[THIN] Re: A question about Server Sizing....
- From: "Steve Rance" <steve.rance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 16:44:04 +0100
Thanks that is what a thought might be the case, just wanted to confirm =
it, as you said I don't want my name attached to the failure! =20
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Stockard [mailto:JStockard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 25 October 2002 12:01
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: A question about Server Sizing....
A general rule for a Citrix server is 30 to 40 users per server. That
rule takes into consideration that you will have some heavy users and
some light. I think that 55 heavy users running Word, Excel, E-mail (I
will guess Outlook), adding SQL and Access into the mix (assuming that
they will still be heavy users), would tax your server too heavily.
The next thing that would happen is the project would fail and your name
forever be attached to the failure.
Sorry, that's just the way I see it. Hope this helps.
Jeff
Jesus Loves You
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Rance [mailto:steve.rance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D20
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 4:46 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] A question about Server Sizing....
I have taken ownership of a Citrix Server as follows:
Compaq ML530
2 x Xeon 1Ghz Processors
2Gb Memory
Hardware Raid
Windows 2000 Server
30 users using Metaframe XPs (mostly though thin-clients, but some PC's)
DNS, WINS
55 users with File Sharing (40Gb)
55 users using Print Sharing (17 printers)
Applications: Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Photo Editor, Volo View =
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(AutoCad File Viewer), Internet Explorer, Winzip, Acrobat Reader 5.
All users are very heavy users of Word, Excel and email. =3D3D20
What I am currently doing is removing DNS, WINS, File and Print sharing
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off the Citrix Server onto a dedicated server. I am then rebuilding the
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Citrix server with Feature Release 2 and having all the 55 users on =
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Citrix using all the applications above. I will also be adding a new MS
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Access front-end, SQL back-end database application (SQL on a different
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server) have all users will run.
What my question basically is, with the above information, do you think
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that the 1 Compaq ML530 is up to supporting 55 users? Any hardware =
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upgrades you would recommend?
Also, at the moment users only connect via ICA direct to the server. =
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Any thoughts on using Published Applications, and/or publishing the =
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desktop (are there any advantages of having users connect via a =3D3D
published desktop to a single server rather than direct to the server?).
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My thoughts are to have thin-clients connect to the published desktop,
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and for the PC users to have seamless published applications.
I would be grateful for any experience or feedback from you guys.
Thanks
Steve Rance
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