Next.
   10.   In Ready to complete, click Finish.
   11.   Navigate to InventoryPools, and click SampleDesktop.
   12.   Click Edit.
   13.   Under the Provisioning Settings tab, set the Max number of desktops to 100. Click OK.
Creating a Windows 7 Enterprise x86 VM
Installing the Windows 7 Enterprise (x86) base image VM
   1.    Connect to the vDT-host via the VMware vSphere client.
   2.    Log in as root.
   3.    Click the Virtual Machines tab.
   4.    Right-click, and choose New Virtual Machine.
   5.    Choose Custom, and click Next.
   6.    Assign the name as win7-temp and click Next.
   7.    Select infra for the host, and click Next.
   8.    Select vdiLUN.
   9.    Choose Virtual Machine Version 8, and click Next.
   10.   Choose Windows, choose Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit), and click Next.
   11.   For CPUs, select one virtual processor socket and one core per virtual socket, and click Next.
   12.   Choose 1GB RAM, and click Next.
   13.   Click 1 for the number of NICs, select VMX, and click Next.
   14.   Leave the default virtual storage controller, and click Next.
   15.   Choose to create a new virtual disk, and click Next.
   16.   Make the OS virtual disk size 20 GB, choose thick-provisioned lazy zeroed, specify the OS datastore on the
         external storage, and click Next.

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17. Keep the default virtual device node (0:0), and click Next.
   18. Click Finish.
   19. Click Finish, and click OK.
   20. Right-click the win7-temp VM, and click Edit settings.
   21. Click the Resources tab, click Memory, and check the Reserve all guest memory box.
   22. Click the Hardware tab, CD/DVD Drive, and connect the VM virtual CD-ROM to the Microsoft Windows 7 x86
       installation disk.
   23. Click OK.
Installing the Windows 7 Enterprise (X86) on the base image VM
   1.   When the installation prompts you, press any key to begin setup.
   2.   Enter your language preferences, and click Next.
   3.   Click Install.
   4.   Accept the license terms, and click Next.
   5.   Select Custom, and select the drive that will contain the OS.
   6.   Click Install, and the setup begins.
   7.   Type user for the username and change the computer name, and click Next.
   8.   Enter no password, and click Next.
   9.   For system protection, select Use recommended settings, and click Next.
   10.  Enter your time zone, and click Next.
   11.  Select the Work Network setting, and click Next.
   12.  Use Windows Update to patch the Windows 7 installation.
   13.  Install VMware Tools from
        http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=340.
   14. Join the domain and Reboot.
Adjusting page file
   1. Log in as pcubeadministrator
   2. Right-click ComputerPropertiesChange settingsAdvancedPerformanceSettings.
   3. In Performance settings, select the Advanced tab, and select Change for Virtual Memory.
   4. Deselect automatically manage page file.
   5. Select Custom size, type 2048 for both values, and select Set.
Enabling ClearType fonts
    1. Click StartRun, and type cttune.exe
    2. Check the Turn on ClearType checkbox, and click Next.
    3. Follow the wizard to enable ClearType fonts.
Disabling Windows Firewall
        The domain GPO automatically disables the Windows Firewall.
Installing Office 2010 Professional
    1. From the Office 2010 media, run Setup.
    2. Enter the product key for Office 2010, and click Continue.
    3. Accept the licensing agreement.
    4. Select Install Now.
    5. Reboot the system.
Installing Login VSI target software
   1. Log into the VDI-gold VM as pcubeadministrator
   2. Browse to vsi-installTarget setup.


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3.    Run the setup.exe.
    4.    In the Target Setup wizard, specify the VSI share dc1share
    5.    Click Start.
    6.    At the security warnings, click OK.
    7.    Reboot the system.
Setting up Windows 7 Enterprise Launchers
          On a separate server, we created a Windows Enterprise X86 VMs base image and converted it into a template.
Using our template, we deployed Login VSI launchers.
          We installed the VMware View 5.1 client, added it to the pcube.local domain and Login VSI OU in Active
Directory, and installed the Login VSI Launcher software.
