VDI – Virtualization for home office and CAD

VDI - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

With VDI into the home office and beyond

Do your employees want to work from home or completely remotely for a few days - but all important data and applications can only be used from the office computers? If you want to work digitally, efficiently and, above all, from any location, there's no getting around Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. With VDI solutions, you can provide virtual desktops and manage them centrally. In these times of New Work and advancing digitalization, you are therefore in tune with the times. In the following, we explain what characterizes a VDI, what advantages it brings and which VDI solution from Thomas-Krenn suits your company's needs.

These are VDI solutions

With a VDI, the desktop (i.e. the operating system, applications and data) does not run directly on the user's physical computer, but on a central server.

Users then access these virtual desktops via the network (e.g. via the internet). This means they can use their desktop from various devices (such as laptops, tablets or thin clients) and are therefore able to work at any time and from any location. A separate virtual desktop is reserved on the server for each client. Depending on requirements, the resources of the server hardware can be utilized in the best possible way. A major advantage of VDI solutions: All virtual desktops are managed centrally, which makes maintenance and security easier.

What distinguishes VDI solutions?

Virtual desktop solutions offer a modern, flexible and secure IT infrastructure that meets the requirements of an increasingly mobile and decentralized working environment. Centralized management makes it easier to maintain and update desktops. The flexibility and mobility of VDI solutions promote remote working; employees can access their working environment from anywhere, which increases productivity and collaboration. A plus point: in the event of hardware failures or other malfunctions, users can quickly switch to other machines and continue their work. This allows companies to scale their resources as required and react quickly to changes in the number of employees. VDI also influences the cost efficiency of your company: you reduce hardware costs, as less powerful end devices are sufficient, and optimize the use of resources in the data center.

At the same time, you can save on IT maintenance costs thanks to VDI and the reduced energy consumption in the data center reduces your carbon footprint.

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The advantages of a virtual desktop infrastructure

  • Flexibility: With VDI, you can virtualize a wide range of applications and desktops. Users can access their desktops from anywhere as long as they have an internet connection.
  • Security: As the data is stored centrally on the server, the risk of data loss or theft is lower. If a device is lost or stolen, sensitive company data can no longer fall into the wrong hands so easily
  • Management: IT administrators can more easily apply updates and security measures to all desktops, as the management and configuration of the virtual workstations is centralized.
  • Intensity: You can also use older or simpler devices as required, as the computing-intensive work takes place on the server. At the same time, hardware acceleration for 3D applications is possible.

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure - learn more here!

If you are interested in a VDI solution and would like to know more, take a look at the webinar opposite. The webinar with our Thomas-Krenn experts lasts around 50 minutes with the following agenda:

Agenda:

  • Classic server-client infrastructure
  • Advantages and disadvantages of a server-client infrastructure
  • Computer vs. virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) from the user/administrator perspective
  • Virtual desktop infrastructure: The green field
  • Computer vs. virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) from the management/controlling perspective
  • Do I still have a right to exist as an administrator?
  • VDI at Thomas-Krenn
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Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) – A paradigm shift?

The extension of VDI: VMware Virtual SAN (vSAN)

The combination of VDI with software-defined storage offers a particularly future-proof solution for virtual desktops. Together with VMware Virtual SAN, a system of three nodes is created that is both fail-safe and powerful. This hyper-converged system, i.e. a system with computing power, storage and network in one, meets all the availability and scalability requirements of your VDI environment and offers a uniform, optimized platform. This saves you expensive external storage arrays, which leads to a considerable reduction in costs. Thanks to the seamless integration of VMware products such as Horizon View and Virtual SAN, administrative effort is further reduced and operational efficiency is increased. As a certified VMware partner, we are happy to assist you with the introduction of your VDI solution and offer you comprehensive advice and technical support.

VDI and CAD applications

Thomas-Krenn's VDI systems are suitable for both conventional desktop computers and compute-intensive 3D CAD workstations. Predefined profiles ensure that each workstation has sufficient resources available on the GPU cards. A virtualized VDI environment offers many advantages over conventional workstations: External service providers and design offices can be easily integrated, as can workstations at external locations. The virtualization interface enables central administration and management of the workstations. The computer performance can be scaled precisely according to the purpose of the virtual desktops.

Are you interested in a VDI solution? Then contact our experts, we will be happy to help you.

Are you interested in a VDI solution?
Then contact our experts, we will be happy to help you.
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