[THIN] Re: New Citrix install

Wow talk about creating a SPF......

On 6/29/05, Steve Greenberg <steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> It is not really overkill because you will also need a license server, Web
> interface and possibly a datastore server. It is always best to have a
> dedicated data collector, in this case it can also be WI, licensing, metric
> server, RM summary, run the consoles from this machine, etc....
> 
> 
> Steve Greenberg
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Evan Mann
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 8:23 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: New Citrix install
> 
> Yes, 1 dedicated data collector.  The server has already been purchased
> for that purpose, so it's going to be used that way, even if it is
> overkill.  This farm will expand in the near future, adding another 2
> existing terminal servers (once they are converted over) with potential
> for another 4 servers by end of year.  We'll also end up with a totally
> redundant site at a collocation.
> 
> Datastore will sit on one of my SQL servers.
> 
> We are publishing desktops for about a dozen users immediately, and then
> it looks like we'll add on another 30-50 users within 2 months.  They
> use primarily Office 2003 and we have a few very light CPU/memory
> intensive business applications.  In the future, we'll be publishing
> some apps via PNAgent or WI, again, low CPU and memory usage apps, but
> this is after the farm expands.  None of the applications we will use
> require a lot of HDD space as they are all SQL backend based.
> 
> Profiles will sit on a network storage server we already have.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Thin Man
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 11:07 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: New Citrix install
> 
> Are you saying that you will have a PS4 server dedicated to only being
> the data collector with no applications published?  In that small of a
> farm I doubt the need for a dedicated data collector.  What type of
> datastore do you intend to deploy?
> 
> The way you partition the drives will depend heavily upon how you intend
> to handle user profiles and what applications you are publishing.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> tm
> 
> On 6/29/05, Evan Mann <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I am finally getting the makings of a Citrix farm setup.  We contacted
> 
> > a local partner who recommended we have 1 machine dedicated to being
> > the data collector and start with 2 application servers.  The data
> > collector is a Dell PE1850 with 2 HDD's in RAID1.  The 2 app servers
> > are Dell PE2850's with a 2+4 split backplane that I will run RAID1 for
> 
> > the 2 drives and RAID5 with
> > 3+hotspare for the 4 drives.  All Drives are 146g.
> >
> > We are using our partner to actually install and secure Citrix because
> 
> > of time constraints and the last time I used Citrix was MFXP FR2, but
> > I have to load the machines with the OS.  I'm looking for advice on
> > the best way to partition these 3 machines.  We will be using PS4.
> > We're also looking at using a dedicated appliance for CSG.
> >
> > I am unsure where WI is going to sit at this point.
> >
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