Virtualization insurance solution

Virtualization insurance solution

In this solution, after many hours of needs assessment in the form of specialized meetings and various pilots for several insurance organizations at the line and headquarters level, solutions have been prepared in the form of the following packages that are suitable for the needs of the country’s insurance industry. Certainly, your opinions can be effective in optimizing the solutions.

The best virtualization solution for the insurance industry

First of all, it should be noted that all the solutions that are presented do not require implementation for the entire organization or branch, but they can be implemented in the following ways:

For any user whose computer needs to be replaced or upgraded (replacing a computer with a VDI zero client or DDP – which will be fully introduced below).
We collect the computers of a group of users to send to other units and we use the following solutions for them.
Consider the following example:
There are always frequent requests from different parts of the organization to supply computers, for example: we can replace the computers in the secretariat department with Zero Client in less than a day and send the them to their requesting units. And in this way, gradually with the end of the hardware lifespan of each computer (within a period of 4 years), replace them with the Zero Client system.

Pay attention to the figure above. First, we will examine and review the common concerns of this industry in order of priority:

Expensive computer hardware service (branches)
Software service and complex software updating (branches)
Lack of bandwidth to use all kinds of programs in the form of web and WAN services (branches)
The need for acceptable hardware resources and servers on the branch side in all kinds of available solutions (branches)
Weak information security (the complexity of the monitoring and control process) (branches and organizations)
The high cost of buying, renewing and upgrading computers (branches and organizations)
Low stability of computers (virus infection, operating system, etc.) (branches and organizations)
The lack of acceptance and resistance of users towards all kinds of alternative computer solutions and devices (branches and organizations)
Lack of expert staff in branches and making the above problems more complicated (branches)

Therefore, considering the above problems with this prioritization, the following solutions have been set.Obviously, by changing the above items and prioritizing them, the following solutions can be optimized:
We introduce the solutions on both sides of the branch and the organization, and the questions raised during the meetings have been addressed in the form of questions and answers in the text of each solution:

Virtualization insurance solution

VDI solution (virtual user desktop on virtual server structure)

This solution is suitable for companies that have a virtual server platform or do not have any problems with its deployment.

In other words, this solution will not be economically justified for companies of less than 20 users, because the following items are required (but it has special and attractive features that we will examine further):

Having at least one server (or several servers to fully implement the features) to run the virtual platform
On the user side, we need a PC or thin client or VDI zero client, which the most optimal use is VDI zero clients.
Knowledge of server and desktop virtualization required for setup and support

In general, there are four operation methods in this protocol

Each virtual machine can only be assigned to one user
Windows created a server as a remote server and after making the relevant settings (Terminal Service) distributed it to the users (RDSH) in such a way that we can give the users a desktop session from the same machine.
We introduce a template with all the programs we want on it for the system of any operating system, and it is the system that intelligently provides a copy of that template to every user who logs in.
We only provide the necessary programs to each user in a specific environment and do not provide the desktop environment to users (click for more details in the topic of virtualization)

Pay attention to the following figure (related to PCoIP):

Is this description only related to PCOIP or VDI solution?

The two PCOIP and ICA/HDX protocols are both interpretations of the VDI solution and have the same general function (the above-mentioned four methods), but each has its own advantages and characteristics, which are in line with the policies of the two prominent companies, VMWARE and CITRIX, which are two companies are among the pioneers in the field of virtualization (server and desktop), and we will discuss a comparison between these two protocols in the form of questions and answers.

Advantages of using this solution:

Easy management.
High stability.
Reduce maintenance and support costs.
Centralized management from one place (ease of service from the headquarters to the queue).
Using low-cost Zero Client devices.
No software dependency (Microsoft, Apple, Android).
Easy to upgrade software and hardware and low bandwidth consumption (suitable for use in WAN).

Disadvantages:

These products belong to the most prominent companies in the field of virtualization and have no technical defects, and if they are found, they will be fixed in software updates, so the disadvantages of this solution are those that are optimal or affordable compared to other solutions, which we mention below:

Virtualization insurance solution for administrative and organizational groups is perfect!

What is the difference between VMware (PCOIP) and Citrix (ICA/HDX)?

