VMware View Nutanix Reference Architecture

VMware View on Nutanix
Reference Architecture
v1.0 December 2012

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Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary ..................................................................................... 6
2. Introduction .................................................................................................. 7
3. Solution Overview ........................................................................................ 8
3.1. What is the Nutanix Architecture? .......................................................................... 8
3.2. What is VMware View? .......................................................................................... 9
3.3. VMware View the Nutanix Way ............................................................................ 12
4. Solution Design .......................................................................................... 14
4.1. VMware View ....................................................................................................... 17
4.2. Desktops .............................................................................................................. 18
4.3. Nutanix Compute/Storage ................................................................................. 20
4.4. Network ................................................................................................................ 21
5. Solution Application ................................................................................... 22
5.1. Scenario: 400 Desktops ....................................................................................... 22
5.2. Scenario: 800 Desktops ....................................................................................... 23
5.3. Scenario: 1,600 Desktops .................................................................................... 24
5.6. Scenario: 12,800 Desktops .................................................................................. 27
5.7. Scenario: 25,600 Desktops .................................................................................. 28
6. Validation & Benchmarking ........................................................................ 29
7. Further Research ....................................................................................... 31
8. Conclusion ................................................................................................. 32
9. Appendix: Configuration ............................................................................. 33
10. References ................................................................................................ 34
10.1. Table of Figures ................................................................................................... 34

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10.2. Table of Tables .................................................................................................... 34
11. About the Author ........................................................................................ 36

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1. Executive Summary
Nutanix Complete Cluster is a scalable virtualization platform for desktop, server, and big-data
deployments. The Nutanix Complete Cluster consists of modular blocks that include compute,
storage, and network. This design greatly reduces cost while increasing performance and
scalability empowering you to deliver a reliable and consistent user-experience. Each modular
block includes compute, storage and networking along with the vSphere hypervisor preloaded
so customers can start provisioning virtual machines in less than 30 minutes.

The Nutanix Distributed File System (NDFS), the core of Nutanix Complete Cluster, tethers
high-performance solid-state storage directly to enterprise applications while preserving the high
capacity that the SATA HDD tier provides through its adaptive information lifecycle management
(ILM) capabilities. NDFS amplifies the power of server-attached flash in the realm of enterprise
virtualization by colocating high-performance, localized storage I/O with Google-like, scale-out
distributed redundancy via high speed 10 GbE top-of-rack switches. The base cluster ships with
four industry-standard x86 servers bundled with VMware's hypervisor in a 2U, 85-lb., SAN-free
server appliance.

This document makes recommendations for the optimization and scaling of VMware View
deployments on Nutanix. It shows the scalability of the Nutanix Complete Cluster and provides
detailed performance and configuration information on the scale-out capabilities of the cluster.
The solution and testing provided in this document was completed with VMware View 5.1
deployed on VMware vSphere on the Nutanix Complete Cluster.

Simplified. Software Defined. Nutanix

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2. Introduction
Audience
This reference architecture document is part of the Nutanix Solutions Library and is intended for
use by individuals responsible for architecting, designing, managing, and/or supporting Nutanix
infrastructures. Consumers of this document should be familiar with concepts pertaining to
VMware vSphere, VMware View, and Nutanix.
We have broken down this document to address to key items for each role focusing on the
enablement of a successful design, implementation, and transition to operation.
Purpose
This document will cover the following subject areas:
o Overview of the Nutanix solution
o Overview of VMware View and its usecases
o The benefits of VMware View on Nutanix
o Architecting a complete VMware View solution on the Nutanix platform
o Design and configuration considerations when architecting a VMware View solution on
Nutanix
o Benchmarking VMware View performance on Nutanix
If youre looking for a high-level overview and background on the solution continue with the
Solution Overview section below.
If youre looking for the detailed items, see Solution Design on page 14.

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3. Solution Overview
3.1. What is the Nutanix Architecture?
Nutanix Complete Cluster is a scale-out cluster of high-performance nodes, or servers, each
running a standard hypervisor and containing processors, memory and local storage (consisting
of PCIe-SSD Flash and high capacity SATA disk drives). Each node runs virtual machines just
like a standard virtual machine host. In addition, local storage from all nodes is virtualized into a
unified pool by the Nutanix Distributed File System (NDFS) (Figure 1). In effect, NDFS acts like
an advanced SAN that uses local SSDs and disks from all nodes to store virtual machine data.
Virtual machines running on the cluster write data to NDFS as if they were writing to a SAN.
NDFS is VM aware and provides advanced data management features. It brings data closer to
virtual machines by storing the data locally on the system, resulting in higher performance at a
lower cost. Nutanix Complete Cluster can horizontally scale from a few nodes to a large number
of nodes, enabling organizations to scale their infrastructure as their needs grow.

