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Description:This document is a summary report and analysis of the Liquidware Labs Stratusphere FIT undertaken by System Professional for the Customer X

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Contents

1.Purpose and Overview

1.1Structure of this Document

1.2Executive Summary

2.Analysis

2.1User Group 1

2.2User Group 2

2.3User Group 3

2.4User Group 4

2.5User Group 5

2.6User Group 6

2.7User Group 7

3.Summary

3.1Total Consumption

3.2Proposed Platform

3.3Virtual Desktop Configuration

3.4Pilot Users

4.Bill of Materials & Cost Estimates

4.1HP Servers

4.2HP Switches

4.3Vmware Horizon Software

4.4Liquidware Labs Profile Unity & Flex App

4.5Nimble Storage Array

4.6Professional Services

4.7Conclusion

1.Purpose and Overview

1.1Structure of this Document

This document is divided into the following main sections:

Purpose and Overview – Describes the engagement.
Analysis – Summaries the output of the LiquidwareLabs Stratusphere FIT report (s) for each user group defined by CUSTOMER X
Summary – Describes the potential infrastructure resources needed to run the virtual desktops and the configuration of the virtual desktops themselves

1.2Executive Summary

System Professional has conducted a desktop assessment using the Liquidware Labs Stratusphere FIT tool for the CUSTOMER X.

This document is a summary of the data analysis captured during...

The results of the analysis show...

Key user case metrics show...

The high level design and architecture consists of...

An outline of the CapEX costs are...

An overview of the long term OpEx costs are...

The key benefits that CUSTOMER X can realise are...

The ease of adopting a virtual desktop strategy is...

It is our recommendation that CUSTOMER X should...

2.Analysis

2.1User Group 1

2.1.1Overview

The User Group 1 consists of XX users who logged into XX PCs over the reporting period,XX of which are running Windows XP Professional and XX are running Windows 7 Professional.

2.1.2Storage

We can see from the graphbelow that during office hours the total IOPs for all machines remained steady, with a peak average of 300 both read and write IOPs. Between 9-10 am there is a spike to 2000 read and 800 write IOPs which is expected for boot and login storms, when users first log in.

Looking at the table on a per machine basis we can see the average IOPs between 10 and 25. Peak average IOPs are between 30-70 and the peak IOPs from 100-300 which would be expected during a boot storm.

IOPs / Read IOPs / Write IOPs
Name / Avg. / Peak Avg. / Peak / Avg. / Peak Avg. / Peak / Avg. / Peak Avg. / Peak
User X / 25.42 / 134.25 / 1,276.64 / 14.34 / 68.33 / 539.88 / 11.11 / 65.99 / 815.14
User X / 10.30 / 39.96 / 142.88 / 5.04 / 26.52 / 116.37 / 5.26 / 13.44 / 31.27
User X / 19.34 / 55.49 / 223.29 / 10.00 / 34.03 / 200.57 / 9.34 / 21.46 / 66.10
User X / 8.84 / 35.37 / 137.28 / 2.85 / 18.15 / 94.10 / 6.05 / 17.22 / 43.18
User X / 10.61 / 37.67 / 220.44 / 6.69 / 24.46 / 200.48 / 4.20 / 13.21 / 32.22
User X / 8.40 / 30.95 / 294.26 / 3.80 / 17.62 / 279.69 / 4.65 / 13.34 / 26.02
User X / 10.98 / 36.90 / 183.54 / 3.11 / 17.55 / 123.57 / 7.86 / 19.35 / 59.97
User X / 18.29 / 63.14 / 401.64 / 13.35 / 46.05 / 378.36 / 4.93 / 17.09 / 86.43
User X / 9.83 / 52.07 / 327.27 / 4.65 / 26.81 / 297.58 / 5.26 / 25.26 / 130.49
User X / 6.39 / 23.53 / 107.28 / 2.04 / 11.22 / 84.38 / 4.35 / 12.30 / 28.92
User X / 11.23 / 41.53 / 339.95 / 7.72 / 28.53 / 323.65 / 4.44 / 13.00 / 50.79
User X / 7.95 / 33.06 / 135.32 / 3.16 / 19.61 / 102.74 / 4.79 / 13.45 / 33.25
User X / 20.67 / 66.90 / 381.94 / 13.27 / 49.87 / 360.15 / 7.41 / 17.02 / 39.04
User X / 9.45 / 38.04 / 205.56 / 4.35 / 22.42 / 120.67 / 5.15 / 15.62 / 84.89
User X / 14.32 / 50.46 / 361.60 / 8.65 / 32.66 / 286.12 / 5.84 / 17.81 / 115.65
User X / 8.77 / 30.89 / 117.98 / 3.59 / 18.47 / 90.13 / 5.18 / 12.42 / 29.94
User X / 10.78 / 43.95 / 114.85 / 5.62 / 30.70 / 93.98 / 5.16 / 13.25 / 22.84
User X / 9.92 / 40.30 / 168.76 / 4.30 / 26.77 / 138.30 / 5.62 / 13.53 / 30.46
User X / 22.87 / 60.67 / 359.68 / 17.52 / 46.17 / 335.76 / 5.36 / 14.50 / 37.76
User X / 11.41 / 36.90 / 145.61 / 3.53 / 19.94 / 117.39 / 7.95 / 16.95 / 50.91
User X / 10.44 / 47.79 / 118.06 / 4.93 / 31.78 / 86.80 / 5.50 / 16.01 / 32.95

