LinuxWorld 2007 Keynote Presentation

Linux and Virtualization: On the Road to Ubiquity Kevin Kettler Dell CTO WW Linux Operating Environment Revenue Forecast Forec cast Re evenue ($M) 1000 800 600 400 200 0 20 03 20 04 20 05 20 06 20 07 20 08 20 09 20 10 $1 billion in license revenue for 2011?? Source: IDC, Doc #205385, "Worldwide Linux Operating Environments 2007-2010 Forecast and Analysis: Linux Establishes Itself Aboard Client and Server" by Al Gillen and Brett Waldman, 2007 Page 2 Worldwide Combined Paid Client and Server Operating Environment Shipments Windows Linux Other Source: IDC, ""Worldwide Client and Server Operating Environments 2007-2010 Forecast and Analysis: Don't Count Anybody Out Yet" by Al Gillen and Brett Waldman, 2007 Page 3 Where are the next growth opportunities for Linux? Page 4 Linux and Virtualization… Virtualization An Unlikely Pair? Page 5 A Quick Refresher on Virtualization… VM1 Virtual Machine VM2 Virtual Machine VM3 Virtual Machine VM4 … Virtual Machine Virtualization Layer Processor Memory I/O Graphics Physical H d Ph i l Hardware Page 6 Enterprise Datacenter Business Client Consumer Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others. Page 7 Dell Offerings for the Datacenter • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 4 • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Page 8 Datacenter: The Vision of Virtualization Virtualization Direction… VM1 Virtual Machine VM2 Virtual Machine VM3 Virtual Machine VM4 Virtual Machine … Virtualization Embedded Processor Memory I/O Graphics Server Hardware SAN Storage Page 9 Why Embedded? Simple, Efficient, Secure • Simple Lifecycle Management Provision: Auto Discover, VM Ready , y Update: Flash-paradigm, No Driver / Image Maintenance • Efficient Resource Utilization Benefits of Local Boot w/ No Local Disk Power Reduced ~22% under load 22% 1TB Disk Reduction / 15 Servers • Secure Embedded, Read-only Only Necessary Code == Small Attack Surface Page 10 Dell on Dell: Datacenter Facts ~3000 Linux servers running… Dell Idea Storm Internal employee management systems And many mission critical applications… y pp Supply Chain Management System Factory Planner y EMEA Customer Order Management Dell financials management Almost all mission critical database servers Page 11 Enterprise Datacenter Business Client Consumer Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others. Page 12 The Year of Linux on desktop? 1998 2004 2000 2008? 1999 Page 13 Dell Offerings for Business Clients • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation v4 on Precision Workstations • Red Flag Linux Desktop 4.0 in China And coming soon… Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 in China Page 14 Linux and Virtualization: Same story as last year…but with lots of great progress! Page 15 Business Client: The Vision of Virtualization corporate productivity Virtual Machine Virtualization Layer Processor Memory I/O Graphics Physical H d Ph i l Hardware Thanks to Novell, the Xen community and UGS for use of their products in this demo. Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others. Page 16 Business Client: The Vision of Virtualization legacy apps corporate productivity Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtualization Layer Processor Memory I/O Graphics Physical H d Ph i l Hardware Thanks to Novell, the Xen community and UGS for use of their products in this demo. Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others. Page 17 Business Client: The Vision of Virtualization alternate productivity corporate productivity legacy apps Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtualization Layer Processor Memory I/O Graphics Physical H d Ph i l Hardware Thanks to Novell, the Xen community and UGS for use of their products in this demo. Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others. Page 18 Business Client: The Vision of Virtualization isolated web browsing corporate productivity legacy apps alternate productivity Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtualization Layer Processor Memory I/O Graphics Physical H d Ph i l Hardware Thanks to Novell, the Xen community and UGS for use of their products in this demo. Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others. Page 19 Business Client: The Vision of Virtualization development / CAD corporate productivity legacy apps alternate productivity isolated web browsing Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtualization Layer Processor Memory I/O Graphics Physical H d Ph i l Hardware Thanks to Novell, the Xen community and UGS for use of their products in this demo. Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others. Page 20 Business Client: The Vision of Virtualization corporate productivity legacy apps alternate productivity isolated web browsing development / security and CAD manageability Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtualization Layer Processor Memory I/O Graphics Physical H d Ph i l Hardware Thanks to Novell, the Xen community and UGS for use of their products in this demo. Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others. Page 21 Dell on Dell: Business Clients • Widely used for development and testing • Piloting Linux as a Dell corporate image Page 22 Enterprise Datacenter Business Client Consumer Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others. Page 23 A few months ago you said… Page 24 2 Now you’re saying… Page 25 Consumer: The Vision of Virtualization productivity isolated web browsing gaming media server security and manageability … Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Virtualization Layer Processor Memory I/O Graphics Physical Hardware Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others. Page 26 Dell on Dell: Consumers There are a lot of consumers using Linux, Linux including Dell employees… employees Page 27 Call to Action • Continue to develop virtualization maturity and ease of use with Linux core • Continue to develop management of virtualized environments • Take full advantage of virtualization hardware advances – Opportunity for Linux to lead improvements in virtualized graphics performance • Remove barriers for widespread desktop use • Drive change into licensing and business terms • Redefine the market definition of Operating System usage Page 28 Idea Storm LinuxWorld Topic Winners… Page 29 Presentation Machine corporate productivity t d ti it Virtual Machine VMWare Player Virtualization Layer Ubuntu Linux Processor Memory I/O Graphics Dell D ll XPS M1330 Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others. Page 30 Thank You! Patches Welcome! Page 31