Client Capacity per Terminal Server?

[ShawnF]

Hello,

How does one go about determining how many clients that can/should connect to a 2003 Terminal Server, so that you can decide how many Terminal Servers need to be set up? Is it solely based on the # of clients connecting, or based on the program(s) they will run, the broad band connection speed, or a combination?


Thanks!

ShawnF

 

[Wishdiak]

ShawnF,

While bandwidth is probably a ligitimate issue, as far as Microsoft is concerned, your users are limited to the number of Terminal Services licenses you have.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/overview.mspx

Wishdiak
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[ashpp]

RAM, CPU & Bandwidth are the main factors. There is no real way to determine how many clients because their are too many factors ie. what software the users will be using.

A useful link

http://www.workthin.com/tshw.htm

 

[Jpoandl]

Here is a reference that i found about sizing term servers:

http://www.workthin.com/tshw.htm

Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2003

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