2.1.3Network

Out of office hours network activity remained steady with an average network IO at 10 KB/s, this is normal background traffic. During office hours the usage peaked at 50 KB/s during the morning login storm and then averaged out at around 30 KB/s.

2.1.4CPU & RAM

Average CPU used and Average RAM per desktop used are both quite predictable, with an increase at 8am which then trails off at 6pm as seen in the graph below.

The average CPU per desktop is about 300 MHz and average RAM is approximately 1100MB. We can expect this number to increase when upgrading to Windows 7.

The table below shows the breakdown per user in the group. We can see a fairly large range of peak averages.

CPU MHz / RAM(MB)
User Name / Machine Name / Avg. / Peak Avg. / Peak / Avg. / Peak Avg. / Peak
User X / XXX / 316.67 / 636.52 / 636.52 / 1,044.92 / 1,082.74 / 1,082.74
User X / XXX / 299.72 / 828.20 / 828.20 / 1,051.08 / 1,124.64 / 1,124.64
User X / XXX / 240.79 / 583.35 / 583.35 / 1,060.09 / 1,108.15 / 1,108.15
User X / XXX / 210.78 / 636.46 / 636.46 / 968.05 / 1,026.19 / 1,026.19
User X / XXX / 286.66 / 1,688.69 / 1,688.69 / 789.15 / 828.61 / 828.61
User X / XXX / 209.81 / 633.93 / 633.93 / 925.09 / 974.31 / 974.31
User X / XXX / 188.00 / 698.87 / 698.87 / 936.85 / 1,043.37 / 1,043.37
User X / XXX / 379.88 / 1,607.81 / 1,607.81 / 767.63 / 859.10 / 859.10
User X / XXX / 310.51 / 620.23 / 620.23 / 1,000.59 / 1,041.24 / 1,041.24
User X / XXX / 143.96 / 532.92 / 532.92 / 941.50 / 992.90 / 992.90
User X / XXX / 134.06 / 360.32 / 360.32 / 776.63 / 805.94 / 805.94
User X / XXX / 215.04 / 651.29 / 651.29 / 944.32 / 1,027.44 / 1,027.44
User X / XXX / 221.81 / 567.78 / 567.78 / 1,028.95 / 1,109.32 / 1,109.32
User X / XXX / 276.48 / 625.63 / 625.63 / 1,104.02 / 1,199.11 / 1,199.11
User X / XXX / 224.33 / 850.89 / 850.89 / 864.93 / 923.55 / 923.55
User X / XXX / 96.72 / 311.09 / 311.09 / 1,856.18 / 1,925.54 / 1,925.54
User X / XXX / 223.51 / 647.60 / 647.60 / 945.64 / 1,067.65 / 1,067.65
User X / XXX / 70.68 / 236.53 / 236.53 / 1,683.89 / 1,754.66 / 1,754.66
User X / XXX / 130.82 / 534.44 / 534.44 / 1,739.07 / 1,844.02 / 1,844.02
User X / XXX / 149.66 / 499.21 / 499.21 / 858.00 / 903.43 / 903.43
User X / XXX / 451.67 / 1,304.99 / 1,304.99 / 945.72 / 988.94 / 988.94
User X / XXX / 275.05 / 708.93 / 708.93 / 915.81 / 970.29 / 970.29
User X / XXX / 317.86 / 838.22 / 838.22 / 1,425.42 / 1,525.89 / 1,525.89
User X / XXX / 234.57 / 603.98 / 603.98 / 888.70 / 940.31 / 940.31
User X / XXX / 444.02 / 961.20 / 961.20 / 962.54 / 994.21 / 994.21
User X / XXX / 346.44 / 1,427.29 / 1,427.29 / 757.92 / 794.31 / 794.31
User X / XXX / 253.78 / 753.15 / 753.15 / 1,096.28 / 1,205.86 / 1,205.86
User X / XXX / 303.95 / 823.96 / 823.96 / 1,160.25 / 1,245.20 / 1,245.20
User X / XXX / 305.55 / 609.05 / 609.05 / 1,281.09 / 1,371.35 / 1,371.35
User X / XXX / 235.88 / 745.39 / 745.39 / 1,258.07 / 1,311.25 / 1,311.25
User X / XXX / 215.53 / 642.94 / 642.94 / 974.14 / 1,016.48 / 1,016.48
User X / XXX / 263.47 / 657.79 / 657.79 / 1,104.01 / 1,234.97 / 1,234.97
User X / XXX / 354.49 / 1,011.76 / 1,011.76 / 1,076.75 / 1,245.56 / 1,245.56

