Bandwidth Requirements

[danrobson]

I have a 128k frame connection between the UK and the US. How many Citrix users could I reasonably expect to connect over this connection?

Thanks,
Dan

 

[Highland]

Most of our remote sites have a small user base connecting to Citrix, the largest site was around 40 users connecting via a 64Kb/s Kilostream and the users were relatively happy...(they're never REALLY happy..!!!)....remember the Citrix Server - Client connection is only sending screen updates all the processing is done on the Citrix Server...so bandwith per client is relatively small....

 

[danrobson]

Thanks for the reply it gives me a fair indication. I had read that 20kps per user was recommended is 20kps being a little generous?

Dan

 

[paulwatsonscc]

According to Citrix, ICA uses between 12 and 20Kbs on average but can burst to 64kps when spooling.

 

[DaveNamou]

One other small detail to add. ICA uses 0KBs when a user is "connected" but is "not interacting" with the application. PaulWatson's numbers are accurate assuming that everyone is Activaly working.

Also, bandwith usage depends on the app your publishing.
For Example,
Word probably only uses between 3-7KBs, because it's just typing (Of course the PaperClip guy

is turned off with these rusults)

Internet Explorer would probably use 20KBs consistantly becuase of the large amounts of updates required. Dave Namou, MCSE CCEA