Windows NT TS Bandwidth requirements

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Graham Clarke

Hi,

I'm trying to obtain bandwidth recommendations for Windows Terminal Server
2003. An office has 256Kb of bandwidth. We are using an application,
probably at 1024 x 768 @256 colours and I am trying to judge how many users
that would normally support for concurrent connections. This isn't the only
calculation I need to make so I'm looking for guidlines or white paper rather
than a specific answer.

Thanks in advance

Graham Clarke
 
Graham Clarke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to obtain bandwidth recommendations for Windows Terminal Server
> 2003. An office has 256Kb of bandwidth. We are using an application,
> probably at 1024 x 768 @256 colours and I am trying to judge how many users
> that would normally support for concurrent connections. This isn't the only
> calculation I need to make so I'm looking for guidlines or white paper rather
> than a specific answer.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Graham Clarke
this would be on microsoft term server website (specs).
the amount of ram depends on the app., but I've noticed if you assume
200mb per user - this is a safe amount. It's not too small and usually
covers several apps running at same time per user. A nice rule to go by
is 4gb of ram for 20 users.

bandwidth also depends on stability and the app. 256k isn't very much!

For now many users is this going to be? Is the 256k confirmed for
upload and download? Your users will be experiencing what you would
consider your upload speed. If you have to deploy this app to more than
approx 10 users, 256k won't cut it. Even for 10 (concurrent) it's going
to be slow.

I'd suggest looking at a colocation or citrix (or both).

citrix runs great even over dialup! I've done it several times when I'm
out of the country. Term. server doesn't perform as well as citrix on
low bandwidth situations. I've also confirmed this when out of the country.


Hope this helps,

Oskar
 
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