Installing the Windows 7 Enterprise (x86) base image VM
    1.    Log into the vCenter.
    2.    In the vSphere client, connect to the vCenter Server, and browse to the Launcher host.
    3.    Click the Virtual Machines tab.
    4.    Right-click, and choose New Virtual Machine.
    5.    Choose Custom, and click Next.
    6.    Assign the name as win7-temp and click Next.
    7.    Select infra for the host, and click Next.
    8.    Select infraLUN.
    9.    Choose Virtual Machine Version 8, and click Next.
    10.   Choose Windows, choose Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit), and click Next.
    11.   For CPUs, select two virtual processor sockets and one core per virtual socket, and click Next.
    12.   Choose 4GB RAM, and click Next.
    13.   Click 1 for the number of NICs, select VMX, and click Next.
    14.   Leave the default virtual storage controller, and click Next.
    15.   Choose to create a new virtual disk, and click Next.
    16.   Make the OS virtual disk size 20 GB, choose thick-provisioned lazy zeroed, specify the OS datastore on the
          external storage, and click Next.
    17.   Keep the default virtual device node (0:0), and click Next.
    18.   Click Finish.
    19.   Click Finish, and click OK.
    20.   Right-click the win7-temp VM, and click Edit settings.
    21.   Click the Resources tab, click Memory, and check the Reserve all guest memory checkbox.
    22.   Click the Hardware tab, CD/DVD Drive, and Connect the VM virtual CD-ROM to the Microsoft Windows 7 x86
          installation disk.
    23.   Click OK.
Installing the Windows 7 Enterprise (X86) on the base image VM
    1.    When the installation prompts you, press any key to begin setup.
    2.    Enter your language preferences, and click Next.
    3.    Click Install.
    4.    Accept the license terms, and click Next.
    5.    Select Custom, and select the drive that will contain the OS.
    6.    Click Install, and the setup begins.
    7.    Type user for the username and change the computer name, and click Next.
    8.    Enter no password, and click Next.


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9.    For system protection, select Use recommended settings, and click Next.
   10.   Enter your time zone, and click Next.
   11.   Select the Work Network setting, and click Next.
   12.   Install VMware Tools from
         http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=340.
    13. Use Windows Update to patch the Windows 7 installation.
    14. Reboot.
Installing the Login VSI launcher
    1. Log into the XD_gold VM as pcubeadministrator
    2. Browse to vsi-installLauncher setup.
    3. Run the setup.exe.
    4. In the Target Setup wizard, specify the VSI share dc1share
Installing the VMware View client
    1. Browse to the VMware View 5.1 media, and run the VMware-viewclient.exe file.
    2. Click Run.
    3. At the welcome screen, click Next.
    4. At the Patents screen, click Next.
    5. Accept the VMware end user license agreement, and click Next.
    6. Select defaults, and click Next.
    7. Click Install.
Configuring the Login VSI Management Console
For VMware View testing we used the following Settings:
          Connection Type: Custom Commandline with CSV
          Specify Custom Commandline:
                c:program filesVMwareVMware ViewClientbinwswc.exe –serverURL
                http://viewconnection.pcube.local -username: %view_user% -password
                Password1 –domainname pcube –desktopname View –Standalone –
                LoginAsCurrentUser False –ConnnectUSBonStartup False
          Specify CSV file:
                ad01Sharecsvview_user.csv
          Connection Settings session:
                o Connect: Specify User
                o Formatting Length: Set to 1
                o Server Name: Leave blank
                o User Name: Leave blank
                o Password: Leave blank
                o Domain: Leave blank




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Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance with VMware View: An integrated VDI solution

  • 1. PIVOT3 VSTAC VDI P CUBED APPLIANCE WITH VMWARE VIEW: AN INTEGRATED VDI SOLUTION Enterprises that are setting up a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) can choose from many hardware and software options. One integrated solution is the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance, which uses VMware View software. P Cubed integrates storage, making it easy to set up and manage, and can scale as your business grows. In the Principled Technologies (PT) labs, we tested the vSTAC P Cubed appliance. We found that it supported 105 users with an acceptable user response time. JANUARY 2013 A PRINCIPLED TECHNOLOGIES TEST REPORT Commissioned by VMware, Inc.