2.1.5Applications

This group currently utilises the following applications, all of which have been classed as low ThinApp complexity, except for Ms Office 2007 which has been classed as medium complexity.

(Detailed list of Applications.)

2.1.6User Experience

In the following table we can see the average logon time and average application time per user. These statistics will be utilised when measuring the user experience in the virtual desktop environment.

Name / Avg. Login Duration (ms) / Avg. App Load Time (ms)
User X / 94,905 / 581,481
User X / 46,600 / 5,231
User X / 84,461 / 1,224
User X / 36,000 / 1,713
User X / 91,430 / 4,645
User X / 81,161 / 101,965
User X / 71,810 / 1,601
User X / 82,871 / 1,217
User X / 123,000 / 1,557
User X / 92,090 / 7,264
User X / 36,824 / 1,913
User X / 82,724 / 1,683
User X / 70,293 / 749
User X / 92,909 / 1,693
User X / 95,691 / 2,693
User X / 126,387 / 1,419
User X / 105,582 / 4,264
User X / 70,200 / 2,575
User X / 152,162 / 8,514
User X / 89,240 / 1,569
User X / 125,200 / 1,887
User X / 66,091 / 385,937
User X / 115,600 / 3,743
User X / 95,337 / 2,400
User X / 101,809 / 1,745
User X / 80,500 / 1,513

2.2User Group 2

2.2.1Overview

The User group 2 consists of XX users who logged into XX PCs over the 4 week reporting period,XXof which are running Windows XP Professional andXX are running Windows 7.

2.2.2Storage

We can see from the graph below that during office hours the total IOPs for all machines remained steady, with a peak average of 300 both read and write IOPs. Between 9-10 am there is a small spike to 1500 read and 600 write IOPs which is expected for boot and login storms, when users first log in.

Looking at the table on a per machine basis we can see the average IOPs are between 10 and 25. Peak average IOPs are between 30-70 and the peak IOPs from 100-300 which is to be expected during a boot storm.

