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Have been asked by a new potential client to provide remote desktops for 200 users. Applications are MS Office, Browser, Acrobat Reader, and a Custom Database App.
My question is two fold, what is the average RAM I should allocate per user, and what is the best way to load balance the remote users for optimal performance.
I am trying to plan this out and need to figure out how many RDP servers I am going to need. Based on the current number of users, I am thinking between 4 and 6.
Anyone who has field experience with this please comment.
My question is two fold, what is the average RAM I should allocate per user, and what is the best way to load balance the remote users for optimal performance.
I am trying to plan this out and need to figure out how many RDP servers I am going to need. Based on the current number of users, I am thinking between 4 and 6.
Anyone who has field experience with this please comment.
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Some other considerations. Go Virtual. Load vmware esxi 5,5 on a super-beefy server and add 5 virtual 2008R2 servers. Or use 2 vmware esxi 5.5 hosts. You'll be able to scale better that way. Aside from memory and CPU, consider disk speed. Don't use 7K drives. Use 10K or 15K...or even solid state drives, they are lightening fast.
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Thank you all for the comments, they are very helpful.
FYI - Lee, I have not seen the DB app yet either ;-) but soon.
FYI - Lee, I have not seen the DB app yet either ;-) but soon.