[THIN] Re: Server recommendations
- From: "Rink, Jesse" <JRink@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:34:56 -0600
When you say " a single x345 can easily handle 30 users like you =
described" you are talking about the server with the specs I provided =
right? Dual processor, 1GB memory, 36GB drive? Or are you talking =
about a single processor system? I'd imagine a single processor server =
would only be good for 15-20 users... ?
Also, You're right about the x335 (or x330). I missed that. The x345 =
is unnecessary in my environment so I'll drop it down to a x335 and save =
some pennies.
Jesse Rink
Network Engineer
Whitnall School District
414-525-8461
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-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Reese [mailto:GReese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 10:54 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Server recommendations
a single x345 can easily handle 30 users like you described. 2 would =
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just be that much better.
I use the x330 for terminal servers which is about half as powerful as a =
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345 and I can get about 45 users on each one. that is running office, =
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internet, email and some custom apps.
You should be more than ok with that hardware setup for what you want to =
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do. The x345 is a monster of a server. it could probably handle over =
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50 users with ease.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Rink, Jesse [mailto:JRink@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 11:48 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Server recommendations
Looking for some feedback here. I worked a lot with load balanced farms =
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and NFuse in the past with Winframe and Metaframe 1.8, but I haven't =3D
used Citrix/TS in about 2 years so I'm kinda rusty. XP wasn't even =3D
available when I was managing my Citrix servers so I'm clueless when it =
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comes to XP. That being said, be nice to me, haha.
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I'm currently considering updating one of our computer labs (in the high =
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school) which has older PII machines. The original thought was to buy =
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brand new PCs but I'm starting to reconsider and thinking about going =
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Citrix (or maybe just terminal services) and re-using the old PCs. The =
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older PII machines should be enough to work as thin clients. The PCs =
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are mainly used to surf the internet (IE), Office XP (mainly Word, =3D
Publisher, Power Point), a speech program, and a CAD program. =3D20
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I was tentatively looking at using Citrix XP with load balancing for the =
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lab. (2) IBM x345 servers with dual 2GHz processors, 1GB memory, and a =
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single 36GB drive. I've always been under the theory that when you use =
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Citrix load balancing, it's more cost effective to NOT stock your =3D
servers with redundant power supplies, redundant drives, redundant NICs, =
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etc. since the redundancy is taken care of via load balancing instead of =
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at the server level. This keeps my cost of hardware cheaper, which =3D
saves me money to afford the load balancing piece for Citrix or software =
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assurance, etc.
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My question is whether or not the proposed server setup listed above =3D
would be adequate for this lab. All 30 PCs would be used at the same =
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time, so I could POSSIBLY have 30 users using internet explorer at the =
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same time so I need my servers capable of handling this load. I was =
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originally thinking having (2) IBM x345 servers with a single processor, =
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but I'm leaning towards dual processors. I'm looking for feedback from =
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people on whether my server config would be adequate or whether I need =
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more servers/hardware.=3D20
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If memory serves me correctly, and it probably doesn't, I thought a dual =
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processor PIII Xeon processor server with a lot of memory could easily =
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handle 25 users. If that's true, then my configuration with two servers =
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would be overkill. =3D20
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Thoughts? Thanks.
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Jesse Rink
Network Engineer
Whitnall School District
414-525-8461
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