[THIN] Re: A question about Server Sizing....
- From: "Lee, David (CITY TREASURY)" <David.Lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:29:44 +0100
Getting the file and print etc off your Citrix box is a good move, but I'd
look at adding a second Citrix server and using load balancing, rather than
scaling up your existing hardware. As well as the performance benefits, the
way to sell it to management is to point out what your 55 users will be
doing if that single server goes belly up!
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Rance [mailto:steve.rance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 25 October 2002 09:46
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] A question about Server Sizing....
I have taken ownership of a Citrix Server as follows:
Compaq ML530
2 x Xeon 1Ghz Processors
2Gb Memory
Hardware Raid
Windows 2000 Server
30 users using Metaframe XPs (mostly though thin-clients, but some PC's)
DNS, WINS
55 users with File Sharing (40Gb)
55 users using Print Sharing (17 printers)
Applications: Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Photo Editor, Volo View =
(AutoCad File Viewer), Internet Explorer, Winzip, Acrobat Reader 5.
All users are very heavy users of Word, Excel and email. =20
What I am currently doing is removing DNS, WINS, File and Print sharing =
off the Citrix Server onto a dedicated server. I am then rebuilding the =
Citrix server with Feature Release 2 and having all the 55 users on =
Citrix using all the applications above. I will also be adding a new MS =
Access front-end, SQL back-end database application (SQL on a different =
server) have all users will run.
What my question basically is, with the above information, do you think =
that the 1 Compaq ML530 is up to supporting 55 users? Any hardware =
upgrades you would recommend?
Also, at the moment users only connect via ICA direct to the server. =
Any thoughts on using Published Applications, and/or publishing the =
desktop (are there any advantages of having users connect via a =
published desktop to a single server rather than direct to the server?). =
My thoughts are to have thin-clients connect to the published desktop, =
and for the PC users to have seamless published applications.
I would be grateful for any experience or feedback from you guys.
Thanks
Steve Rance
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