[THIN] Re: The ideal hardware?

From: "Foote, Eric" <EFoote@xxxxxxx>
To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:46:15 -0400
I have 160 HP BL20p blade's for about 5000 concurrent users and they
work great.  I would never go back to 1U's after using the blades.
 
Eric

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        From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Holley, Mark
        Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:27 PM
        To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [THIN] Re: The ideal hardware?
        
        

        I apologize for the vague post. I can not stand it when other
people do that as well.

         

        We have the potential for almost 6k users. We have 80 different
business units with there own cultures and home grown/specialized vendor
applications. We currently run around four departments with around 33
IBM HS20s 8832s ( with Supercache II to band aid the I/O issues - thus
why I am not a blade fan right now or really an IBM fan.). 

         

        We run MSP 4.0, w2k. Going forward we will utilize W2k3 instead.

         

        I guess what I am wondering exactly is what is the best? The
sales guys and web sites are not trustworthy. The people from this site
are in the trenches and if they run 1U servers and have a good
experience with them I would like to know.

         

        I just hit the big three and I see they are offering the
following for Terminal service solutions:

         

        IBM X Series 335

        HP Proliant DL 360 G5 server series

        Dell power edge 1950

         

        Thanks,

         

        Mark Holley

         

         

         

         

         

         

        
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        From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Shonk
        Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:36 AM
        To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [THIN] Re: The ideal hardware?

         

        It all depends on your solutions's requirement.  What
applications are you delivering?  Is 64-bit feasable?  How many users?
How many servers (approximately)?  Are there any Datacenter
restrictions, such as power, cooling, floor space? What vendor does the
company currently use? (Mixed shops exists, but are rare)  Lately,  I've
been impressed with the latest dual-core 2850s from a perfomance
stand-point.  Also the HP Opteron blade (except for the SAS controllers)

        
        Joe

        On 8/31/06, Holley, Mark <Holley@xxxxxxx> wrote:

        After reading through the thread on the blades and having some
experience with blades I would say it was concluded that 1U servers were
determined as still the standard for stability and good performance.  My
question at this point is what would be considered the absolute best
server hardware platform for Citrix? I used to use DL380s a few years
back and they were rock solid.

         

         

        Thanks,

        Mark
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