  • 2. A SIMPLIFIED VDI SOLUTION Virtual desktop infrastructures require a great deal of planning to ensure you can deliver the desktop performance employees require. One way to simplify the process is to choose an integrated solution, such as the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance. We tested a single Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance pre-configured with VMware vSphere 5.1, and VMware View 5.1. We used the Login VSI Medium workload to generate a reproducible, real-world test case that simulated the execution of various applications including Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, Adobe® Flash® video, and Microsoft Office applications. Using Login VSI, we could determine how many virtual desktop users the solution could support. We configured Login VSI to run a Medium workload against a pool of virtual desktops and set up the test to incrementally log users into virtual desktop sessions over a 45-minute period. Login VSI measures the total response time of all the applications from each session and calculates the VSI Index by taking the average response times and dropping the highest and lowest 2 percent. The average response time of the first 15 session determines a baseline; the VSImax is baseline x 125% +3000ms. As more sessions begin to consume system resources, response time degrade and the VSI index increases until it is above the VSImax. When this condition is met, the benchmark records a Login VSImax, which is the maximum number of sessions that platform could support. All sessions stayed logged in for 15 minutes. PROVEN PERFORMANCE In our tests, we found that the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance was able to host 105 concurrent sessions while retaining a satisfactory user response, and did not reach VSImax. Note: VSImax is the maximum user capacity at which performance did not degrade; therefore, not reaching VSImax is a positive indicator that response time remained satisfactory. Figure 1 shows the response times, in milliseconds, as we increased the number of users in our test. Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance with VMware View: A Principled Technologies test report 2 An integrated VDI solution
  • 3. Figure 1: The vSTAC P Cubed appliance ran 105 sessions and didn’t reach VSImax. Figure 2 shows the percentage CPU utilization throughout our one-hour test. Average CPU utilization was 72.3 percent. Perecentage CPU utilization 100 90 80 70 60 Percentage Figure 2: CPU utilization throughout our test 50 period averaged 72.3 40 percent. 30 20 10 0 0:00 0:01 0:03 0:05 0:06 0:08 0:10 0:12 0:13 0:15 0:17 0:18 0:20 0:22 0:24 0:25 0:27 0:29 0:30 0:32 0:34 0:36 0:37 0:39 0:41 0:42 0:44 0:46 0:47 0:49 0:51 0:53 0:54 0:56 0:58 0:59 Minutes Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance with VMware View: A Principled Technologies test report 3 An integrated VDI solution
  • 4. Figure 3 shows the disk latency, in milliseconds, throughout our one-hour test. Average disk latency was 9.2 milliseconds. Average disk latency 40 35 30 25 Figure 3: Disk latency MilliSeconds throughout our test 20 period averaged 9.2 milliseconds. 15 10 5 0 0:00 0:01 0:03 0:04 0:06 0:07 0:09 0:10 0:12 0:13 0:15 0:16 0:18 0:19 0:21 0:23 0:24 0:26 0:27 0:29 0:30 0:32 0:33 0:35 0:36 0:38 0:39 0:41 0:42 0:44 0:45 0:47 0:49 0:50 0:52 0:53 0:55 0:56 0:58 0:59 Minutes CONFIGURING AND DEPLOYING VMS WITH THE PIVOT3 VSTAC VDI P CUBED APPLIANCE Because the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance comes with VMware View preconfigured, setting it up and getting your VMs up and running is extremely simple and quick. Figure 4 presents the time needed for the small number of steps involved in this process. As it shows, you can configure the appliance and get 105 VMs going in less than an hour. Step Time Connect Network and power on 0:00:09 Power on VMs and Configure Networking on ESXi 0:03:25 Assign user to desktop pool 0:00:12 Update vSphere License and View license 0:01:01 Configure View connection server 0:00:37 Activate and customize sample desktop 0:02:14 Total time to configure 0:07:38 Total time to deploy 105 VMs 0:45:51 Total time to configure and deploy 105 VMs 0:53:29 Figure 4: Time to configure and deploy VMs using the Pivot3 v VSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance. Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance with VMware View: A Principled Technologies test report 4 An integrated VDI solution