Figure 1 Nutanix Architecture
Inspired by the Google File System, NDFS delivers a unified pool of storage from all nodes
across the cluster, leveraging techniques including striping, replication, auto-tiering, error
detection, failover and automatic recovery. This pool can then be presented as shared storage
resources to VMs for seamless support of features like vMotion, HA, and DRS, along with
industry-leading data management features. Additional nodes can be added in a plug-and-play
manner in this high-performance scale-out architecture to build a cluster that will easily grow as
your needs do.

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3.2. What is VMware View?
VMware View enables the simplification of desktop and application management while providing
an optimized user experiences with high security. View allows IT to centrally manage desktops,
applications, and data while increasing flexibility and customization at the endpoint for the user.
This enables higher availability and agility of desktop services unmatched by traditional PCs
while reducing the total cost of desktop ownership by up to 50%.
Figure 2 shows a simple architectural diagram with the key components of the VMware View
architecture:

Thin Client
Desktop
Local
Mode
VMWARE
VIEW MANAGER
VMWARE
VIEW
COMPOSER
VMWARE
THINAPP
Linked
Clones
Parent
Image
Central i zed Vi rtual
Desktops

Figure 2 VMware View Architecture

VMware View is usually deployed in one of the scenarios that are highlighted in the following
sections.
Platform
VMware vSphere
Nutanix
Management
VMware View Manager,
VMware View Composer,
VMware ThinApp
User Experi ence
PCoIP, Print,
Multi-Monitor Display,
Multimedia,
USB Redirection,
Local Mode

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Deployment Scenario - Remote Office/Branch Office - Centralized
In this scenario, the infrastructure resources and hosted desktops are centralized in a
datacenter and provided to the end user over the WAN/LAN or VPN. Figure 3 shows a high-
level example and some considerations
Teleworker
Local Office
Remote Office
VPN
WAN
LAN /
WAN
Linked
Clones
VCAI
Clones
VAAI
Clones

Figure 3 VMware View ROBO (Centralized)

Pros
Centralized & consolidated
Managed security & compliance
Datacenter stability / SLAs
Centralized backups
Cons
Heavy network I/O
Needs high speed link between remote sites

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Deployment Scenario - Remote Office/Branch Office Distributed
In this scenario, the infrastructure resources and hosted desktops are a combination of both
centralized services in a datacenter and provided to the end-user over the WAN/LAN or VPN as
well as locally hosted services accessed over the LAN. Figure 4 shows a high-level example
and some considerations
Teleworker
Local Office
Remote Office
VPN
WAN
LAN /
WAN
Locally
Hosted
Services
Locally
Hosted
Services
Datacenter /
Colocation
Linked
Clones
VCAI
Clones
VAAI
Clones

Figure 4 VMware View ROBO (Distributed)
Pros
Lower required link speed to datacenter
Some applications/data hosted locally
Partly centralized backups
Cons
Decentralized management
Questionable stability (office services)

