Pano Express Overview
While many customers choose to configure and purchase server/storage infrastructure on their own, Pano Logic also provides Pano Express solutions to speed and simplify virtual desktop deployments. By providing a complete, rightsized, and preconfigured infrastructure, Pano Express helps you deploy virtual desktops with fewer IT resources and less time by eliminating many planning, configuration and installation steps.
Benefits from Pano Express
All Pano Express solutions provide the same core benefits:
- Easy setup and maintenance - with preinstalled Pano System, VMware vSphere, and Windows Server software
- No configuration worries - servers rightsized and tested for their recommended maximum number of users
- Optimal performance - locating virtual desktops on-premise, eliminating WAN network problems
- Excellent user experience - supporting user workloads from light task work to heavy power usage
- Easy expansion - additional Pano Express units can be building blocks for larger deployments or across multiple sites
Selecting the right Pano Express
Pano Express makes it simple to deploy virtual desktops with a range of pre-configured software on server/storage infrastructure designed to deliver superior performance for specific needs. Options range from low cost single server configurations for cost-conscious deployments up to a High Availability (HA) redundant server configuration that ensure your desktops are always up and running.
Pano Express for SMB - right choice if you:
- Are deploying up to 30 seats in a small to medium business or remote/branch office
- Prefer to reduce deployment cost and don't need 100% 24/7 availability of virtual desktops
- Want to leverage a lower cost single server infrastructure to further reduce TCO
Pano Express for Education - right choice if you:
- Are a qualified K-20 academic institution
- Are deploying up to 30 seats in classrooms, computer labs, or administrative offices
- Prefer to reduce deployment cost and don't need 100% 24/7 availability of virtual desktops
- Looking for the lowest cost single server infrastructure to optimize ROI
Pano Express HA (High Availability) - right choice if you:
- Are deploying 30 to 60 seats in a small branch offices to large enterprise departments
- Need your virtual desktops available 24/7 via a robust fully redundant infrastructure
- Prefer virtual replication between servers to more costly and complex shared network storage like SANs or NAS