  • 5. WHAT WE TESTED About Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance The vSTAC P Cubed appliance provides a full VDI production deployment out-of- the-box with minimal configuration and in less than one hour. By efficiently eliminating the need of specialized external storage, IT administrators can easily scale to hundreds of virtual desktops by simply adding additional vSTAC appliances. The plug-and-play capabilities of the appliance allow customers to consolidate server and storage resources in to a single hardware platform in an easy to use low factory pre-configured environment. Automatic storage load balancing and high-availability are features fully supported by the vSTAC P Cubed appliance. To learn more about the vSTAC P Cubed appliance, visit http://www.pivot3.com/products/p3/ About VMware View 5 VMware designed its View 5 desktop virtualization software to simplify IT management of virtual desktops from within the cloud. A centralized interface allows administrators to manage upwards of tens of thousands of end-users. An administrator can easily manage settings such as policy enforcement, performance monitoring, connection brokering, and provisioning, to name a few. The result includes improved security, less costly management, and faster provisioning and maintenance of desktop images and applications. The end-user enjoys easier access to his or her View desktop from a variety of locations, less downtime, a customizable desktop, and robust multimedia capabilities. To learn more about VMware View 5, visit http://www.vmware.com/products/view/overview.html. About VMware vSphere 5 vSphere 5 is the latest virtualization operating system from VMware. vSphere 5 allows companies to virtualize their server, storage, and networking resources, achieving a consolidation ratio greater than 15:1. Features such as automated management and dynamic resource allocation improve efficiency. The services that vSphere 5 provides fall into two categories: Infrastructure services or application services. The former handle the virtualization of resources and their allocation to application when most needed, while the latter provide service-level controls to applications running on vSphere 5. To learn more about VMware vSphere 5, visit http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/overview.html. Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance with VMware View: A Principled Technologies test report 5 An integrated VDI solution
  • 6. About Login VSI 3.6 Login Virtual Session Indexer (Login VSI) 3.6 is a tool that helps assess the virtual desktop performance, capacity, and scalability of a server. The newest version of Login VSI, Login VSI 3.6, includes client side performance testing that test character response, large text response, mouse-click feedback, and image quality and loading times on clients to ensure good end-user performance. In our tests, we did not use the client-side testing portion of Login VSI, but instead used the tool to determine how many virtual desktops the appliance could support. For more information about Login VSI 3.6, see http://www.loginvsi.com/product-overview. CONCLUSION Choosing an integrated solution to host your VMware View virtual desktops can simplify your infrastructure and ultimately reduce costs associated with storage administration, power, and cooling costs. We put one such solution that combines processors, memory, and local storage, the Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance, to the test to see how many VMware View virtual desktops the solution could host while delivering acceptable performance. As our tests show, the vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance can host up to 105 concurrent typical medium-workload users on VMware View virtual desktops. Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance with VMware View: A Principled Technologies test report 6 An integrated VDI solution
  • 7. APPENDIX A – CONFIGURATION INFORMATION Figure 5 provides detailed configuration information for the Pivot3 vSTAC P Cubed appliance. System Pivot3 vSTAC P Cubed Power supplies Total number 2 Vendor and model number Dell F750E-S0 Wattage of each (W) 750 Cooling fans Total number 6 Vendor and model number Sanyo 9GA0612P1J611 Dimensions (h x w) of each 3x3 Volts 12 General Number of processor packages 2 Number of cores per processor 6 Number of hardware threads per core 2 System power management policy Performance CPU Vendor Intel® Name Intel Xeon® E5-2630 Model number Xeon E5-2630 Stepping C1 Socket type LGA2011 Core frequency (GHz) 2.3 Bus frequency (GT/s) 7.2 L1 cache 32 KB + 32 KB (per core) L2 cache 256 KB (per core) L3 cache (MB) 15 Platform Vendor and model number Pivot3 vSTAC Appliance BIOS name and version 1.2.6 [Pivot3 1.0.0] BIOS settings Performance Memory module(s) Total RAM in system (GB) 128 Vendor and model number Samsung® M393B2G70BH0-YH9 Type PC3-10700 Speed (MHz) 1,333 Speed running in the system (MHz) 1,333 Timing/Latency (tCL-tRCD-tRP-tRASmin) 9-9-9-25 Size (GB) 16 Number of RAM module(s) 8 Chip organization Double-sided Rank Dual Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance with VMware View: A Principled Technologies test report 7 An integrated VDI solution
