[THIN] Re: Citrix farms over a WAN
- From: "Steve Greenberg" <steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 08:05:50 -0700
Well stated- I agree. I am genuinely curious about what business conditions
drive this type of design. I have seen all kinds of weird situations where
the proper design is the "wrong" design based on the unique requirements of
the environment.
Steve Greenberg
Thin Client Computing
34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
(602) 432-8649
www.thinclient.net
steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Landin, Mark
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 7:19 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix farms over a WAN
OK guys we are starting to sound a little condescending, perhaps. Let's
presume for a moment that the business decided their business needs, and
Tony's solution is the best solution.
Tony, we ask for more details about your needs not to try to tear down or
critique your architecture (although if somebody does have a constructive
suggestion, I would expect them to communicate it), but, in my case at
least, I've not been in a situation where your particular architecture is
demanded, so I'm interested in learning what the driving factors are behind
it. It's going to be more of an education for me, than me trying to educate
you!
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Andrew Wood
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 9:07 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix farms over a WAN
Are they, for instance, mad?
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Steve Greenberg
Sent: 24 May 2006 12:56
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix farms over a WAN
Tony,
I fully understand the validity of providing a non-standard solution based
on client needs. Could you explain what type of factors drive this type of
design requirement?
Steve Greenberg
Thin Client Computing
34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
(602) 432-8649
www.thinclient.net
steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Tony Lyne
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 12:30 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix farms over a WAN
Well in this case it is and really the only solution given their business
drivers behind things.
T.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Joe Shonk
Sent: Wed 24/05/2006 3:23 p.m.
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix farms over a WAN
Or prehaps Citrix isn't the best solution in this senario.... As much as we
all love and know citrix, it's not always the ideal solution.
Joe
On 5/23/06, Tony Lyne <Tony.Lyne@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks guys,
So really the outcome from this thread is what I expected.
Unfortunately in the ideal world I would have a centralized datacenter, but
in this case it's physically impossible due to a number of constraints,
business and technology wise.
One thing I've been possibly considering is the use of a traffic shaping
appliance like an Exinda optimizer to quantify IMA traffic and then shaping
it to reduce impact on the WAN, and also from there look at compressing it
further.
Tony Lyne
Consultant
Senior Systems Engineer
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Andrew Wood
Sent: Tuesday, 23 May 2006 8:07 p.m.
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix farms over a WAN
At pubforum the citix guys mentioned an NHS site that had a large number of
zones (over 10 iirc). The citrix guys thought it would fall over, but they
set it up in the labs and it didn't.
That wasn't a wan per se tho' .... just popped it in for the large number of
zones.
I would have thought besides the high levels IMA traffic going backwards and
forwards, the many policies you'd probably have to put in place and then
manage, the distributed/replicated(?) nature of the licensing services and
access to the datastore, the difficulty in ensuring standardised deployment
patching and application updates across wan links, possibility of difficulty
in managing the user loads in the event of a disaster, and depending on the
nature of the apps scary problems with home drives, printing and profiles,
and increased costs of adding in bandwidth optimisation technologies it
should be absolutely fine.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Steve Greenberg
Sent: 23 May 2006 06:21
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix farms over a WAN
I have to agree this is odd. It is more common to build two highly fault
tolerant data centers and then have the 27 sites access the data centers. In
fact, this would be a significantly better approach for many reasons! Sorry,
I realize you weren't asking for an alternate design :-)
Steve Greenberg
Thin Client Computing
34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
(602) 432-8649
www.thinclient.net
steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ] On Behalf Of Joe Shonk
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 9:26 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix farms over a WAN
Odd ball indeed... Most corporations have their WAN links go to their
primary Data Center and to their DR site... So only two sets of servers are
required.
The key will be to keep the number of zones to a minimum.
Joe
On 5/22/06, Tony Lyne <Tony.Lyne@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey Mark,
Yes it's a bit of an odd ball design request.
The driver behind this particular design is they need a 24x7 uptime and have
each site totally autonomous in the case of a WAN failure. But don't want
the hassle of having 27 separate farms to manage (understandable).
Tony Lyne
Consultant
Senior Systems Engineer
+64 6 353 7300
<http://www.gen-i.co.nz>
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+64 27 472 0696
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: <mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Landin, Mark
Sent: Tuesday, 23 May 2006 9:26 a.m.
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix farms over a WAN
That seems like one ... unorthodox? ... architecture to me. Care to clarify
the details that are leading to this design? (Not saying it's wrong, just
saying I can't think of the real-world problem this solution is looking
for...)
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: <mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tony Lyne
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 4:02 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Citrix farms over a WAN
Guys/Gals,
I've been given a project to scope out a citrix farm design which consists
of 27 sites with 2 load balanced Citrix servers on each site. The client
needs it in this configuration for specific redundancy reasons (ie WAN
redundancy etc.)
Does any one know what the limitations on having a single farm span across
27 sites (limited bandwidth available as well).
I was planning on specifying a zone for each site, and disabling load
balancing across zones in MPS 4.
Any other pointers would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Tony Lyne
Consultant
Senior Systems Engineer
+64 6 353 7300
<http://www.gen-i.co.nz>
+64 6 356 6800
+64 27 472 0696
<mailto:tony.lyne@xxxxxxxxxxx> tony.lyne@xxxxxxxxxxx
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