I would Suggest DELL'S R200 series. Perfect box, and cheap enough for Citrix. Choose a quad core and 4 gig ram. Should be under 1700$ per boxes. ________________________________________ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jez [jezosaurus@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: February 15, 2008 3:27 PM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Hardware for Citrix Servers Stick to what you know - Dell. That makes management easier. Don't mix server manufacturers unless you have a VERY good reason for it - changing brands is a major purchasing decision. You want Dell's latest pizza box, whatever that is, 2 processors (should be dual core by now), and at 50 users a box, I'd expect you'll still be OK with 4Gb RAM. I don't know the Dell range, but I'm sure you have a friendly Dell dealer near you who will sell you what you need. IMHO, choosing Intel or AMD is fairly arbitrary. I don't worry too much about upgrades either - apart from possibly adding memory, you ought to be able to run on the current OS/HW for the next 3 years until you need to change the server again. Then it's a Win2008 migration project. 50 users per server sounds fine. So divide that by the number of users and add 2 servers - that will give you N+2 redundancy, which means you can have a server drop out for a couple of days with a HW issue, and still have N+1 - that's often cheaper than an extended warranty contract. And you can have a 'spare' server for testing under normal circumstances. On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55 <hector.minero@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, I need to buy a couple more servers for our Citrix 4.0 farm and > would like to know what you recommend I get as far as Hardware is concerned. > I'd like the servers to handle at least 50 users each. > > Users mostly use IE, MS Office 2003, Adobe Acrobat Professional, MS Project. > We are using Wyse 941GXL and Wyse G90. > > We've been using Quads Dell PowerEdge 2850's with 4GB RAM, and I think 50 > users is too much for them. > > Thanks in advance, > _________________________ > Hector Minero ************************************************ For Archives, RSS, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: //www.freelists.org/list/thin ************************************************ ************************************************ For Archives, RSS, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: //www.freelists.org/list/thin ************************************************