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A COMPANION TO THE CLOUD COMPUTING REFERENCE GUIDE
CONSOLIDATE YOUR DATA CENTER, FREE UP SPACE AND REDUCE EXPENSES. BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY TO THE CLOUD WITH TECHNOLOGY
SOLUTIONS FROM CDW•G.
WORRY LESS. WE’RE HERE TO HELP.Hosting and managed services for people who get IT.
See page 12 for more information
MAR 2011 | EDUCATION
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GUIDEIT INVESTM NT
Citrix® XenApp™ 6
Securely centralize
applications and data
See page 4 for more information
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VIRTUALIZATION AND THE CLOUD
By building a private or internal cloud, your organization
can off er computing power, storage and access to high-
speed networks as a hosted service. Th at lets individual
departments deploy new applications quickly without having
to buy and install hardware themselves. Your organization as
a whole benefi ts because it enables you to consolidate data
centers, increase hardware utilization and reduce energy
consumption, resulting in a more effi cient IT infrastructure, an
easier-to-manage IT department and signifi cant cost savings.
THE BENEFITS
Cloud computing fundamentally changes the way IT services
are delivered. It promotes on-demand network access to
a shared pool of confi gurable computing resources such
as networks, servers, storage devices, applications and
services that can be rapidly provisioned and released with
minimal management eff ort from your IT department.
MAKING THE JOURNEY
As with any transformational change to the way
organizations work and work together, the journey to the
cloud can be overwhelming. To fully realize the benefi ts of
cloud computing, your organization needs a good roadmap –
and that’s where CDW•G can help. We can show you how
to divide, prioritize and connect your eff orts – and how to
maximize the benefi ts every step of the way.
Contact your CDW•G account manager today to learn more.
Many educational institutions are moving away from the old model of investing in purchase-and-install
software, as they recognize the value of using “cloud” applications that are housed and accessed online.
Not only are these options more aff ordable and easier to implement, but they also include vast storage
capacity that can be used for large collections of data such as school records, written documents and even
video recordings. But knowing where to start, and what to put in the cloud, can be challenging.
Th at’s where CDW•G can help.
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By moving to the cloud, you can
completely transform the way your
organization and its people work.
But knowing where to start, and
getting funding for a project like this
can be an uphill battle. We know.
We help institutions fi ght it every
day. Sprawling servers. Mounting
data. Rising costs. Our experts
have your back. Th ey get policy and
purchasing requirements. Power and
site assessments too. And they work
with a large group of trusted partners,
including Citrix, Microsoft and
VMware — which allows them to
tailor solutions to match your
organization’s specifi c goals.
With years of experience optimizing
data centers, they know how to make
you victorious. It’s simply what
they do.
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VMware® vSphere™ Enterprise Plus1
One processor
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• VMware® Storage vMotion™
• VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler
• VMware Distributed Power Management
• VMware vStorage APIs for array integration and multipathing
VMware vSphere Enterprise1
Powerful and effi cient resource management
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• Maintain your service level guarantees
• Minimize downtime, protect data, and automate resource management
• Combine with critical features like vMotion, Fault Tolerance and Distributed Resource
Scheduler (DRS) for a safe and robust platform to improve availability and uptime
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The varieties of cloud deployment options and their benefits
Determining which cloud option best suits your needs
Planning a migration to the cloud
Managing a cloud environment
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ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
NATHAN COUTINHO is a Solutions Manager for CDW with a focus on
virtualization. He has more than 11 years of experience in IT, covering various
roles in management, technical sales and consulting. His current responsibilities
include evaluating and educating clients about trends and directions in the
server, client and storage virtualization spaces.
PAUL SCHAAPMAN is a Solutions Architect for CDW. With more than three
decades of experience in IT infrastructure, he has a strong background in
virtualization (server and client), server and storage engineering, IT architecture,
and IT consulting. Paul was awarded VMware’s Virtual Vanguard Award in 2007
for his work on a large virtual infrastructure for the Virginia Farm Bureau.
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CLOUD COMPUTING REFERENCE GUIDECloud computing is all about doing IT
smarter and more effi ciently, while
saving your organization money.
