Simplify and accelerate Windows 7 migration

One of the most frequently cited justifications for VDI is the need to migrate to Windows 7. With limited time available, and many technical challenges to address, few if any Windows 7 migrations will be trouble-free. Many organizations will need to support Windows XP alongside Windows 7 for an extended transition period, as legacy applications are updated to work on Windows 7. Others will face challenges with budgeting for a desktop refresh to deploy new hardware capable of supporting Windows 7 effectively.

Many IT organizations planning a Windows 7 migration with VDI are unaware that the combination of Windows 7 and Anti-virus more than doubles the amount of memory and IOPS required per desktop compared to Windows XP, which significantly decreases virtual desktop density per server and degrades virtual desktop performance. As a result, the storage is often undersized for Windows 7 migrations leading to desktop performance issues and budgeting issues when more storage is required to fix the VDI deployment.

Atlantis ILIO makes it possible to cut VDI CAPEX costs by 50-75%, simplify VDI deployments for Windows 7 migrations, and ensure consistently better performance than a physical PC.

Cut VDI Storage Costs by up to 90%

With Atlantis ILIO, virtual desktops use storage efficiently by consolidating duplicate information contained in virtual desktop images in real-time before they hit storage. This has the combined benefit of dramatically reducing the storage capacity and reducing the storage throughput required by up to 90%. By reducing data center storage and supporting infrastructure requirements and increasing the number of desktops per server, Atlantis ILIO can reduce VDI CAPEX by 50-75%.

Increase Storage Choices for Windows 7 Migrations

Atlantis ILIO makes it possible to use less expensive storage options for Windows 7 Migrations. Atlantis ILIO offloads IO traffic from storage, optimizes IO to make storage more efficient and provides an NFS front-end, giving IT organizations the option to use local disk (SATA, SAS, SSD), NAS or SAN, to remove roadblocks to Windows 7 Migrations.

Application Virtualization in Windows 7 Migrations

Enterprise IT organizations considering application virtualization solutions, such as Microsoft App-V, or VMware ThinApp for use in conjunction with VDI and Windows 7 migrations, face a dual challenge with both application performance and managing the workload of repackaging applications for deployment through application virtualization. Atlantis ILIO offers a pragmatic fast track to VDI, without the capital cost of conventional VDI storage solutions, enabling deployment in advance of completion of any application repackaging activities. Then, when organizations are ready to implement application virtualization, Atlantis ILIO VDI accelerates the delivery of both pre-cached and streamed application virtualization packages.

Persistent Virtual vs. Non-Persistent Virtual Desktops for Windows 7 Migration

While Atlantis ILIO can help cut CAPEX costs and boost performance for non-persistent virtual desktop, many customers that are on an aggressive timeline to complete a Windows 7 migration take advantage of the storage reduction of Atlantis ILIO to simplify VDI deployments by using persistent desktops that would otherwise be cost prohibitive. For some organizations, the pragmatic path to getting started with VDI is to deploy persistent virtual desktops, where each user gets their own unique virtual desktop image.  This approach eliminates the need to implement additional VDI components such as OS streaming, application virtualization and profile virtualization. In traditional VDI environments, persistent virtual desktops require massive amounts of storage capacity to maintain a 20-30GB or virtual desktop for each user. With Atlantis ILIO inline deduplication, implementing persistent virtual desktops not only simplifies VDI, but also makes it affordable by reducing the amount of storage required by up to 90%.