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3.3. VMware View the Nutanix Way
A Nutanix Block ships as a rackable 2U unit containing four high-performance server nodes with
local storage to run and store virtual machines. PCIe-SSD Flash combined with heat-optimized
tiering of data deliver the high performance of SSDs at the cost of hard drives to tackle VDI
performance issues caused by boot and login storms with ease. This design greatly reduces
overall cost and complexity while increasing performance and scalability in a fully integrated
multi workload solution.
Unlike many VDI reference architectures that are available today from other vendors, the
Nutanix approach of modular scale-out enables customers to select any initial deployment size
and grow in more granular 100 virtual desktop increments. This removes the hurdle of a large
up-front infrastructure purchase that a customer will need many months or years to grow into,
ensuring a faster time-to-value for the VDI implementation.
The Nutanix solution is fully integrated with the VMware APIs for Array Integration (VAAI), View
Composer, and View Composer for Array Integration (VCAI) to enable you to provide the best
possible experience to the end user with the flexibility of a single modular platform.
Why run VMware View on Nutanix?
o Modular incremental scale: With the Nutanix solution you can start small and scale. A
single Nutanix block provides up to 400 desktops in a compact 2U footprint. Given the
modularity of the solution, you can granularly scale per-node (100 desktops), per-block
(400 desktops), or with multiple blocks giving you the ability to accurately match supply
with demand and minimize the upfront CapEx.
o Integrated: The Nutanix platform provides full support for VAAI, VCAI, and View
Composer integration allowing you to leverage all the latest advancements from VMware
and taking your VDI solution to the next level.
o Blazing fast performance: Up to 25,000 random IOPS and up to 2,000 MB/s of
sequential throughput in a compact 2U 4-node cluster.
o Change management: Maintain environmental control and separation between
development, test, staging, and production environments. Snapshots and fast clones
can help in sharing production data with non-production jobs, without requiring full
copies and unnecessary data duplication.
o Business continuity and data protection: Your user desktops are mission critical and
need enterprise-grade data management features including backup and DR. With
Nutanix these are already provided out of the box and can be managed the same as
they would be for virtual environments.
o Data efficiency: The Nutanix solution is truly VM-centric for all compression policies.
Contrary to traditional solutions which perform compression mainly at the LUN level, the
Nutanix solution provides all of these capabilities at the VM and file level, greatly
increasing efficiency and simplicity. These capabilities allow you to ensure get the
highest possible compression/decompression performance on a sub-block level. By
allowing for both inline and post-process compression capabilities, the Nutanix solution
breaks the bounds set by traditional compression solutions.

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o Enterprise-grade cluster management: A simplified and intuitive Apple-like approach
to managing large clusters, including a converged GUI that serves as a single pane of
glass for servers and storage, alert notifications, and bonjour mechanism to auto-detect
new nodes in the cluster. Spend more time enhancing your environment, not
maintaining it.
o High-density architecture: Nutanix uses a hyperscale server architecture in which 8
sockets of Intel CPUs and up to 1TB of memory fit in a single 2U spread over 4 distinct
server nodes. Coupled with data archiving and compression, Nutanix can reduce
desktop hardware footprints by up to 4x.
o Time-sliced clusters: Like public cloud EC2 environments, Nutanix can provide a truly
converged cloud infrastructure allowing you to run your server and desktop virtualization
on a single converged cloud. Get the efficiency and savings you require with a
converged cloud on a truly converged architecture.

Nutanix enables you to run multiple workloads all on the same scalable converged
infrastructure

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4. Solution Design
With the VMware View on Nutanix solution you have the flexibility to start small with a single
block and scale up incrementally a node, a block, or multiple blocks at a time. This provides the
best of both worldsthe ability to start small and grow to massive scale without any impact to
performance.

Table 1: Solution Design Decisions
Item Detail Rationale
General
Minimum Size 1 x Nutanix block Minimum size requirement
Scale Approach Incremental modular scale

Allow for growth from PoC
(hundreds of desktops) to
massive scale (thousands of
desktops)
Scale Unit Node: 100 desktops
Block: 400 desktops
Pod: 1,600 desktops
Granular scale to precisely
meet the capacity demands
Scale in n x 100 desktop
increments
VMware vSphere
Cluster Size 16 ESXi hosts 1,600 desktops per cluster
Clusters per vCenter 1 Under 2,000 linked clones
(current validated max linked
clones per vCenter)
Task parallelization
Datastore(s) 1 x Nutanix DFS datastore per
pod (linked clones, replicas, VAAI
clones, etc.)
Nutanix handles I/O
distribution/localization
n-Controller model
Isolated fault domains
VMware View
Pool Size Up to 800 desktops Ideal number below 1,000
desktop per pool max (View
Composer limit)
Supported Clone
Types
Linked Clone (VAAI (w/ VCAI)
/non-VAAI), VAAI Full/Quick
Clone
Support various desktop
scenarios/use cases
Datastore(s) 1 x Nutanix DFS datastore for all
(linked clones, replicas, VAAI
clones, etc.)
Nutanix handles I/O
distribution/localization
n-Controller model
Load Balancing Load balancer between
connection servers OR round-
robin DNS (not preferred)
Ensures availability of
connection servers
Balances load between pods
Desktops
Desktops per Core ~8-9 desktops per physical core
~16 vCPU to per physical core
~1-1.1 vRAM per physical RAM
Optimized for
performance/capacity

