Re: Terminal Services member server??
From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 10/01/04
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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 12:46:40 -0400
Ralph Andersen wrote:
> I have an install of SBS2K3 STD,1 Nic, Cisco Firewall,
> with a SQL member server (WS2K3). The Cisco firewall also
> provides a full time AES-128 VPN (T1 line) to a second
> location with 5 users. Two of these users actually travel
> site to site so really only 3 full time users.
> This works well except for our inventory program that
> connects via ODBC to the SQL database. It work fine, just
> the response time leaves a little to be desired (at least
> when my boss compares it to the speed of Solatire cards
> shuffling or EBay.)
> Rather than tackle SQL replication to put a SQL box at
> the second location, I'm looking at adding a member
> server for Terminal Services APP mode.
> My questions are:
> Do I just need to buy W2K3 Server /5 user and install it
> on a new machine to get TS?
Yes, with Terminal Server licenses also.
> I'm also curious, if my VPN were to go down, can multiple
> users use RWW to connect to the TS box and would this be
> in app mode?
Yes, it should be.
> How much horsepower should I be looking at for the TS
> box? I'm sure at lease 2 gig of ram but not sure if a
> typical single 2.6 Ghz P4 would be enough. The only
> program being ran would be the inventory software, it has
> a 43 Mb exe and honestly needs at least a good 2.0 Ghz
> workstation for it to not seem like you're waiting on it.
> This is for an aviation parts database so it's moving a
> ton of data for each record.
How many users do you expect to connect at once? Dual processor would be
nice, but may not be needed....memory is the biggie.
> I use SBS TS in Admin mode all the time, what important
> things do I need to know about TS APP mode???
Licensing is the main thing - and printing. See
http://www.workthin.com/tsp.htm for help with that. Also note that there's a
good TS newsgroup at m.p.windows.terminal_services.
> I have good infrastructure with dell 3324 switches with
> the 2 Gig ports to the servers with 1K nics, SQL box is
> more than enough machine for 5 concurrent users, all XP
> clients with good Ram/CPU. I welcome suggestions on how
> to impliment and optimize this, I have a fairly open
> checkbook on this as long as the performance at the
> remote site improves. TIA,
>
> -Ralph
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