How much bandwidth?

[Matthew Harris [MVP]]

Admittedly, Citrix is nice if you want to publish
applications or if you need some advanced load balancing.
However, whether you need this functionality is another
thing.

Typically, both Citrix's ICA and Microsoft's RDP protocols
consume around 20Kbits/sec per user. This usage can go up
or so, depending on what is being transferred, so
understand that the above numbers are only an average.

If you are sizing up your server, assume that each user is
going to user about 20-50MB of memory, and in most cases,
running out of memory can be fatal, so beef your system up
accordingly.

-M

-----Original Message-----
I am looking into setting up terminal services for around

50 users. I have one vendor telling me I will need
Citrix. I have a full T1 line and will have around 23
remote users. Do I realy need to send the extra money?
Or do I need more bandwidth? How much bandwidth does it
really take for each terminal session?

 

[Ron]

Your T1 ought to handle the load in indicate. However,
as Matthew has indicated, spend your money on a HEALTHY
server. I run a twin XEON 3Ghz box with 6 GB of RAM. It
doesn't even sneeze with 40-50 users logged in at the
same time.