[THIN] ICA versus RDP bandwidth usage

  • From: "Jan Homan" <jan@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:20:36 +0200

 
W2003/Citrix XP FR3 Farm
 
ICA 8.0 client / RDP 5.1/5.2 client (16 K colors)
 
our measurements show that ICA uses about 50% less bandwidth
we did tests with Word/Excel/Acrobat Reader/Internet Explorer, and had similar 
results with each of the tests
 
The Compression Ratio on a RDP session is always around 1.0, in case of ICA is 
much higher.
 
Wonder if these results are correct.
 
Any suggestion/comment is very much appreciated.
 
Also references of white papers regarding ICA versus RDP are very much 
appreciated.
 
Thanks.
 
Jan

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