[THIN] Re: How can I test data transfers to my citrix servers ?
- From: "Andrew Cooke" <acooke@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 00:32:55 -0000
Thanks Joe,
Some good ideas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Shonk" <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 5:21 PM
Subject: [THIN] Re: How can I test data transfers to my citrix servers ?
> Setup your environment to test the same as it will be in production...
>
> Cross connecting servers will give you bandwidth with little/no latency,
but
> it is unrealistic to benchmark (unless your Intel trying to show your card
> is better than broadcom) since you'll servers will be connected to a
switch
> of some sort.
>
> Same goes with Raid 0 and 0+1. Raid 0 will give you throughput than RAID
5
> at the expense fault tolerance. As far as 0+1, you're better off with
1+0.
>
> UNC path vs map a drive. Why would there be a difference? They are both
> going to same location and using the same redirector. A mapped drive
letter
> is essentially a mount point for a UNC path. Yes, drive letters are
legacy,
> but they can be easily changed (via login script) to point to a new
location
> where as hard coded UNC paths are a little more difficult to change. Also,
> there are still quite a few applications that don't understand UNC paths.
>
> If you want to find what your bottleneck is, I would suggest using
perfmon.
>
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> Of Andrew Cooke
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 5:25 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] How can I test data transfers to my citrix servers ?
>
>
> I'm sure at one time or another many of us have wanted to TEST and answer
> these questions.
>
> How long does it take (accurately in both time and speed / second)to copy
a
> 50Mb file from the file server to the citrix server ?
>
> Is is faster to map a drive or use a UNC path ?
>
> Once the transfer is finished identify where the limitation was. ie.
> bandwidth, NIC speed, raid level, number of users on system at a time,
core
> switch etc. And of course was it the CLIENT retriving or the SERVER that
was
> the limitation.
>
> I had the following ideas, but there must be an article where someone
> professional has done this before.
>
> 1. Connect a cross over cable between the servers and test speed (ie no
> users and best possible link speed 1Gb full duplex
> 2. Change the raid level from RAID5 to RAID0 to RAID0+1 do the same and
see
> how much difference it makes
>
>
> Looking for tool that will help me, I want to avoid testing with FTP
because
> thats not what users are using on a daily basis !
>
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