Separation of end-user computing services
After chip giant Broadcom acquired VMware for $69 billion, it began to accelerate the pace of mergers and acquisitions, and the spun-off end-user computing business has found an interested buyer. Recently, according to people familiar with the matter, chipmaker Broadcom is about to enter into a $3.8 billion (about 27.3 billion yuan) deal to give its end-user computing (EUC) business** to private equity firm KKR, which allows users to access desktop desktops and applications (remote access) from any device, namely VMware Horizon products.
(1 VMware Official Blog).
The impact of the acquisition of the terminal computing business
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First of all, the cost of licensing has skyrocketed due to the acquisition of Broadcom, and according to the relevant chart, the cost of its virtual machine environment has skyrocketed by 365% under the new licensing scheme, and the cost has skyrocketed by three times. Essentials in perpetual mode (renewable only) to Essentials with an additional subscription is the only option offered by VMware. Pay up to 67x the cost to continue receiving updates and support. Whoever acquires VMware's end-user computing (EUC) assets will inherit a list of customers, many of whom come from ** and highly regulated industries. These buyers tend to be large users of desktop virtualization technology, and their security and privacy requirements put a large number of desktops at risk. It is unknown whether the new licensing scheme is really acceptable to domestic users, but what we can do is to reduce the cost until the user can accept the solution, that is, replace the original VMware Horizon environment with the domestic desktop cloud solution.
Possible impact of continued use of VMware Horizon
First and foremost, there are the high licensing costs associated with acquisitions, which can lead to business downtime and even system security issues if not licensed.
Second, the restructuring of the current enterprise business due to the acquisition will cause the after-sales service of the existing VMware Horizon business to be stagnant or even unresponsive.
After replacing it with a domestic desktop cloud, users are worried about the poor smoothness and stability of use, the graphical desktop is worried about lag and poor experience, and the user's software compatibility problems in the localized environment.
In view of the above possible impacts, Anchao Desktop Cloud has relevant mature cases in user experience, localization substitution, and industry applications, and has the following advantages:
Anchao desktopCloud Alternative to VMware Horizon
The self-developed ARHDP high-performance desktop protocol, the Dinghaishen Needle on the fluency of the Anchao desktop cloud, the Anchao desktop cloud software uses the self-developed ARHDP desktop transmission protocol, supports a new generation of compression algorithms, supports the use of chip hardware interfaces for encoding acceleration, and supports H264、h.The 265 codec specification not only ensures the safety of the channel, but also effectively means the contention and interference of each channel resource, and provides a clear and delicate picture display effect for various desktop uses.
Anchao desktop cloud has been recognized by a customer test site for its excellent overall performance, such as the performance of screen sawtooth marks, 1080p and 4k*** frame rate display, etc., all of which reflect the excellent performance of Anchao ARHDP high-performance desktop protocol, providing clear and delicate picture display effects for various desktop uses.
(Note: The above is the user's on-site test data, compared in the same environment, for reference only).
In addition, in the lossless mode scene, we have also optimized the level of detail of the picture. In addition to protocol optimization, Anchao Desktop Cloud also supports the following three GPU modes: VGPU, GPU pass-through, and GPU acceleration.
GPU Acceleration:It fully meets the needs of high-density pure office users and light 2D 3D users, and improves the density of single-node server users.
GPU pass-through:It can carry the application requirements of GPU heavy load, make full use of the performance of the graphics card, and provide a control experience comparable to that of a graphics workstation, which can not only meet the graphic design scenarios, but also support 3D high-end demand scenarios such as CATIA and 3D software such as monitoring and display.
vgpuIt is generally used to carry multi-GPU users, and perfectly meets the needs of 2D and 3D mid-end users in scenarios such as heavy office, teaching, ** conference, and AutoCAD.