  • 8. System Pivot3 vSTAC P Cubed Operating system Name VMware ESXi 5.1.0 Build number 799733 File system VMFS Service Pack N/A Language English Hard drive Vendor and model number Seagate® ST2000NM0011 Number of drives 12 Size (GB) 2000 RPM 7,200 Type SATA Ethernet adapter Vendor and model number Intel I350 Gigabit Type Integrated USB ports Number 4 Type 2.0 Figure 5: Detailed configuration information for the Pivot3 vSTAC P Cubed appliance. Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance with VMware View: A Principled Technologies test report 8 An integrated VDI solution
  • 9. APPENDIX B – HOW WE TESTED Figure 6 presents the settings we used to configure the Pivot3 P Cubed VMware View environment. VM name Hosted OS Role (s) Host Memory # vCPUs AD Domain controller VSI Share, AD01 Win 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise DHCP, DNS, NTP, AD roaming vDT-host 4 GB 2 profiles, folder redirection View Win 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise VMware View Connection server vDT-host 4 GB 4 Connection VMware Virtual Center, vCenter Win 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise vDT-host 4 GB 4 Composer Management Configuration and management Win 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise vDT-host 4 GB 1 Station software for Pivot3 STACs Pivot3_VM pvt.00.6.0.TALON.05A7.53301130 Pivot3 storage appliance vDT-host 4 GB 4 Launcher Launcher Windows 7 x 86 Enterprise Login VSI master launcher 4 GB 2 server Golden Windows 7 x 86 Enterprise View master image vDT-host 1 GB 1 Desktop Figure 6: Configuration settings we used when testing the Pivot3 vSTAC P Cubed appliance. Setting up Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Configuring the network 1. Connect network cables into the management and private networks. 2. Connect to the host via the VMware vSphere client. 3. Log in as root. 4. Right click on the icons to power up each VM. 5. Configure IP addresses for both NICs on the management appliances. 6. Open the console for AD01 and login in using domain administrator credentials. 7. Open DNS and update the IP address of the management appliance. Setting up the Login VSI share and Active Directory users For Login VSI to work correctly, you must create a CIFS share, Active Directory OU, and Active directory. For more information on Login VSI, see http://www.loginvsi.com/en/admin-guide/installation.html. Open Windows Explorer, and create a file called f:share, e:profiles and e:folderredirect 1. Assign permissions of read/write to the pcube/everyone group. 2. Right-click the f:share, e:profiles and e:folderredirect folders, and select Properties. 3. Click the Sharing tab, and click Share… 4. Add everyone, system and administrators to the Read/Write group, and click Share. 5. Right-click the e:folderredirect folder and select PropertiesSharingAdvanced SharingCaching, and select No files or programs from the Share Folder are available offline. 6. Click OK, Apply, OK and Close. 7. From the Login VSI 3.6 media, run the Login VSI AD Setup. 8. Keep the defaults, and click Start. Creating roaming profiles for users 1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers. Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance with VMware View: A Principled Technologies test report 9 An integrated VDI solution
  • 10. 2. Browse to pcube.localLogin_VSIUsersTarget. 3. Select all Login VSI users, and right-click Properties. 4. Click the Profiles tab. 5. Check box Profile path, and type e:profiles%username% 6. Click OK. Configuring folder redirection 1. Log into DC1 as administrator 2. Open the Group Policy editor. 3. Open forestdomainspcube.localright-click group Policy Objects, and select New. 4. Type folder redirection, leave source starter GPO as none, and click OK. 5. Right-click the folder redirection GPO, and click Edit. 6. Browse to User ConfigurationPoliciesWindows SettingsFolder Redirection, and right-click AppData (roaming). 7. In the AppData (roaming) Properties target tab, select the following:  Setting= select Basic= Redirect everyone’s folders to the same location  Target folder location= Create a folder for each user under the root path  Root Path= DC1folderredirection  In the AppData (roaming) Properties setting tab, uncheck the box for Grant the user exclusive right to AppData (Roaming), and click OK. 8. Repeat steps 6 through 8 for all subfolders in the folder redirection tree. 9. Close the Folder redirection group policy window. 10. In the group policy editor, right-click the folder redirection policy, and select GPO statusComputer Configuration Settings Disabled. 11. In the group policy editor, drag the folder redirect GPO to ForestDomainspcube.localLogin_VSIUsersTarget. Update vCenter Licensing 1. Connect to the vCenter VM via the VMware vSphere client. 2. Log in using the administrator account. 3. Navigate to HomeAdministrationLicensing, and click Manage vSphere Licenses. 