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Overview

HP Virtual Desktop Infrastructure is an end-to-end client virtualization solution based on the best managed and virtualization-ready HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers, HP StorageWorks storage, and HP Thin Client access devices.

HP VDI is a desktop replacement solution that provides IT teams with the flexibility to quickly deliver and refresh desktops, reduces the business risk associated with potential data loss or theft, and lowers the complexity and cost of desktop management, while continuing to provide end-users with the functionality of a stand-alone desktop.

The HP VDI with VMware View offering is based on VMware's industry leading and proven virtualization platform and HP Thin Clients that have been certified to work with VMware View Manager.

This end-to-end solution from HP lets you streamline desktop management and control and deliver complete desktop environments with greater application compatibility. Purpose-built for delivering desktops as a managed service, VMware View provides the best end user experience and transforms IT by simplifying and automating desktop management.

Centrally maintaining desktops, applications and data; reduces costs and improves security while at the same time increases availability and flexibility for end users. Unlike other desktop virtualization products, VMware View is a tightly integrated end to end solution built on the industry leading virtualization platform allowing customers to extend powerful business continuity and disaster recover features to their desktops and standardize on a common platform from the desktop through the datacenter to the cloud.

What's new

HP VDI with VMware View now offers View 4. The latest release of VMware View 4 allows you to transform IT by delivering desktops as a managed service, provide best end-user experience and standardize on the leading virtualization platform.
  • Integration with VMware vSphere 4 brings the power of the datacenter to the desktop. Extend such features as VMotion, High Availability, Distributed Resource Scheduler and Fault Tolerance to your desktops providing built in disaster recovery and business continuity. Optimized desktop workloads, VMware vSphere is able to handle 1000s of desktops starting up at once without any performance degradation. Take advantage of host profiles within VMware vSphere and automatically replicate desktop settings in each host server saving time and resources. VMware vSphere scales to manage more than 1,000 hosts and up to 10,000 Virtual Machines from a single console providing a common platform to manage both servers and desktops from the datacenter to the cloud with unparalleled levels of scale, control and automation.
  • Energize Users with a Flexible and Superior end-user experience- Desktop Experience. Unlike older legacy protocols designed for Terminal Services (ICA,RDP), VMware TRUE is purpose-built for delivering desktops as a managed service for a total desktop experience,. Able to satisfy the broadest range of users – from the basic task worker to the designer, across multiple devices and networks, VMware View provides the best end user experience available. Play rich media content, choose any number of monitor configurations and seamlessly access locally attached peripheral devices such as printers, scanners and mass storage.
  • HP is introducing 11 new SKUs under HP VDI with VMware View 4. These offer both Enterprise and Premier editions for VMware View 4. The new View 4 integrated the latest VMware vSphere 4. However, it is backward compatible with VMware Infrastructure 3.5. Localization support for German and Japanese continues to be available in VMware View 3, which is based on ESX 3.5 and vCenter 2.5. This localization feature is currently not included in VMware View 4.

Ideal environment

Ideal for...

Organizations wanting to increase information security and ensure desktop data backup
  • All the sensitive data is moved to centralized data centers safeguarding information from theft
  • Client data is covered under the business continuity and disaster recovery plan for data center.
  • Provides anytime/anywhere access of applications and data for convenience, business continuity and disaster recovery.
Organizations that have already deployed server virtualization with VMware and want to extend their virtualization efforts to the client
  • Leverage knowledge of virtualization that already exists in the organization
  • Leverage the existing virtualization infrastructure and capacity to roll out client virtualization.
Organizations looking to achieve flexibility and manageability while keeping IT administration costs within budget
  • Removes requirement to be tied to a single computing paradigm or physical workplace.
  • Simplifies software and hardware management and maximizes resource utilization.
  • Enables better IT administration and management through centralized data center.

Model Comparison

Product Components View 4 Enterprise Edition View 4 Premier Edition
vSphere 4 Ent + Included Included
vCenter 4 Std Included Included
View Manager 4 Included Included
View Composer Included
Experimental Offline Desktop Included
ThinApp 4 Included

Evaluate

There are 2 easy ways to evaluate HP VDI with VMware:
  1. Get a limited period evaluation license directly from VMware.
  2. Purchase the VDI Starter Kit for 10 VMs. Click the ‘Buy’ button at the top of this page to access the store or contact your HP reseller or account manager.

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