IOPs / Read IOPs / Write IOPs
Name / Avg. / Peak Avg. / Peak / Avg. / Peak Avg. / Peak / Avg. / Peak Avg. / Peak
User X / 31.10 / 96.93 / 1,513.89 / 26.04 / 71.19 / 553.87 / 5.25 / 25.74 / 960.02
User X / 8.19 / 24.04 / 841.75 / 4.13 / 15.25 / 580.70 / 5.64 / 12.39 / 320.31
User X / 15.37 / 46.99 / 675.28 / 10.52 / 26.27 / 332.61 / 6.15 / 20.71 / 657.33
User X / 11.05 / 45.88 / 349.67 / 8.31 / 29.34 / 306.38 / 2.88 / 16.54 / 55.77
User X / 10.24 / 32.19 / 331.31 / 8.31 / 20.97 / 309.67 / 3.20 / 11.31 / 66.73
User X / 9.02 / 25.38 / 271.02 / 7.87 / 17.55 / 253.43 / 2.06 / 7.83 / 33.31
User X / 18.18 / 56.31 / 414.32 / 12.48 / 40.36 / 395.56 / 6.48 / 15.95 / 38.71
User X / 47.93 / 124.02 / 124.02 / 24.29 / 65.07 / 65.07 / 23.64 / 58.95 / 58.95
User X / 20.16 / 58.25 / 363.21 / 16.62 / 45.93 / 347.49 / 3.53 / 12.33 / 191.62
User X / 17.89 / 69.47 / 175.55 / 9.70 / 36.46 / 102.13 / 8.19 / 33.00 / 86.68
User X / 15.49 / 61.17 / 447.79 / 7.39 / 40.60 / 418.59 / 8.10 / 20.58 / 57.54
User X / 9.35 / 27.75 / 337.63 / 8.08 / 18.71 / 323.18 / 2.90 / 9.04 / 39.44
User X / 12.66 / 51.62 / 669.39 / 4.36 / 22.49 / 114.69 / 8.33 / 29.13 / 655.96
User X / 19.83 / 68.03 / 396.49 / 13.15 / 50.67 / 375.89 / 6.68 / 17.36 / 76.51
User X / 26.47 / 83.55 / 229.75 / 14.99 / 58.70 / 190.67 / 11.48 / 24.86 / 53.61
User X / 16.10 / 62.49 / 241.02 / 7.27 / 33.30 / 121.02 / 8.84 / 29.19 / 122.49
User X / 11.36 / 47.62 / 327.77 / 6.60 / 32.06 / 298.25 / 5.01 / 15.56 / 38.10
User X / 11.63 / 34.23 / 374.92 / 11.63 / 26.60 / 342.58 / 2.10 / 7.62 / 126.79
User X / 11.51 / 41.74 / 129.61 / 5.01 / 23.84 / 91.38 / 6.61 / 17.90 / 67.98
User X / 30.68 / 79.57 / 407.29 / 16.17 / 49.71 / 159.60 / 14.51 / 29.86 / 323.90
User X / 18.97 / 71.49 / 1,115.69 / 10.40 / 49.22 / 797.84 / 8.57 / 22.28 / 317.85
User X / 6.87 / 34.93 / 881.31 / 3.20 / 19.43 / 737.42 / 3.96 / 15.49 / 190.44
User X / 33.13 / 86.97 / 147.94 / 3.21 / 12.67 / 61.06 / 29.93 / 74.30 / 137.06
User X / 23.25 / 95.15 / 1,433.53 / 18.21 / 65.72 / 644.97 / 6.97 / 29.85 / 881.14
User X / 55.49 / 164.31 / 1,354.88 / 31.58 / 103.35 / 897.54 / 24.31 / 60.98 / 831.02
User X / 35.74 / 167.67 / 1,268.50 / 25.85 / 118.09 / 831.29 / 10.00 / 49.77 / 699.01
User X / 35.33 / 135.09 / 1,098.47 / 27.65 / 98.24 / 883.74 / 7.67 / 36.85 / 585.82
User X / 24.58 / 116.66 / 1,287.52 / 16.05 / 70.08 / 865.14 / 9.28 / 46.60 / 792.46
User X / 10.04 / 49.04 / 862.36 / 7.64 / 35.96 / 478.05 / 3.31 / 13.08 / 437.83
User X / 19.79 / 58.57 / 462.59 / 14.97 / 48.11 / 459.70 / 4.83 / 10.46 / 36.25

2.2.3Network

Out of office hours network activity remained steady with an average network IO at 10 KB/s, this is normal background traffic. During office hours the usage peaked at 70 KB/s during the morning login storm and then averaged out at around 40 KB/s.

2.2.4CPU & RAM

Average CPU Used and Average RAM per desktop used are both fairly high out of hours; this could be due to windows maintenance or a screensaver which should be investigated further.

The average CPU per desktop is about 500 MHz and average RAM is approximately 1900 MB during office hours.

The table below shows the breakdown per user in the group. User X has a particularly high Average CPU and RAM utilisation.

