[THIN] Re: Windows 2008 RAM Usage testing

Could you pop that in a table? Also - it only seems to have 1 set of figures
:?

 

From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Nick Smith
Sent: 24 September 2008 14:24
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [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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