[THIN] Re: server power

  • From: "Stansel, Paul" <Paul.Stansel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 10:10:22 -0400

Access... access is evil :).  Microsoft even recommended at one point that
Access not be used ina  TS environment.  It really does depend on how the
app was coded.  I have a couple that use proprietary Access databases well,
and a couple that don't.  It is hit or miss.

-Paul

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> From:         Evan Mann[SMTP:emann@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Reply To:     thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent:         Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:00 AM
> To:   'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject:      [THIN] server power
> 
> 
> I have 1 Citrix server with 2 gig of RAM and a Dual P3 600 Xeon setup.
> 
> We have begin to start use of a new MS Access application.  It's an Access
> 2000 project front end tied to a SQL 7.0 backend on another server.
> 
> Right now I've got about 8 people in the application and my CPU is spiked.
> 28-33% processor is being given out between various users in this
> particular
> Database.
> 
> Memory level is still find (1.2gigs free).  But this processor usage is
> worrying me.  I can't even get the CMC to login.
> 
> We anticipate up to 20 people in this application at a time, and it's only
> going to get worse.
> 
> Should my single Citrix server be able to handle this application?  Or am
> I
> over stressing it.  Perhaps something needs to be recoded in the Access
> project front end?
> 
> Do I really need to add another server?
> 
> 
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