4. Click Add Licenses Keys, and click Next. 5. Click Assign to add a license to the VMware vSphere 5 desktop host. 6. Select the Host and the License, and click Next twice. Customize Sample Desktop 1. Log into the Golden_Desktop with the pcubeadministrator account. 2. In Windows Activation, click Activate Now. 3. Right-click ComputerPropertiesChange settingsAdvancedPerformanceSettings. 4. In Performance settings, select the Advanced tab, and select Change for Virtual Memory. 5. Deselect Automatically manage page file. 6. Select Custom size, type 2048 for both values, and select Set. Enabling ClearType fonts 1. Click StartRun, and type cttune.exe 2. Check the Turn on ClearType box, and click Next. 3. Follow the wizard to enable ClearType fonts. Installing Office 2010 Professional 1. From the Office 2010 media, run Setup. Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance with VMware View: A Principled Technologies test report 10 An integrated VDI solution
  • 11. 2. Enter the product key for Office 2010, and click Continue. 3. Accept the licensing agreement. 4. Select Install Now. 5. Reboot the system. Installing Login VSI target software on view_gold 1. Log into the Golden_Desktop VM as pcubeadministrator 2. Browse to vsi-installTarget setup. 3. Run the setup.exe. 4. In the Target Setup wizard, specify the VSI share dc1share. 5. Click Start. 6. At the security warnings, click OK. 7. Reboot the system. 8. Open console, navigate to VMSnapshot, and click Take Snapshot. Configure VMware View 1. In the ManagementStation Console, open Internet Explorer. Click continue to this website. 2. Log into VMware View Administrator with the pcubeadministrator account. 3. Navigate to View ConfigurationProduct Licensing and Usage. Click Edit License. 4. Enter the license, and click OK. 5. Navigate to InventoryPools, and click the SampleDesktop in the ID column. 6. Select ViewComposerRecompose. 7. In select Parent VM, select Golden_Desktop, and click OK. 8. In Image, highlight the new snapshot. Click Next. 9. In Scheduling, click Next. 10. In Ready to complete, click Finish. 11. Navigate to InventoryPools, and click SampleDesktop. 12. Click Edit. 13. Under the Provisioning Settings tab, set the Max number of desktops to 100. Click OK. Creating a Windows 7 Enterprise x86 VM Installing the Windows 7 Enterprise (x86) base image VM 1. Connect to the vDT-host via the VMware vSphere client. 2. Log in as root. 3. Click the Virtual Machines tab. 4. Right-click, and choose New Virtual Machine. 5. Choose Custom, and click Next. 6. Assign the name as win7-temp and click Next. 7. Select infra for the host, and click Next. 8. Select vdiLUN. 9. Choose Virtual Machine Version 8, and click Next. 10. Choose Windows, choose Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit), and click Next. 11. For CPUs, select one virtual processor socket and one core per virtual socket, and click Next. 12. Choose 1GB RAM, and click Next. 13. Click 1 for the number of NICs, select VMX, and click Next. 14. Leave the default virtual storage controller, and click Next. 15. Choose to create a new virtual disk, and click Next. 16. Make the OS virtual disk size 20 GB, choose thick-provisioned lazy zeroed, specify the OS datastore on the external storage, and click Next. Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance with VMware View: A Principled Technologies test report 11 An integrated VDI solution
  • 12. 17. Keep the default virtual device node (0:0), and click Next. 18. Click Finish. 19. Click Finish, and click OK. 20. Right-click the win7-temp VM, and click Edit settings. 21. Click the Resources tab, click Memory, and check the Reserve all guest memory box. 22. Click the Hardware tab, CD/DVD Drive, and connect the VM virtual CD-ROM to the Microsoft Windows 7 x86 installation disk. 23. Click OK. Installing the Windows 7 Enterprise (X86) on the base image VM 1. When the installation prompts you, press any key to begin setup. 2. Enter your language preferences, and click Next. 3. Click Install. 4. Accept the license terms, and click Next. 5. Select Custom, and select the drive that will contain the OS. 6. Click Install, and the setup begins. 7. Type user for the username and change the computer name, and click Next. 8. Enter no password, and click Next. 9. For system protection, select Use recommended settings, and click Next. 10. Enter your time zone, and click Next. 11. Select the Work Network setting, and click Next. 12. Use Windows Update to patch the Windows 7 installation. 13. Install VMware Tools from http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=340. 14. Join the domain and Reboot. Adjusting page file 1. Log in as pcubeadministrator 2. Right-click ComputerPropertiesChange settingsAdvancedPerformanceSettings. 3. In Performance settings, select the Advanced tab, and select Change for Virtual Memory. 4. Deselect automatically manage page file. 5. Select Custom size, type 2048 for both values, and select Set. Enabling ClearType fonts 1. Click StartRun, and type cttune.exe 2. Check the Turn on ClearType checkbox, and click Next. 3. Follow the wizard to enable ClearType fonts. Disabling Windows Firewall The domain GPO automatically disables the Windows Firewall. Installing Office 2010 Professional 1. From the Office 2010 media, run Setup. 2. Enter the product key for Office 2010, and click Continue. 3. Accept the licensing agreement. 4. Select Install Now. 5. Reboot the system. Installing Login VSI target software 1. Log into the VDI-gold VM as pcubeadministrator 2. Browse to vsi-installTarget setup. Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance with VMware View: A Principled Technologies test report 12 An integrated VDI solution
