[THIN] Windows 2008 RAM Usage testing

Guys,
I've been doing a bit of research for my own purposes but which might be 
helpful for others, and I've got some gaps. I made a throwaway comment  a week 
or so ago about how Office 2007 seemed to use less RAM under Windows 2008, and 
thought it would be helpful to quantify that.

I've therefore tested, not very scientifically, different versions (2003 and 
2007) of Office, running under different TS OSes (2003/8, 32/64-bit). Please 
note that I only tested each app once, the platforms have different hardware on 
them, and different numbers of users plus other apps running on them, so these 
figures should definitely be taken with a pinch of salt.

This is also absolutely not an analysis of how an OS runs with 20, 50, or a 
hundred different sessions of the same App; I wasn't looking at Total Ram, just 
taking the reported figure out of Task Manager.

Also please note that these were running pure TS, no Citrix involved.

I also have gaps; if others could test to fill in those gaps this might become 
quite useful.

The obvious conclusion (With all the  'take with a pinch of salt bits' above) 
from this is that either Windows 2008 64-bit is vastly more efficient at 
handling Office 2007, *or* that it's Task Manager reports differently (?More 
accurately?) - perhaps cleverer people than I might comment?


32-bit

32-Bit

64-Bit

64-bit


Windows 2003

Windows 2008

Windows 2003

Windows 2008

Office 2007

Word

57992

15084

Excel

38360

11928

Powerpoint

40416

25548

Outlook

117216

17096


Office 2003

Word

34420

117828

Excel

24244

16156

Powerpoint

12952

17168

Outlook

20788

117716


Testing for Word, Excel, Outlook

Opened App

New Document

Typed word 'Test'

Forced Spell Check

Saved document

Checked RAM

Testing for Outlook

Opened App

Opened New Email

Typed Word Test

Used Gal to address to myself

Sent Email

Checked RAM


All tests run as Domain Admin with Local Admin Rights

In Office 2003, Outlook was using Word 2003

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