Read the included CDW•G Cloud
Computing Reference Guide to
learn more about migrating to the
cloud today.
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YOUR STORAGE AND
VIRTUALIZATION SOLUTIONS
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File Virtualization
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Citrix® XenDesktop™ 5
Th e virtual desktop — for everyone
Citrix® XenDesktop™ is a desktop virtualization and Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure (VDI) solution that delivers a complete Windows®
desktop experience as an on-demand service to any user, anywhere.
Whether users are task workers, knowledge workers or mobile
workers, XenDesktop quickly and securely delivers individual
applications or complete desktops while providing an HD user
experience.
XenDesktop 5 now includes the complete capabilities of XenApp™,
making it one solution that can do it all: deliver individual applications
or complete Windows desktops.
• Simplify desktop management by centrally applying updates once
for all users
• Improve security by centralizing desktops and data in the data center
• Deliver desktops instantly to users anywhere while providing an
HD experience
Citrix XenApp 6
End-to-end applications-delivery system
Citrix XenApp 6 off ers both application virtualization and streaming
to enable access for any user, with any device, working over any
network. Organizations can centralize applications and data in secure
data centers, reducing costs of management and support, increasing
data security and ensuring fast, reliable performance.
• Accelerate graphics performance with SpeedScreen™ Progressive
Display
• Provide easy, secure application access from locked-down devices
• Record and report all Presentation Server confi guration changes
Microsoft® Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Microsoft® off ers comprehensive and cost-eff ective technology that can help users
deploy virtual desktops in the data center and enable them to manage their physical and
virtual desktops from a single console, while providing great fl exibility for deploying
server-hosted desktops and applications.
• Integrated management
• Enhanced security and compliance
• Anywhere access from connected devices
• Increase organizational continuity
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HP ProLiant DL380 G6 Rack-mount Server
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5540 (2.53GHz)
CDWG 1723262
$3461.32
Th e HP ProLiant DL380 G6 Server is a versatile 2U rack server that is
designed to meet a wide range of deployment needs. A dependable
workhorse, it combines increased performance, durability, availability
and energy effi ciency, making it one of the industry’s most
recognized servers.
• Memory: 6GB std., 192GB max. (PC3-10600R DDR3)
• Hard drive: none ship std.; up to sixteen SFF hot-pluggable SAS/
SATA drive bays available, 9.6TB max. storage
• 8MB Level 3 Cache
• Two Embedded NC382i Dual-Port Multifunction Gigabit
Server Adapters
HP ProLiant DL380 G7 Rack-mount Server
Increased fl exibility and performance
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processors E5640 (2.66GHz)
CDWG 2090714
$3361.57
Th e HP ProLiant DL380 G7 Server delivers outstanding performance
with improved consolidation. Increased fl exibility, enterprise-class
uptime, advanced server management features, latest processor
series and 2U compute density make it an ideal choice for your
organization.
• Memory: 6GB std., 192GB max. (PC3-10600R DDR3)
• Hard drive: none ship std.; up to sixteen SFF hot-pluggable
SAS/SATA drive bays available, 9.6TB max. storage
• 12MB Level 3 Cache
• Two HP NC382i Dual-Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapters
HP ProLiant BL460c G6 Blade Server
Conserve power without performance impact
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor X5550 (2.66GHz)
CDWG 1723340
$3375.53
Th e HP ProLiant BL460c G6 Blade Server provides enterprise-class
features for high performance and reliability, without compromising
energy effi ciency or density. Th e BL460c gives IT managers the
performance and expandability they need for demanding data
center applications.
• Memory: 6GB std., 192GB max. (PC3-10600 DDR3)
• Hard drive: none ship std., up to two SFF hot-pluggable SAS/SATA
Th e ARX® Series is a fi le-virtualization solution that is helping organizations address the fi nancial
and operational challenges associated with the rapid growth of fi le-based information
CDWG 1632361
• Organizations that implement ARX® report reductions in disk-capacity spending by up to 80%,
cutting migration times by up to 90%, and shrinking backup times and resources by up to 80%
• Provides multiple services in a single platform, including global namespace, nondisruptive data
migration, automated storage tiering and dynamic storage load balancing
• Includes devices for fi le storage environments of all sizes
F5 Acopia® ARX4000
Simplify data management and reduce costs with intelligent fi le virtualization
CDWG 2020615
F5® ARX fi le virtualization devices enable you to dramatically simplify data management and
reduce storage costs.
