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Why Citrix, and why Citrix Access Gateway

Zone: Citrix
Tags: citrix, why, access, gateway
Hi Citrix experts

Just in basic terms, what are the main benefits of investing in Citrix?

A new application we're getting requires remote access over our WAN.  We're buying a Windows 2003 Server with terminal server licences just to host the remote sessions.  3.8 Xeon single processor, 4Gb RAM.  The terminal server makes a single terminal connection to the local server hosting the application.  Apparently we could get up to 50 concurrent sessions going on this spec, but we only need about 10 (we'd run out of bandwidth before we'd run out of server power at the moment!).

Is it worth getting Citrix presentation server to run on the terminal server?  If so, what are the benefits?

An appliance that completely replaces the Windows TS box would be a practical way forward - I'd rather put a Linux based appliance in the DMZ.  Does Citrix Access Gateway do that job?  If so, how many sessions can it handle and does anyone have real-world experience of using it?

Thanks !


Simon
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