Re: Two buildings: Citrix or synchronized file servers?
From: Frank (signup0702_at_sina.com)
Date: 11/15/04
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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:39:19 +0800
We are running quite a lot of applications on citrix server farm(2
servers)over a 2M link, there are about 50 users, and the response is time
is quite ok.
application include, ms office, outlook, ca400, ie, etc..., so if bandwidth
is a concern you can consider using citrix.
Frank
"Andrew J. Brehm" <ajbrehm@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have a problem with a strategic deployment decision and was wondering
> whether anybody here was ever in the same situation and/or can provide
> some information or opinion.
>
> The situation is as follows.
>
> My company have moved one department into another building in the same
> general area as the main building. The buildings are currently connected
> with a 20 Mbit/s connection but this will be scaled down to 2 Mbit/s
> (for data and internal telephone).
>
> The users in the building use mainly Microsoft Office, Citrix clients to
> connect to a terminal server in the main building, the Web, and a
> database client to connect to a database in the main building. They also
> use Outlook to access a mail server in the main building.
>
> There are about 40 users there tops.
>
> The setup seems very slow at the moment (using 20 Mbit/s) but works. I'm
> afraid it might not work as well with less than 2 Mbit/s.
>
> We have come up with two plans so far.
>
> 1. Install a mail server (Exchange) in the new building and forward
> mails to it or keep it synchronized with the main mail server (how?);
> install a local file server in the new building and synchronize it with
> one directory on the main file server every night.
>
> This would bring down network traffic to emails sent and received (as
> opposed to any mailbox access) and database access.
>
> The alternative is:
>
> 2. Keep everything in the main building, install several terminal
> servers (Citrix?), let 30 people work on terminals servers via the 2
> Mbit/s link while the rest use laptops (they are not always in that
> office).
>
> This would reduce network traffic to the ICA or RDC connections, but I
> am not sure whether this is really a reduction.
>
> I have no idea whether 30-35 Citrix connections will work via a 2 Mbit/s
> link.
>
> So considering the two alternatives, what other alternatives are there
> or which one makes more sense. Considering administration workload I
> tend to prefer the second one, but can it work at all?
>
>
>
> --
> Andrew J. Brehm
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