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Given the ability to grow to very large scales with the Nutanix solution, weve chosen to design
to a pod-based approach. This approach allows us to start extremely small and scale a node, a
block, or multiple blocks at a time up towards a pod capacity. Once weve filled a pod, we then
begin to scale a new pod and continue to incrementally scale as your environment grows.
A high-level snapshot of the VMware View on Nutanix Pod highlights can be seen below

Table 2: Pod Highlights
Item Qty
Pod
#of Nutanix Blocks Up to 4
#of vCenter Servers 1
#of ESXi Hosts Up to 16
#of Datastore(s) 1
#of Desktop Pools Up to 2 @ 800 desktops each (can be higher if using
smaller pool sizes)
#of Desktops Up to 1600
Figure 5 shows a detailed view of the pod

Figure 5 VMware View on Nutanix - Pod Detail

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Figure 6 shows an example of what this larger scale Pod based design might look like

Figure 6 VMware View on Nutanix Pod Architecture

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4.1. VMware View
This section covers the design decisions and configurations for the VMware View services.

Table 3 VMware View Design Decisions
Item Detail
Pool Size Up to 800 Desktops
ESXi Cluster Size 16 Hosts (4 Nutanix Blocks)
Datastore(s) 1 x NFS datastore for all VMs (linked clone, replica, VAAI, etc.)
Host Caching Enabled, digest re-computation scheduled for off-work hours
(M-F/9-5)
User Data Dont redirect Use home directory redirection or profile
management platform
Disposable Disks Redirect
Connection Protocols RDP / PCoIP (preferred)
Figure 7 shows a high-level view of the VMware View components and integration

Figure 7 VMware View Component Integration

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4.2. Desktops
This section covers the design decisions and configurations for the desktop use cases and
configuration.
Desktop Sizing
The following are examples of some typical scenarios for desktop deployment and utilization.

Table 4: Desktop Scenario Definition
Scenario Definition
Kiosk Users These users need to share a desktop that is located in a public place.
Examples of kiosk users include students using a shared computer in a
classroom, nurses at nursing stations, and computers used for job
placement and recruiting. These desktops require automatic login.
Authentication can be done through certain applications if necessary.
Task Workers Task workers and administrative workers perform repetitive tasks within
a small set of applications, usually at a stationary computer. The
applications are usually not as CPU- and memory-intensive as the
applications used by knowledge workers. Task workers who work
specific shifts might all log in to their virtual desktops at the same time.
Task workers include call center analysts, retail employees, and
warehouse workers.
Knowledge Workers Knowledge workers daily tasks include accessing the Internet, using
email, and creating complex documents, presentations, and
spreadsheets. Knowledge workers include accountants, sales
managers, and marketing research analysts.
Power Users Power users include application developers and people who use
graphics-intensive applications.
Below are some initial recommendations for desktop sizing for a Windows 7 desktop

Table 5: Desktop Scenario Sizing
Scenario vCPU Memory Disks
Kiosk Users 1 1 25GB (OS)
Task Workers 1-2 1 40GB (OS)
Knowledge Workers 1-2 2 40GB (OS)
Power Users 2+ 2+ 40GB (OS)
Note: These are recommendations for sizing and should be modified after a current state
analysis.

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Desktop Optimizations
Following are some high-level desktop optimizations we followed for this design:
Size desktops appropriately for your particular use case.
Use a mix of applications installed in gold images and application virtualization,
depending on the scenario.
Disable unnecessary OS services and applications.
Redirect home directories or use a profile management tool for user profiles and
documents.
For more detail on desktop optimizations refer to the VMware View on Nutanix Best Practices
document on http://www.nutanix.com/resources.html

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4.3. Nutanix Compute/Storage
The Nutanix Complete Cluster provides an ideal combination of both high-performance compute
with localized storage with the agility to meet any demand. True to this capability we performed
zero reconfiguration or customization to the Nutanix product to optimize for the VMware View
use case.
Figure 8 shows a high-level example of the relationship between a Nutanix block, node, storage
pool and container

Figure 8 Nutanix Component Architecture

Below we show the Nutanix storage pool and container configuration.

Table 6: Nutanix Storage Configuration
Name Role Details
SP01 Main storage pool for all data PCI-e SSD, SATA-HDD
CTR-RF2-VM-01 Container for all VMs ESXi - Datastore

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4.4. Network
Designed for true linear scaling, we leverage a Leaf Spine network architecture. A Leaf Spine
architecture consists of two network tiers: an L2 Leaf and an L3 Spine based on 40 GbE and
non-blocking switches. This architecture maintains consistent performance without any
throughput reduction due to a static maximum of two hops from any node in the network.