  • 13. 3. Run the setup.exe. 4. In the Target Setup wizard, specify the VSI share dc1share 5. Click Start. 6. At the security warnings, click OK. 7. Reboot the system. Setting up Windows 7 Enterprise Launchers On a separate server, we created a Windows Enterprise X86 VMs base image and converted it into a template. Using our template, we deployed Login VSI launchers. We installed the VMware View 5.1 client, added it to the pcube.local domain and Login VSI OU in Active Directory, and installed the Login VSI Launcher software. Installing the Windows 7 Enterprise (x86) base image VM 1. Log into the vCenter. 2. In the vSphere client, connect to the vCenter Server, and browse to the Launcher host. 3. Click the Virtual Machines tab. 4. Right-click, and choose New Virtual Machine. 5. Choose Custom, and click Next. 6. Assign the name as win7-temp and click Next. 7. Select infra for the host, and click Next. 8. Select infraLUN. 9. Choose Virtual Machine Version 8, and click Next. 10. Choose Windows, choose Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit), and click Next. 11. For CPUs, select two virtual processor sockets and one core per virtual socket, and click Next. 12. Choose 4GB RAM, and click Next. 13. Click 1 for the number of NICs, select VMX, and click Next. 14. Leave the default virtual storage controller, and click Next. 15. Choose to create a new virtual disk, and click Next. 16. Make the OS virtual disk size 20 GB, choose thick-provisioned lazy zeroed, specify the OS datastore on the external storage, and click Next. 17. Keep the default virtual device node (0:0), and click Next. 18. Click Finish. 19. Click Finish, and click OK. 20. Right-click the win7-temp VM, and click Edit settings. 21. Click the Resources tab, click Memory, and check the Reserve all guest memory checkbox. 22. Click the Hardware tab, CD/DVD Drive, and Connect the VM virtual CD-ROM to the Microsoft Windows 7 x86 installation disk. 23. Click OK. Installing the Windows 7 Enterprise (X86) on the base image VM 1. When the installation prompts you, press any key to begin setup. 2. Enter your language preferences, and click Next. 3. Click Install. 4. Accept the license terms, and click Next. 5. Select Custom, and select the drive that will contain the OS. 6. Click Install, and the setup begins. 7. Type user for the username and change the computer name, and click Next. 8. Enter no password, and click Next. Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance with VMware View: A Principled Technologies test report 13 An integrated VDI solution
  • 14. 9. For system protection, select Use recommended settings, and click Next. 10. Enter your time zone, and click Next. 11. Select the Work Network setting, and click Next. 12. Install VMware Tools from http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=340. 13. Use Windows Update to patch the Windows 7 installation. 14. Reboot. Installing the Login VSI launcher 1. Log into the XD_gold VM as pcubeadministrator 2. Browse to vsi-installLauncher setup. 3. Run the setup.exe. 4. In the Target Setup wizard, specify the VSI share dc1share Installing the VMware View client 1. Browse to the VMware View 5.1 media, and run the VMware-viewclient.exe file. 2. Click Run. 3. At the welcome screen, click Next. 4. At the Patents screen, click Next. 5. Accept the VMware end user license agreement, and click Next. 6. Select defaults, and click Next. 7. Click Install. Configuring the Login VSI Management Console For VMware View testing we used the following Settings:  Connection Type: Custom Commandline with CSV  Specify Custom Commandline: c:program filesVMwareVMware ViewClientbinwswc.exe –serverURL http://viewconnection.pcube.local -username: %view_user% -password Password1 –domainname pcube –desktopname View –Standalone – LoginAsCurrentUser False –ConnnectUSBonStartup False  Specify CSV file: ad01Sharecsvview_user.csv  Connection Settings session: o Connect: Specify User o Formatting Length: Set to 1 o Server Name: Leave blank o User Name: Leave blank o Password: Leave blank o Domain: Leave blank Pivot3 vSTAC VDI P Cubed Appliance with VMware View: A Principled Technologies test report 14 An integrated VDI solution
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