CPU MHz / RAM(MB)
User Name / Machine Name / Avg. / Peak Avg. / Peak / Avg. / Peak Avg. / Peak
User X / XXX / 216.13 / 567.06 / 567.06 / 962.36 / 1,023.37 / 1,023.37
User X / XXX / 415.45 / 1,161.80 / 1,161.80 / 1,138.32 / 1,265.27 / 1,265.27
User X / XXX / 431.75 / 653.53 / 653.53 / 880.68 / 911.38 / 911.38
User X / XXX / 279.61 / 495.20 / 495.20 / 1,508.58 / 1,571.08 / 1,571.08
User X / XXX / 1,428.46 / 2,454.48 / 2,454.48 / 925.07 / 1,064.09 / 1,064.09
User X / XXX / 391.12 / 831.18 / 831.18 / 1,189.62 / 1,329.06 / 1,329.06
User X / XXX / 1,625.19 / 3,303.16 / 3,303.16 / 961.32 / 1,210.04 / 1,210.04
User X / XXX / 765.06 / 1,469.51 / 1,469.51 / 1,692.68 / 1,867.93 / 1,867.93
User X / XXX / 109.43 / 383.47 / 383.47 / 1,564.34 / 1,643.88 / 1,643.88
User X / XXX / 228.47 / 666.50 / 666.50 / 1,985.84 / 2,228.43 / 2,228.43
User X / XXX / 132.06 / 317.13 / 317.13 / 2,222.96 / 2,283.93 / 2,283.93
User X / XXX / 161.12 / 528.13 / 528.13 / 809.49 / 877.88 / 877.88
User X / XXX / 201.68 / 449.93 / 449.93 / 843.95 / 899.90 / 899.90
User X / XXX / 245.67 / 687.15 / 687.15 / 740.19 / 821.28 / 821.28
User X / XXX / 264.63 / 775.70 / 775.70 / 764.85 / 874.46 / 874.46
User X / XXX / 206.34 / 385.25 / 385.25 / 911.09 / 922.37 / 922.37
User X / XXX / 182.01 / 401.45 / 401.45 / 1,062.60 / 1,090.98 / 1,090.98
User X / XXX / 1,255.00 / 1,814.71 / 1,814.71 / 1,031.84 / 1,071.29 / 1,071.29
User X / XXX / 1,161.26 / 1,568.93 / 1,568.93 / 969.51 / 985.68 / 985.68
User X / XXX / 411.98 / 724.22 / 724.22 / 725.13 / 789.70 / 789.70
User X / XXX / 765.01 / 1,393.48 / 1,393.48 / 1,441.94 / 1,638.16 / 1,638.16
User X / XXX / 269.04 / 798.22 / 798.22 / 1,428.27 / 1,543.92 / 1,543.92
User X / XXX / 238.39 / 777.79 / 777.79 / 1,616.78 / 1,828.19 / 1,828.19
User X / XXX / 210.18 / 602.02 / 602.02 / 1,766.28 / 1,909.15 / 1,909.15
User X / XXX / 37.27 / 153.59 / 153.59 / 951.22 / 965.74 / 965.74
User X / XXX / 221.89 / 1,172.68 / 1,172.68 / 2,403.81 / 2,509.92 / 2,509.92
User X / XXX / 918.15 / 1,167.12 / 1,167.12 / 4,780.46 / 4,836.42 / 4,836.42
User X / XXX / 220.25 / 514.91 / 514.91 / 830.98 / 846.70 / 846.70
User X / XXX / 137.49 / 585.42 / 585.42 / 1,855.86 / 1,916.98 / 1,916.98
User X / XXX / 169.39 / 420.97 / 420.97 / 2,696.93 / 2,758.28 / 2,758.28
User X / XXX / 767.49 / 918.00 / 918.00 / 1,010.38 / 1,016.76 / 1,016.76
User X / XXX / 242.74 / 682.39 / 682.39 / 964.93 / 1,033.37 / 1,033.37
User X / XXX / 522.14 / 1,012.81 / 1,012.81 / 1,526.88 / 1,772.20 / 1,772.20
User X / XXX / 276.37 / 690.13 / 690.13 / 1,007.84 / 1,112.99 / 1,112.99

2.2.5Applications

This group currently utilises the following applications, all of which have been classed as low ThinApp complexity, except for Application 1 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional which have been classed as medium complexity.

(See list of applications)

2.2.6User Experience

Name / Avg. Login Duration (ms) / Avg. App Load Time (ms)
User X / 83,046 / 3,883
User X / 81,303 / 3,199
User X / 81,049 / 25,931
User X / 83,755 / 3,330
User X / 221,732 / 3,171
User X / 99,739 / 139,446
User X / 77,126 / 2,217
User X / 99,076 / 2,400
User X / 83,565 / 4,345
User X / 123,000 / 10,736
User X / 72,984 / 1,789
User X / 85,933 / 210,479
User X / 157,000 / 9,113
User X / 34,773 / 2,410
User X / 87,088 / 2,711
User X / 127,000 / 1,079,466
User X / 84,253 / 1,332
User X / 83,046 / 3,883
User X / 81,303 / 3,199
User X / 81,049 / 25,931
User X / 83,755 / 3,330
User X / 221,732 / 3,171
User X / 99,739 / 139,446
User X / 77,126 / 2,217
User X / 99,076 / 2,400
User X / 83,565 / 4,345
User X / 123,000 / 10,736