To answer this question, we examine the main policies of the two companies providing these products:

VMware : The products of this company (VMWARE) have been produced with the policy of maximally simplifying the use of virtualization for the use of a wide range of audiences and have the following features:

Ease of setup
Integrity in management
High stability
Avoiding details (compared to other types of virtualization solutions)
Up-to-date and progressive
High security
Being free (in the following, this issue will be discussed in the form of questions and answers)
Availability
Synchronized and compatible with server hardware
…

ICA / HDX : These products are provided by Citrix company with the policy of optimal use of resources and bandwidth and providing the highest quality in user experience and with all the details, which is the best enterprise solution and has the following features:

Management integrity
Maximum attention to specialized details
High flexibility (it has many features that can be changed according to the conditions)
High stability
The highest graphic experience and efficiency among all types of virtualization solutions
The lowest bandwidth usage rate among virtualization solutions

What are the disadvantages of virtualization insurance solution?

Since the main goal of these two companies is to provide a perfect experience and with a very large customer community, they quickly fix the problems and bugs that are discovered and they are technically flawless, but for this use case (administrative solutions and organization in Iran) each has advantages over the other, which include the following:

Compared to VMware, the Citrix solution is more complex in implementation and requires more specialized knowledge.
Compared to VMware, Citrix solution requires more complex infrastructure.
Compared to VMware, Citrix solution is more efficient in bandwidth consumption.
Compared to VMware, the Citrix solution has many more customization capabilities.
Citrix solution is more expensive compared to VMware (in terms of licensing).
Compared to VMware, the Citrix solution is more efficient in terms of resources.
Compared to VMware, the Citrix solution has much fewer customers in Iran (due to the more specialized and expensive licenses).

Is there any documentation about bandwidth consumption and resources required for these solutions?

Click on the link below to compare the amount of bandwidth consumption of the three protocols PCOIP, ICA, RDP.

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The answer to this question is presented in detail under the title of HA and BC solutions in the special solutions section.

Where to start to implement this solution?

This is how it works:

Deployment of server virtualization
Choosing a suitable device for users (PC, mini-PC, thin client or zero client)

For more information about the types of choices for the client and to compare and check them, refer to the section on choosing the right option for users. (click)

RahaCo, step by step with you (advice, training, supply)

RDP solution (virtual desktop on normal server structure and virtual server using Microsoft RDP protocol)

This solution is suitable for companies that have a virtual server platform or do not have any problems with its deployment.

This solution is a desktop virtualization solution and is suitable for all small-sized administrative and organizational sets (due to the high bandwidth consumption of the RDP protocol).

Regardless of the virtualization platform (as long as it is used in the virtualization platform, server virtualization capabilities will be added to it)
Regardless of the type of use (even for heavy and professional use, it is one of the best options)

This is the remote desktop protocol of Microsoft.

In this solution, we provide one or more hosts (operating system) to all or a group of users, which can:

Any version of Windows operating system (XP, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 2008R2, 2012R2, 2016R2 – 32&64Bit).
be physical or virtual.
virtual on any platform (VMware, Citrix, …).
A template in Horizon.
It can be a PC desktop!

What should be the resources of these hosts and how is it calculated?

The resources required for this protocol are calculated for both office and professional users and are as follows:

1- Office user:

Each user 1GB-2GB of RAM
One CPU core for every 3 users (we consider double the number of CPU cores that have hyperthreading)

2- Professional user:

Each user 2GB-4GB of RAM
One CPU core for every 3 users (we consider double the number of CPU cores that have hyperthreading)

Advantages of RDP protocol:

Shared use of a set of hardware
The possibility of using all the advantages of server virtualization (HA, BC, …)
Simplified implementation
Simplified support
Possibility to combine with all desktop and server virtualization solutions
The possibility of assigning the server application to users who get their Windows session from the host of this solution.
No need for special knowledge in implementation (suitable for queue (branch))
Eliminating the requirement of having a server and providing appropriate server services
The quality of use is almost the same as a normal computer
Economically affordable (the price of each client device is between 200 and 400 tomans)
Appropriate information security

Disadvantages:

High bandwidth usage (4Mb for each user)
It requires more hardware resources than other solutions.

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