Figure 9 shows a design of a scale-out Leaf Spine network architecture which provides 20 Gb
active throughput from each node to its L2 Leaf and scalable 80 Gb active throughput from each
Leaf to Spine switch providing scale from 1 Nutanix block to thousands without any impact to
available bandwidth

Figure 9 Leaf Spine Network Architecture

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5. Solution Application
This section applies the VMware View on Nutanix reference architecture to real world scenarios
and outlines the sizing metrics and components.
NOTE: Detailed hardware configuration and product models can be found in the appendix.
5.1. Scenario: 400 Desktops

Table 7: Detailed Component Breakdown - 400 Desktops
Item Value Item Value
Components Infrastructure
#of Nutanix Desktop Pods 1 (partial) #of vCenter Servers 1
#of Nutanix Blocks 1 #of ESXi Hosts 4
#of 10GbE Ports 8 #of vSphere Clusters 1
#of 100/1000 Ports (IPMI) 4 #of Datastore(s) 1
#of L2 Leaf Switches 2 #of Desktop Pools 1
#of L3 Spine Switches 1

Figure 10 Rack Layout - 400 Desktops

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5.2. Scenario: 800 Desktops

Table 8: Detailed Component Breakdown - 800 Desktops
#of Nutanix Desktop Pods 1 (partial) #of vCenter Servers 1


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5.3. Scenario: 1,600 Desktops

Table 9: Detailed Component Breakdown 1,600 Desktops
#of Nutanix Desktop Pods 1 #of vCenter Servers 1


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Figure 13 Rack Layout 3,200 Desktops

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6. Validation & Benchmarking
The solution and testing provided in this document was completed with VMware View 5.1
deployed on VMware vSphere 5.1 on Nutanix Complete Cluster.
The industry standard VMware View Planner and VMware RAWC benchmarks were both
leveraged to detail the desktop performance on Nutanix Complete Cluster.
Test Environment Configuration
Assumptions:
o Knowledge worker use case
o Per-desktop IOPS: 10 sustained/20 peak (boot/logon)
o Using View Composer Linked Clones

Hardware:
o Storage/Compute: 12 Nutanix Complete Blocks
o Network: Arista 7050Q/7050S Series Switches

Desktop Configuration:
o OS: Windows 7 x86
o 2 vCPU & 1 GB memory (locked)
o 1 x 30GB OS
o Applications:
Microsoft Office 2010
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Mozilla Firefox
Test Execution
1. Prepare VMware View Desktop Pools.
2. Execute View Planner/RAWC testing @ desired desktop quantity.
3. Compile and compute results.

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Results
The VMware View on Nutanix solution provides the highest density desktop deployment
footprint with unparalleled performance. Given our n-Controller model, the desktop
performance remains consistent as the number of node / blocks scale.
The graph below compares the relative application response times as we scale from 300 to
3,000 desktops:

Figure 17 Relative Application Performance
Enabled by the Nutanix architecture the performance per desktop remains consistent when
scaling from 300 to 3,000 desktops with an average variance of less than 0.002642 seconds.
As you can see in the graph below, the Nutanix solution provides the highest possible density
with consistent performance at scale. In a single rack worth of space (40U) you can get over
8,000 desktops; about 1/3 the rackspace than what the next leading solution can provide.

Figure 18 Desktop Quantity at Scale
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
Word Doc OpenPowerPoint Open Outlook Open Excel Open Adobe PDF Open
Relative Application Performance (in seconds)
300 VMs
600 VMs
1200 VMs
1500 VMs
3000 VMs
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
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# of Nutanix Blocks (2U)
Desktop Quantity at Scale

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7. Further Research
As part of its continuous determination to deliver the best possible solutions, Nutanix will
continue to research into the following areas:
o Performance optimizations.
o Scale testing.
o Detailed use-case application.
o J oint solutions with partners.

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8. Conclusion
The Nutanix VMware View solution provides the best of many worlds: industry-leading
performance with the ability to run multiple mixed workloads on a single converged
architecture. Of the converged architectures in the market today, none can truly provide the
optimal configuration for all workloads; however, this is changing with Nutanix.