• Real-time policy enforcement
• File-level management
• Multivendor, multiplatform support
• Enterprise-class cluster availability
• Intuitive management interfaces
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Novell® ZENworks® Application Virtualization 8
One-year subscription1,2
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$46.87
With Novell® ZENworks® Application Virtualization® you can ensure your users
have access to the software they need before, during and after your Windows® 7
migration. By virtualizing all of your Windows applications, you can give your users
the tools they need to get their jobs done. Best of all, they can use their software
with no installation headaches or application confl icts.
• Prevent application confl icts
• Control deployment costs
• Keep desktops secure
• Make it easy on your IT staff
Red Hat® Enterprise Virtualization for Servers
An end-to-end virtualization solution on an open source application platform
Server Standard three-year subscription3
CDWG 2003540
$1331.65
Red Hat® Enterprise Virtualization for Servers is an end-to-end virtualization solution designed to enable
pervasive data center virtualization and signifi cantly enhance capital and operational effi ciency. It builds
upon the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform and is an ideal platform on which to build an internal or private
cloud of Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Windows virtual machines
• Outstanding performance and scalability
• Powerful security
• Wide ecosystem of hardware and enterprise ISVs
• Low TCO
PREVENT APPLICATION CONFLICTS. CONTROL DEPLOYMENT COSTS. KEEP DESKTOPS SECURE.
proactive vendor security patch monitoring, analysis and
prioritization, and application.
• Availability Management off ers Proactive Maintenance
plus SLA-governed, full coverage regular maintenance,
including certain maintenance, engineering, and backup
and recovery off erings.
WE HAVE THE TOOLS AND THE TALENT
You get a dedicated account manager who is your single point
of contact, bringing an in-depth approach to help ensure an
outstanding solution. We partner closely with your IT staff
to understand your organization’s network and compliance
requirements so that we can provide the right combination of
hosting and managed services/options and support to meet
your needs – while staying within your budget.
We can cost-eff ectively deliver the expertise and services
you need to optimize IT performance, from data availability
to secure access to disaster recovery. And by taking on
responsibility for day-to-day system operations and
maintenance, we empower your IT staff to contribute to your
organization’s growth on a more strategic level.
Our Managed Services team off ers an all-encompassing
spectrum of services options, including:
MANAGED SERVICES
• Network services
• System and storage
• Intrusion prevention
• Unifi ed communications
HOSTING SERVICES
• Cabinet space
• Network connectivity options
• Data storage
• Disaster recovery
• Hosted Enterprise Infrastructure (HEI)
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MANAGED SERVICES
Our Services
It’s good to know you’re not alone.
To learn more about how our off erings, procurement
options, services and solutions can benefi t you:
• Contact your CDW•G account manager
• Visit CDWG.com/services
• Call 800.808.4239
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For VMware®, Microsoft® Hyper-V™, Citrix® XenServer™ and Parallels
Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ Advanced Server Virtual Edition 10
Engineered specifi cally for virtualized environments
1-9 licenses With Advantage Premier Support1
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$1429.41
Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition
enables organizations of all sizes to extend the cost-saving benefi ts
of virtualization by protecting virtual machines running on a single
physical host for a low, fi xed price.
• Reduce virtual server backup costs
• Agent-less backups of entire host machines
• High performance and optimized backup across all major virtual
machine platforms
• Centralized management
Double-Take® Availability Standard Edition
Maximum protection against data loss
Double-Take® Availability provides aff ordable data protection,
ensures minimal data loss and enables immediate recovery from
any system outage. Continuously captures changes as they happen
and replicates those changes to one or more servers at any location,
locally or globally.
