Evoluzione tecnologica in ambito End User Computing: un caso d'uso basato su Horizon Workspace Portal

L'obbiettivo del progetto di cui tratta questa tesi è costituire un ambiente intuitivo e facilmente utilizzabile dall'utente finale che permetta di accedere sia alle applicazioni aziendali sia ai desktop virtuali da qualsiasi dispositivo effettui l'accesso. Grazie alle recenti tecnologie di End User Computing messe a disposizione da VMware è possibile virtualizzare qualsiasi applicazione Windows e renderla disponibile tramite Internet a qualsiasi utente la richieda, indifferentemente dal sistema operativo o dal luogo in cui si trova. Il progetto descritto nella tesi spiega come implementare tale ambiente tramite il prodotto Horizon Workspace Portal integrato nella suite Horizon 6.

Diseño e implementación de una solución de VoIP en un entorno empresarial

El desarrollo de las redes IP ha marcado un creciente interés por unificar todas las comunicaciones sobre una misma infraestructura aprovechando así el cableado existente. Con esta idea nació la tecnología conocida como VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) que consiste en la trasmisión de la voz sobre paquetes IP. El objetivo principal de este proyecto es el diseño e implementación de una infraestructura de voz sobre IP que utilice una red de datos existente. La primera parte del proyecto estará formada por un estudio detallado de los factores que influyen en esta tecnología: codecs, protocolos y otros factores a tener en cuenta. Tras esta parte, aprovechando la experiencia adquirida durante casi tres años en una empresa integradora de servicios, se realizará un caso de estudio en el que, bajo las premisas impuestas por un supuesto cliente, se diseñará una solución que cumpla todos los requisitos y aporte un valor añadido sobre el sistema de telefonía que posee el cliente. El diseño de la mejor solución se hará utilizando productos del fabricante Cisco Systems y, además del coste económico, se valorarán los esfuerzos personales que costará montar dicha solución, incluyendo un valor añadido como es el dotar de buzón de voz y mensajería a todos los usuarios. La última parte del caso de estudio consistirá en la implementación de la infraestructura anteriormente diseñada adquiriendo conocimientos sobre virtualización de servidores utilizando productos de la compañía VMWare (especialista en virtualización), instalación y parametrización de aplicativos de Cisco y, finalmente, la interconexión con la red pública a través de gateways para poder hacer llamadas al exterior. El proyecto finalizará con la presentación de unas conclusiones finales y la exposición de unas líneas futuras de trabajo. ABSTRACT. The IP network development has marked a growing interest in unifying all communications over the same infrastructure taking advantage of the existing wiring. From this idea, a technology was born known as VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) which consists of the transmission of voice packets over the IP network. The main goal of this project is the design and implementation of a VoIP infrastructure for transmitting voice packets over the existing wired network infrastructure on the client. The first part of the project will consist of a detailed study of the factors influencing this technology: codecs, protocols, and other factors to consider. After this part, drawing on the experience gained during nearly three years in an integrated services company, a case study will be made under the premises imposed for a supposed client. A solution that serves all the requirements will be designed and provide an added value on the customer’s telephone system. The design of the best solution will be done using Cisco Systems products and besides the economic cost of the whole solution, the personal effort cost will be valued. The added value named before will be provided with two important applications such as voice mail and instant messaging for all users. The last part of the case study will consist in the implementation of an infrastructure designed to acquire knowledge about virtualization, using VMWare company products (specialist in virtualization), installation and configuration of applications from Cisco Systems and finally the interconnection with the public network through gateway routers in order to make external calls. The project will end with the presentation of final conclusions and exposing future working lines.

Estudo da efetividade dos mecanismos de compartilhamento de memória em hipervisores

The growing demand for large-scale virtualization environments, such as the ones used in cloud computing, has led to a need for efficient management of computing resources. RAM memory is the one of the most required resources in these environments, and is usually the main factor limiting the number of virtual machines that can run on the physical host. Recently, hypervisors have brought mechanisms for transparent memory sharing between virtual machines in order to reduce the total demand for system memory. These mechanisms “merge” similar pages detected in multiple virtual machines into the same physical memory, using a copy-on-write mechanism in a manner that is transparent to the guest systems. The objective of this study is to present an overview of these mechanisms and also evaluate their performance and effectiveness. The results of two popular hypervisors (VMware and KVM) using different guest operating systems (Linux and Windows) and different workloads (synthetic and real) are presented herein. The results show significant performance differences between hypervisors according to the guest system workloads and execution time.

Execução "cruzada" de produtos / aplicações

O presente trabalho propõe-se estudar a execução "cruzada” de produtos/aplicações, particularmente de aplicações num sistema para o qual não foram concebidas. Em concreto, pretende-se analisar a execução de programas nativos do Windows em ambiente Linux e vice-versa. Na exploração desta tese foi seleccionado um conjunto representativo de diferentes aplicações, desde produtos genéricos como o Microsoft Office, soluções ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) e software mais utilizado em ambientes académicos e científicos. Para a execução de aplicações-Windows no Linux utilizaram-se essencialmente dois tipos de ferramentas: a camada de tradução Wine (capaz de executar programas nativos do Windows) e máquinas virtuais, como a VirtualBox e VMWare Player. Para a componente inversa deste trabalho (a execução de aplicações Linux em Windows), fez-se uso essencialmente dessas mesmas máquinas virtuais contendo embora (tendo­lhes sido adicionadas) as distribuições Linux, o Ubuntu 10.04 e OpenSUSE 11.3. ABSTRACT: This work intent to examine the "crossed “execution of products / applications, particularly in an operative system for which such products and applications were not designed. More specially, the purpose of this work is to analyze the performance of native Windows programs under within Linux and vice versa. Throughout the development of this thesis we selected a representative set of different applications, from generic products such 88 Microsoft Office, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and software mainly used in academic and scientific environments. For the execution of Windows applications in Linux, we used essentially two types of tools: the translation layer Wine (capable of running native Windows programs) and virtual machines, such 88 VirtualBox and VMWare Player. For the reverse case, running Linux applications in Windows, the main solution was the use of virtual machines, added with Linux distributions, Ubuntu 10.04 and OpenSUSE 11.3.