2.3User Group 3

2.4User Group 4

2.5User Group 5

2.6User Group 6

2.7User Group 7

3.Summary

3.1Total Consumption

Looking at the total resource consumption we can see the following statistics:-

Metrics / Allocated / Avg. Used / Peak Avg. Used / Peak Used
CPU MHz / 1637 GHz / 122 GHz / 275 GHz / 850 GHz
RAM / 1006GB / 455 GB / 483 GB / 686 GB
Storage Capacity / 41 TB / 8.81 TB / 8.82 TB / 10.07 TB
Read IOPs / 3302 / 13138 / 103036
Write IOPs / 2353 / 7547 / 47069
Network Send Rate / 9 MB/s / 21 MB/s / 220 MB/s
Network Receive Rate / 8 MB/s / 32 MB/s / 445 MB/s

3.2Proposed Platform

3.2.1Compute

Based on the statistics above we are recommending the compute platform specified below.

This however is for budgetary purposes only and will require further detailed design work before it can be ratified.

There are a number of design decisions that can have an impact on the detailed design of a VDI platform such as linked clones vs. full clones, persistent desktops vs. non persistent and the suitability of VDI for some of the IT staff who consume a large amount of resources.

3.2.1.1Management Block

These servers will be configured in a HA 1+1 cluster to run all management virtual machines associated with the solution.

2x DL360p Gen8 servers with 2x Intel 6 core 2.3 GHz CPU and 128 GB RAM with dual port 10 Gb Ethernet adapter.

3.2.1.2Desktop Block

These servers will be configured in a HA 6+1 cluster to run all virtual desktops.

The proposed platform has a compute capacity of 278 GHz CPU, 576 GB RAM.

Using the Peak Average statistics this will provide enough capacity and some headroom to run the proposed number of virtual desktops whilst allowing for the additional RAM consumption of Windows 7.

7x DL360p Gen8 servers with 2x Intel 8 core 2.9 GHz CPU and 96 GB RAM with dual port 10 Gb Ethernet adapter.

3.2.2Storage

We would recommend a XXX storage array.

The proposed platform has a storage capacity of XXX IOPs and XXX TB of usable disk space.

Using the Peak Average statistics this will provide enough capacity and some headroom to run the proposed number of virtual desktops whilst allowing for the additional resource consumption of Windows 7.

The disk space savings achieved by utilising VMware View Linked Clone desktops should result in a net storage reduction of about 80%

The platform will provide up to approximately40 Gbit or 4 GB/s of network throughput and 2 GB/s of storage bandwidth, which is more than sufficient for the platform requirements.

3.2.3Network

We would recommend using 2x 10 Gbit switches to provide sufficient bandwidth for virtual desktop users who will be streaming their desktops and applications across the network.

3.3Virtual Desktop Configuration

Looking at the resource utilisation of the various user groups, we can split the virtual desktop configuration into 2 basic use cases

Standard workers – the majority of the staff fit into this use case definition, utilising 400-800 MHz CPU and 0.8 to 1.5 GB RAM. We can specify a virtual desktop of 1 vCPU and 2 GB RAM which should meet these user’s needs.

Power Users – the ICT department fall into this category, with users running more resource hungry applications such as Visual Studio and MS SQL Management Studio. A virtual desktop with 2-3 vCPU and 4 GB may be suitable for the ICT department.

However an alternative option may be to stick with physical desktops for the ICT department which may provide a better user experience.

3.4Pilot Users

Based on the information from the LWL assessment, the initial pilot user group should ideally be a smaller group of users with low requirements, and therefore the highest chance of success to virtualise.

We would recommend the UserRroup5 as the initial pilot users.

4.Bill of Materials & Cost Estimates

The following section provides a high level Bill of Materials based on the output of the Liquidware Labs FIT report.

Whilst care has been taken to provide accurate information it is important to state that the information is for guidance only and will be ratified during the detailed design stage.

All costs have been present as retail (RRP) and should be used for budgetary purposes only. From previous experiences, once special bid agreements have been setup the actual purchase price could be approximately 10% - 20% lower than that quoted.

4.1Servers