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[krajci]

My organization is considering Metaframe 1.8 for Windows NT, Terminal Server Edition.  We are looking to get a very high-end server to run this on (quad 650 Xeon processors, with 4 GB of RAM and a RAID 5), but I have heard in the past there is a rough formula of users to processr(s) capability.  Any ideas?

 

[Vince17]

With our benchmark testing along with the Citrix documentation, we have found that 12 users per processor is the best fit to our needs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>That means we will max a quad at 50 users.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, we have also found the (2)dual processors are much more robust that a single quad processor.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>

 

[MikeLacey]

I would agree with Vince.<br><br>We have also found that the memory used by each user is critical - you must allow enough memory so that no paging occurs. If NT starts to page it goes rather slowly.<br><br>There are some rules of thumb for this (8mb per user, 16mb per user, 4mb per user) but it depends completely upon what your users are running.<br><br>Mike <p>Mike Lacey<br><a href=mailto:Mike_Lacey@Cargill.Com>Mike_Lacey@Cargill.Com</a><br><a href=

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Cargill's Corporate Web Site</a><br>

 

[egroup]

Our experience gives us over 100 per quad processor - oftentimes up to about 150. we have over 2Gb of memory on our boxes.<br><br>How applications are installed under Citris makesa difference - make sure they are universally installed so memory can be shred. Otherwise they run in separate partitions per user and consume vast quantities of RAM.<br><br>There are some excellent benchmarks on user ratios at the COMPAQ web site - look for white papers for MS Office, & SAP in particular

 

[MikeLacey]

&quot;Your mileage may vary...&quot; <p>Mike Lacey<br><a href=mailto:Mike_Lacey@Cargill.Com>Mike_Lacey@Cargill.Com</a><br><a href=

http://www.cargill.com/>

Cargill's Corporate Web Site</a><br>