[THIN] Re: Systrack - Special Offer
- From: "Jan Broucinek" <tinybeetle@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 12:09:24 -0500
I love the reporting capability of Systrack, however from what I've
seen the product places an enormous resource drain on the server. The
systrack service pagefaults like mad, and has I/O that is nearly four
times that of the nearest other process, IMAsrv.exe.
Our Proliant 6500s and DL380's were struggling to support 30 users
with systrack installed. Once I shut systrack down they are now able
to support over 60 users each with no problems.
I spent nearly two weeks chasing various issues because I couldn't
believe that systrack could be the cause of our problems. Systrack did
a wonderful job of telling me that the disk subsystem was stressed,
but never identified itself as the culprit. However once I shut it
down, the performance problems stopped.
They have an evaluation version, test carefully before buying. YMMV.
Jan Broucinek, System Manager
Arthur Rutenberg Homes, Inc.
(727) 536-5900 voice
(727) 536-7168 x245 direct
(727) 538-9089 fax
www.arhomes.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Armstrong, Robert" <robert.armstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:41 AM
Subject: [THIN] Systrack - Special Offer
> Greetings,
>
> I wanted to let everyone know that I have voiced my opinion to
Lakeside
> Software about the pricing of it's Systrack Product. I have been
interested
> in Systrack and many of the features it offers, but have been unable
to
> justify the $1100 per TS/Citrix server licensing fee. Yesterday, I
was
> contacted by Carrie Peiffer, my Lakeside Software account manager
and I
> explained to her that I believe that a scaled down version of the
Systrack
> Software specifically targeted at Citrix Admins and priced
appropriately,
> may allow Citrix Admins, (especially those who operate on severely
limited
> budgets) to introduce Systrack into their environments and begin to
enjoy
> some of the benefits of this software. Carrie took my suggestions
to her
> manager and worked late into the evening last night and developed a
proposal
> to release a new version of the Systrack product. The proposed
product will
> be called the Systrack Performance Management Package for Citrix
> Administrators and would cost $500 per server. This is a $600
savings over
> the full blown product. Basically, this version would remove all of
the
> Application level monitoring and data collection. Please review the
> attached document and contact Carrie Peiffer if you would be
interrested in
> licensing this new product offering. Carrie would also like to hear
your
> opinions/suggestions regarding Citrix monitoring and reporting.
>
>
> Carrie Peiffer
> Account Manager
> Lakeside Software, Inc.
> 248-738-7141-Direct
> 248-830-9420-Cell
> <mailto:Carrie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Carrie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I have an MS Word document describing the new product. If you would
like a
> copy, please let me know and I will forward to document to you.
>
> Regards,
> Robert Armstrong
> IT Manager
>
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