[THIN] Re: Citrix VS Terminal services, what's the difference?

  • From: "Chris Lynch" <lynch00@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 15:17:39 -0700

 
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I have actually experienced the same thing at times with the RDP
client over the ICA client.  Citrix gives you a much better
management layer than just plain-jane TS does.  There are other
products out there that can get you close, but nothing as
centralized.  You could create a system just using Terminal Services
and other 3rd party software that *could* mimic a Citrix installation
(like using Tricerat for printing, SMS for software/patch deployment,
MOM for monitoring, and a web portal for RDP (where the name escapes
me at the moment).  It all depends on where you want to spend the
money at.

By no means am I claiming that Citrix is the end all solution, and
that it's a great product.  It has it's flaws, as does Terminal
Services.

Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tasita Ebacher
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 2:39 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix VS Terminal services, what's the 
> difference? 
> 
> I have often wondered what the advantages of using Citrix 
> over Terminal Services is... But I unfortunately do not know.
> 
> In my experiences, however, RDP has been the better protocol! 
>  ICA has been fairly stable for my local users.  But, I have 
> a few users at a remote site a few blocks away from my office 
> that is connected to the LAN via a wireless link.  The link 
> is fast, but ICA will NOT work properly over it, the users 
> were constantly locking up, disconnecting, and having a 
> multitude of other odd problems.  But, RDP works great over 
> the wireless link!  For what I do, ICA doesn't even have any 
> features that make it worth while to use it instead of RDP.
> 
> 
> Tasita Ebacher
> 702 Communications
> Data Systems Engineer
> CCNA
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Van Gerpen
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 4:32 PM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Citrix VS Terminal services, what's the difference?
>   
> 
> I administrate Windows 2000 network and Citrix Medaframe XP.  
> Looking at CO$T$ and maintenance associated with Citrix I'm 
> considering scrapping Citrix and going with a Terminal 
> services RDP environment. All my clients are WinXP and Wyse 
> terminals (RDP).  The only down side I know is the load
> balancing Citrix can do, and Terminal services cannot.   What 
> do you think
> the advantages and disadvantages are between RDP & ICA? 
> Is Terminal services as functional as Citrix?
> 
> Thanks in advance
>  John.
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