tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22567589020083901532018-03-06T01:24:01.674+00:00      Thoughts and experiences for people contemplating, designing or deploying complex IT infrastructure.NewDatum Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194787589909511623noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2256758902008390153.post-15966687238508009902009-04-29T09:24:00.002+01:002009-04-29T22:16:28.933+01:00We have created an online tool that allows you to estimate how much CO2 and energy you are saving - or not - if you migrate to a virtual desktop solution.<br /><br />The problem that we are constantly trying to solve is the gap between talking about a feature and the requirement to have hard facts when making a decision. (If somebody says that something saves a lot of energy we tend to be the ones with our hands up asking how much.)<br /><br />We have tried to keep it simple by just asking a few questions. Correspondingly the output is not the be all and end all. The reason being that there are a number of different ways that you can construct a virtual desktop solution. For example, you can choose internal disks or you can leverage a SAN both of which will have different energy and CO2 envelopes.<br /><br />This idea of this is to assist with the first step of building an argument for going in a certain direction. We can assist you with making it more accurate when we work out exactly which components you are looking to choose from.<br /><br />The tool can be found <a href="http://www.newdatum.com/PowerCalculator/virtual.jsp">here</a>.NewDatum Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194787589909511623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2256758902008390153.post-53718969536389763632009-04-28T08:25:00.001+01:002009-04-29T22:17:01.892+01:00Leostream is one of the only vendors that is architected and engineered to allow you to connect pretty much any device at the front end to any hypervisor at the backend. It is also the only vendor that supports eDirectory authentication.<br /><br />Yesterday Leostream announced version 6.0 of their broker which provides native support for Citrix XenServer which further reinforces their design goals and execution. The Leostream broker installs as an appliance - i.e. no prerequisite OS - and will deploy directly onto Citrix XenServer 5. This means that you can now create a VDI entirely on XenServer. Given that XenServer is free this is pretty compelling.<br /><br />More can be found <a href="http://www.leostream.com/news/pr_04_27_09.php">here</a>.NewDatum Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194787589909511623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2256758902008390153.post-25356838572801774072009-04-27T14:19:00.002+01:002009-04-29T20:16:42.438+01:00When performing any project it is imperative that you have a good understanding of the amount of resources required. <br />This is especially true for Virtual Desktop implementations. The hardware requirements feed into both the software licenses and engineering resources required to deliver the solution. <br />For example, if you have a requirement for 8CPUs then you will need the corresponding amount of your favorite hypervisor and engineering time to install it.<br />Once all resource requirements are collated then you will have a good understanding of the cost and timeframes involved. At this stage you can reiterate through the entire process modifying the input - requirements - to modify the output to suit your budget.<br /><br />We have decided to put part of this online as a solution generator that can be found <a href="http://www.newdatum.com/desktopsizingtool/vditool.jsp">here</a>. We hope you will find it usefulNewDatum Consultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194787589909511623noreply@blogger.com0