Sticking it to the Man - How to Build a Complete VDI on Free and Open Source Components

From BriForum 2012 Chicago Presented by Chetan Venkatesh In this technical session, Chetan will present a complete Open Source Stack for VDI that encompasses all aspects of the deployment from Storage to thin client access. Audiences will be given a blue-print on how to build a VDI infrastructure for 500 users without a single commercial component (other than just the hardware and the Windows license). 1. Building a broker by leveraging load balancers for the web, 2. Building a virtual storage array using local storage, 3. Building to handle failure - HA design, 4. Soup to nuts blue print for 500 User VDI POD. The session promises to be controversial, fun and leave the man hurting!