Seminar 2P - Exploring Strategies for Physical and Virtual Computing Spaces (separate registration required) (176980717)

7/27/2019 Seminar 2P - Exploring Strategies for Physical and Virtual Computing Spaces (separate registration required) (176980717)

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Preconference Seminar 2P



Beth Schaefer Keith Boswell



In the past it was about meeting the needs of the student population

Now we are thinking about the evolving needfor computing spaces

We’re recognizing the challenges we arefacing

We’ll discuss the physical and virtual aspectsof these spaces



Beth Schaefer, Director of Client ServicesUniversity Information TechnologyServicesUniversity of Wisconsin –Milwaukee

Keith Boswell, Director of ITCollege of EngineeringNorth Carolina State University



Your Name:Your Title:Your Institution or Organization:

Anything you would like us to know aboutyou?:



Planning Computing Spaces

Creating Computing Spaces

Operating Computing Spaces

Physical and Virtual Computing Spaces

Case Studies/Examples

Open Discussion and Questions





Campus Strategic Planning

Acquisition of new spaces

Renovation of existing spaces

Those unexpected resources



What are you looking at doing to takeadvantage of spaces and technology?



Provide students access to technology

Provide access to specialized equipment

and/or applications

Enable technology-enriched pedagogy

Create a market differentiator

Other reasons?



Why are you creating technology enabledspaces?



Teaching Classroom

Small group project work

Individual study

Specialized capabilities

Flexible space

Informal space



Do you need to build an entirely new space or modify an existing space?



Capital Funding

Operations Funding

• Equipment Life cycle• Software Maintenance

• Staff

Training

Supplies and Consumables



How do these types of decisions get madeon your campus?



Policy Committees

Faculty, staff, students

Decision-making

Scheduling





Choosing the Technology

Layout of the room

Lighting (Artificial and Natural)

Power





Network (Wired and Wireless)

Acoustics

Accessibility

Furniture

Future-proofing





Project Manager

Technical Staff

Facilities Resources

Purchasing Staff

Contractors



Sequencing the Project

Certificate of Occupancy (if new space)

Ordering and Receipt of Furniture Ordering and Receipt of Equipment Setup of Furniture Installation of Equipment Installation of Software



Sequencing (Continued)

Configuration of Equipment

• Network Registration• Domain Management

• Installation of Applications

Testing• Technical/Functional Testing

• User Acceptance Testing



Sequencing (Continued)

Physical Security and Safety

• Equipment lockdown/alarms• Video Surveillance

• Notify Campus Police/Security

Opening• Marketing





Scheduling

Staff training

Support

• Staffing

• Self-help• Customer Training



Maintenance

• Technical Support

• Updating HW/SW

• Life Cycle Maintenance• Upgrading Capabilities





With online, remote site, and blendedlearning classes become more and morecommon, there is a need to provide virtual

computing spaces for those students whoaren’t physically located on campus.

Virtualization may offer significant resourcesavings over physical computing spaces.



Decision Drivers

Provide access to specialized apps for students

not located on campus Limited or no space for physical computing

spaces Long-term cost reduction

Provide alternative means of accessing appswhen physical spaces are closed

Other drivers?



Created in 2004 by ITECS and the Office of Information Technology at NorthCarolina State University.

Provides remote access to expensive applications for both online students aswell as traditional students using their personally owned computers.

Gives faculty the ability to specify certain versions of applications withoutconcern for the hardware or OS of the students’ computers.

Provides the opportunity for students to work at the kernel level of a virtualmachine/server without risking security or other damage. VM is wiped cleanafter each session.

Gives faculty the capability to create custom images and make them available

to their students.

Simplifies maintenance and updating of applications within images.

NCSU donated the VCL source code to the Apache Software Foundation in 2008.





http://vcl.ncsu.edu/help/general-information/how-it-works





Lower total cost of hardware over time.

Ability to manage more workstations with fewer staff.

Lower overall energy costs vs traditional desktops

Easier to manage software updates and image changes

Capability to create and remove custom images as required

Live migration/failover

Ability to access images/apps from any device





Traditional Desktop• CPU: Dell Optiplex 990w/4yr parts-only maintenance = $724 4 year life

Low up front investment

Higher long-term cost

Virtual Desktop• Thin Client (Wyse P20 zero Client) = $300

• Vmware View License: $124 w/4yr maintenance

• Server Share: $185-$210 Cisco UCS Blades, 100 DT/Server

• Storage: EMC Clarion tiered storage, 20Gb/VM@$2.62/Gb = $52• Total cost = $676

• 6-8 year service life

• Higher up front investment

• Lower long-term cost



Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

VDI 1,296,200 526,200 568,720 611,200 363,480 309,220

TraditionalDesktop

907,000 907,000 907,000 907,000 907,000 907,000

Difference 389,030 -380,000 -338,480 -295,000 -543,280 -311,000

Traditional Desktop: $5,443,200Virtual Desktop: $3,675,020Total 6 Yr Savings: $1,768,180









Need for centralized backend infrastructurecreates high cost of entrySome applications may not be easilyvirtualizedSoftware licensing is more complexw/providers still attempting to determine their licensing schemes in the virtual environmentProbable need to manage both physical andvirtual desktops for some period of timeRequires a robust networking infrastructure



Considerations

• Back-end Infrastructure (Provisioning andSupport)

• Software Licensing• Image Creation and Management

• Network Capacity

• User Support for a 24x7 model



The James B. Hunt Jr. Library at NC State



Hunt LibrarySmall group Study Rooms



Hunt LibraryNaval ROTC cadets training on simulated shipbridge in the Teaching and Visualization Lab



Hunt LibraryLarge Scale Visualization in the Creativity Studio



Hunt Library3-D printing in the Makerspace



NCSU College of Engineering “Collaboratories”



NCSU College of Engineering “Eos Computing Labs”



NCSU College of Engineering “Eos Computing Labs”



NCSU College of Engineering Classrooms





http://learningspacetoolkit.org/



Six ComponentsProject RoadmapNeeds AssessmentSpace TypesServicesTechnology

Integration



Documents

Seminar 2P - Exploring Strategies for Physical and Virtual Computing Spaces (separate registration required) (176980717)