• Monitors changes to all protected fi les or virtual machines
• Detailed, custom analysis and reports
• Use existing hardware, software and network
• Failover executed in minutes, not hours, and supports dissimilar
hardware
Symantec™ Backup Exec™ 2010 for Windows Small
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• Optimized data protection for Windows® Small Business Server
Standard or Premium Editions
• Integrated and adaptable deduplication (using NetBackup™
PureDisk™ technology)
• Granular recovery for Exchange, SQL and Active Directory®
environments running in a VMware and Hyper-V environment
CA ARCserve® Backup Xtra Value Pack3
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With the purchase of CA ARCserve® Backup you receive two copies
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you with comprehensive, award-winning CA ARCserve Backup
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Server virtualization has become one of the top
consolidation and optimization strategies of CIOs
and IT Directors over the past few years. Such
organizations have used server virtualization to
reduce signifi cant cost and complexity in the data
center. Projecting to continue through 2015, this
trend will further enable the implementation of
more economical and ecological technologies
throughout IT.
A server virtualization project should always begin
with a proper analysis of your infrastructure. Such
analysis can identify potential server candidates for
virtualization and wisely eliminate others. With our
highly trained team of solution architects, we are
in a strong position to ensure that you get the right
assessment for your particular environment.
We have two virtualization assessments to
assist customers in building server virtualization
solutions: the Self-Guided Assessment (SGA)
and the Server Virtualization Assessment (SVA).
From the data these assessments provide, our
virtualization experts can tailor a solution that’s
right for your organization from a wide variety of
market-leading server and storage products that
we bring to the table.
SELF-GUIDED ASSESSMENT
Th e SGA is a quick and easy assessment. We
provide instructions to install the data collection
tool, allowing our customers to manage the
installing and data collection at their own pace. Your
CDW•G Storage Solution Architect will then use the
fi ndings gathered by the assessment tool to build a
custom Server Virtualization Solution for
your environment.
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VIRTUALIZATION ASSESSMENTS
Our Services
SERVER VIRTUALIZATION ASSESSMENT
Our SVA is a detailed engagement that leverages
the capabilities of our Virtualization Assessment
Team to assist in the remote installation of the
data collection tool. At the end of the assessment
period, our team will analyze the results and
design a comprehensive solution for your
organization. Th is option is ideal when virtualization
opportunities include complex environments with
large server populations or multiple data centers.
WHY VIRTUALIZATION ASSESSMENTS?
Our Virtualization Assessment Team has the
acumen to help you save your organization
valuable time and money. By dedicating a team
to assess environments for virtualization, we
have acquired expertise that helps you cut your
workload. Use our experience to your advantage.
WE CAN ASSESS YOUR ENVIRONMENT, DESIGN A SOLUTION AND PLAN THE IMPLEMENTATION.
MAXIMUM CONVENIENCE
Because the assessments are conducted remotely,
they help eliminate major interruptions and heavy
time investments. With minimal preparation on
your end, we do the rest. You receive a wealth of
information about your environment in a timely
manner with little or no inconvenience.
Whether you’re looking to step into virtualization,
need performance recommendations at the server
or storage level, or are looking to launch from
simple virtualization into true cloud computing, we
have the tools you need to accelerate your project.
Regardless of the problem, our assessments will
assist you in kicking the project off in the
right direction.
It’s good to know you’re not alone.
Get started by calling 800.808.4239
or visiting CDWG.com/virtualize
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HP ProLiant DL380 G7
Rack-mount Server
Increased fl exibility and performance
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processors
E5640 (2.66GHz)
CDWG 2090714
$3361.57
• Memory: 6GB std., 192GB max.
(PC3-10600R DDR3)
• Hard drive: none ship std.; up to sixteen
SFF hot-pluggable SAS/SATA drive bays
available, 9.6TB max. storage
• 12MB Level 3 Cache
• Two HP NC382i Dual-Port Multifunction
Gigabit Server Adapters
EMC® CLARiiON® CX4 Series
Optimized for virtualized environments
with unique software, system-level
capabilities and integration
EMC CLARiiON CX4 240
CDWG 1528800
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• Full EMC® CX4 product line available
• Low cost of ownership
• Innovative energy-effi cient capabilities
• High availability and data integrity features
• Easy to install, manage and scale
EMC CLARiiON CX4 120 CDWG 1528794
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