2) Anchao desktop cloud has landed in the domestic desktop cloud project of Qiandian Xinchuang Office, VMware has been merged into Broadcom, coupled with the acceleration of enterprise digital transformation and the continuous promulgation of "enterprise cloud" related support policies, Xinchuang desktop cloud has gained greater development space, and at the same time, thanks to the security and stability of the product, desktop cloud has become one of the cloud products widely used by government and enterprises. Last year, Anchao Desktop Cloud has participated in and completed the multi-phase transformation and implementation of a large-scale Xinchuang desktop cloud, which covers the desktop cloud server, desktop cloud system, desktop cloud access authorization, desktop cloud networking switch and supporting data security equipment required for the normal service of the desktop cloud. This project solution uses Anchao desktop cloud end-to-end for delivery, with the following characteristics: hybrid architecture server as the bottom layer: Feiteng and Haiguang server hybrid architecture server are used as the underlying resource nodes in the underlying virtualization. Compatible with the domestic office software of central enterprises: Jinshan WPS Enterprise Edition, Qi'anxin Browser, Lanxin, Xiaoyu Yilian, Digital Technology OFD and other central enterprise users pay attention to terminal security: Anchao desktop cloud provides users with the function of integrating PC based on Xinchuang terminal, and users can log in to the desktop cloud with just one click to boot, shielding the local desktop and system of domestic PCs, and improving the convenience of group users to use the desktop cloud and the consistent experience comparable to that of traditional PCs. Multi-location and three-center architecture: The three locations are deployed separately, cross-region access and interoperability between the three places, and each user can carry out fine-grained control according to regions (A, B, C) and departments, and have the ability to access desktop clouds with different performance. For users, the transformation of Xinchuang desktop cloud has brought convenience and security to the group's users, which is as follows:
3) Industry application experience on the remote use experience of Anchao desktop cloudAnchao desktop cloud realizes that users can access an aviation dispatching application software deployed on the underlying Haiguang server through a localized PC terminal, for users, the application directly handles the flight control and business scheduling between an airline and a well-known foreign airline, which is of great significance to the group and business. For Anchao Cloud, the remote application function based on physical machine management meets the needs of users for remote access to applications, and this function can replace the scenario based on multi-user concurrent use of applications, among which, the use mode of Linux remote applications adopted in one of the above-mentioned aviation flight dispatch control system projects meets the needs of users upgrading from the old version to providing solutions and user experience for remote access to Linux applications. In terms of solution, this project adopts the dual-mode replacement mode of VDI desktop + VAPP, adopts a multi-layer componentized approach for design and aggregation deployment, provides users with integrated platform management and remote application experience, and has the characteristics of flexible configuration and deployment, unified management, and automatic operation and maintenance.
(Schematic diagram of remote application access).
(Platform remote application management function diagram).
Cloud replacementvmwarehorizonIt can bring the following benefits to users
In terms of licensing, the license is granted according to the number of concurrent usersLicensed once, available foreverSay goodbye to the annoyance caused by authorization.
Anchao Desktop Cloud provides full-life cycle product delivery and operation and maintenance services, so that users no longer have to worry about dealing with problems.
In terms of localization and the replacement of traditional x86 architecture, Anchao desktop cloud can meet the needs of users in China, and also provide a smooth experience based on traditional PCs, on GPUsIn addition to supportNvidiaIn addition to GPU, it also supports domestic Moore threads S2000 and S3000vgputo meet the graphical needs of users in multiple scenarios.
In the remote application replacement scenario, the Anchao desktop cloud can be realized through the ability to manage physical machinesMulti-user concurrent access to remote applicationsThe experience brings the office experience to industry applications and industry users.
VMware's twists and turns in China have brought opportunities to domestic cloud computing manufacturers, and at the same time, they also need to pay attention to their own product development. At present, Anchao Cloud focuses on the capabilities of private cloud products in typical scenarios in different industries such as finance, healthcare, and energy, creating products and solutions that are more in line with customer needs, and ensuring the stable operation and intelligent development of customers' businesses.