[THIN] Re: Hardware for Citrix Servers
- From: Jez <jezosaurus@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:27:49 +0100
Stick to what you know - Dell. That makes management easier. Don't mix
server manufacturers unless you have a VERY good reason for it -
changing brands is a major purchasing decision.
You want Dell's latest pizza box, whatever that is, 2 processors
(should be dual core by now), and at 50 users a box, I'd expect you'll
still be OK with 4Gb RAM. I don't know the Dell range, but I'm sure
you have a friendly Dell dealer near you who will sell you what you
need.
IMHO, choosing Intel or AMD is fairly arbitrary. I don't worry too
much about upgrades either - apart from possibly adding memory, you
ought to be able to run on the current OS/HW for the next 3 years
until you need to change the server again. Then it's a Win2008
migration project.
50 users per server sounds fine. So divide that by the number of users
and add 2 servers - that will give you N+2 redundancy, which means you
can have a server drop out for a couple of days with a HW issue, and
still have N+1 - that's often cheaper than an extended warranty
contract. And you can have a 'spare' server for testing under normal
circumstances.
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55
<hector.minero@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hi all, I need to buy a couple more servers for our Citrix 4.0 farm and
> would like to know what you recommend I get as far as Hardware is concerned.
> I'd like the servers to handle at least 50 users each.
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> Users mostly use IE, MS Office 2003, Adobe Acrobat Professional, MS Project.
> We are using Wyse 941GXL and Wyse G90.
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> We've been using Quads Dell PowerEdge 2850's with 4GB RAM, and I think 50
> users is too much for them.
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> Thanks in advance,
> _________________________
> Hector Minero
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