Below we take a look at the various key items of the solution from key perspectives:

For the end user
o The performance and experience you would expect from your desktop.
o Increased system and data availability no more annoying downtime.
o Access to your desktop wherever you may be enable true mobility.
For IT
o Ease of integration and management-manage it the same as you do with existing virtual
environments.
o Modular scalability - incrementally scale your environment granularly match demand as
it grows.
o Datacenter consolidation and convergence around a single, simple product.
For the business leader
o Increased speed of delivery-Get rid of the long procurement cycles.
o Enable IT to be a strategic department.
o Standardized, simple and scalable.

Nutanix provides a revolutionary architecture enabling you and your business for the future.

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9. Appendix: Configuration
Hardware
o Storage / Compute
Nutanix NX-3000 Series
Node Configuration
o CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2660
o Memory: 128 GB Memory
o Network
Arista 7050Q - L3 Spine
Arista 7050S - L2 Leaf
Software
o Nutanix
NOS 3.0
o Desktop
Windows 7 x64
o Infrastructure
vSphere 5.1.0a
VMware View 5.1
VM
o Desktop
CPU: 2 vCPU
Memory: 1 GB (locked)
o Storage:
1 x 30GB OS Disk on CTR-RF2-VM-01 NDFS backed NFS datastore

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10. References
10.1. Table of Figures
Figure 1 Nutanix Architecture ..................................................................................................... 8
Figure 2 VMware View Architecture ........................................................................................... 9
Figure 3 VMware View ROBO (Centralized) .............................................................................10
Figure 4 VMware View ROBO (Distributed) ..............................................................................11
Figure 5 VMware View on Nutanix - Pod Detail .........................................................................15
Figure 6 VMware View on Nutanix Pod Architecture .................................................................16
Figure 7 VMware View Component Integration .........................................................................17
Figure 8 Nutanix Component Architecture .................................................................................20
Figure 9 Leaf Spine Network Architecture .................................................................................21
Figure 10 Rack Layout - 400 Desktops .....................................................................................22
Figure 11 Rack Layout - 800 Desktops .....................................................................................23
Figure 12 Rack Layout - 1600 Desktops ...................................................................................24
Figure 13 Rack Layout 3,200 Desktops ..................................................................................25
Figure 14 Rack Layout 6,400 Desktops ..................................................................................26
Figure 15 Rack Layout 12,800 Desktops ................................................................................27
Figure 16 Rack Layout 25,600 Desktops ................................................................................28
Figure 17 Relative Application Performance .............................................................................30
Figure 18 Desktop Quantity at Scale .........................................................................................30
10.2. Table of Tables
Table 1: Solution Design Decisions ...........................................................................................14
Table 2: Pod Highlights .............................................................................................................15
Table 3 VMware View Design Decisions ...................................................................................17
Table 4: Desktop Scenario Definition ........................................................................................18

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Table 5: Desktop Scenario Sizing .............................................................................................18
Table 6: Nutanix Storage Configuration ....................................................................................20
Table 8: Detailed Component Breakdown - 400 Desktops ........................................................22
Table 9: Detailed Component Breakdown - 800 Desktops ........................................................23
Table 10: Detailed Component Breakdown 1,600 Desktops ...................................................24
Table 13: Detailed Component Breakdown 12,800 Desktops .................................................27
Table 14: Detailed Component Breakdown 25,600 Desktops .................................................28

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11. About the Author
Steven Poitras is a Solution Architect on the Technical Marketing team at Nutanix, Inc. In this
role, Steven helps design architectures combining applications with the Nutanix platform
creating solutions helping solve critical business needs and requirements and disrupting the
infrastructure space.

Prior to joining Nutanix he was one of the key solution architects at the Accenture Technology
Labs where he was focused on the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) and Next Generation
Datacenter (NGDC) domains. In these spaces he has developed methodologies, reference
architectures, and frameworks focusing on the design and transformation to agile, scalable, and
cost-effective infrastructures which can be consumed in a service-oriented or cloud-like
manner.
Follow Steven on Twitter at @StevenPoitras.
About Nutanix
Nutanix is the first company to offer a radically simple compute and storage infrastructure for
implementing enterprise-class virtualization without complex and expensive external network
storage (SAN or NAS). Founded in 2009 by a team that built scalable systems such as Google
File System and enterprise-class systems such as Oracle Database/Exadata, Nutanix is based
in San J os, California, and is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures and
Blumberg Capital.
Follow the Nutanix blogs at http://www.nutanix.com/blog/
Follow Nutanix on Twitter at @Nutanix

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