Dual Nics for video and data

[Guest Rename my folders]

I have several Terminal Services servers and I want the video traffic for rdp

to flow thru 1 nic and the network data to flow thru the other nic. I

thought I saw this somewhere online but can't seem to find it again. It's

supposed to improve performance. I have users that are complaining about

using a certain application on Terminal services that uses images and it is

really slow. The cpu and ram are ok and people who are accessing this app

from their local machines in the office have no performance issue. So I

narrowed it down to the video card on the server and the rdp video traffic

that transmitts the video to the user is colliding with the data on the nic

card.... Your thoughts? and help?

[Guest Jeff Pitsch]

Re: Dual Nics for video and data

 

Graphic/image intensive applications do not run well on terminal

services. You can dual home servers (a pain in the arse in Windows).

You can also specify what NIC TS talks to by modifying your RDP-TCP

properties and specifying there. I would not expect a high amount of

performance increase if any.

 

By the way, TS completely bypasses the video card so doing anything with

that won't do any good.

 

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Rename my folders wrote:

> I have several Terminal Services servers and I want the video traffic for rdp

> to flow thru 1 nic and the network data to flow thru the other nic. I

> thought I saw this somewhere online but can't seem to find it again. It's

> supposed to improve performance. I have users that are complaining about

> using a certain application on Terminal services that uses images and it is

> really slow. The cpu and ram are ok and people who are accessing this app

> from their local machines in the office have no performance issue. So I

> narrowed it down to the video card on the server and the rdp video traffic

> that transmitts the video to the user is colliding with the data on the nic

> card.... Your thoughts? and help?

[Guest Rename my folders]

Re: Dual Nics for video and data

 

What is "... dual home servers" ?

 

"Jeff Pitsch" wrote:

> Graphic/image intensive applications do not run well on terminal

> services. You can dual home servers (a pain in the arse in Windows).

> You can also specify what NIC TS talks to by modifying your RDP-TCP

> properties and specifying there. I would not expect a high amount of

> performance increase if any.

>

> By the way, TS completely bypasses the video card so doing anything with

> that won't do any good.

>

> Jeff Pitsch

> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

> Citrix Technology Professional

> Provision Networks VIP

>

> Forums not enough?

> Get support from the experts at your business

> http://jeffpitschconsulting.com

>

> Rename my folders wrote:

> > I have several Terminal Services servers and I want the video traffic for rdp

> > to flow thru 1 nic and the network data to flow thru the other nic. I

> > thought I saw this somewhere online but can't seem to find it again. It's

> > supposed to improve performance. I have users that are complaining about

> > using a certain application on Terminal services that uses images and it is

> > really slow. The cpu and ram are ok and people who are accessing this app

> > from their local machines in the office have no performance issue. So I

> > narrowed it down to the video card on the server and the rdp video traffic

> > that transmitts the video to the user is colliding with the data on the nic

> > card.... Your thoughts? and help?

>

[Guest Rename my folders]

Re: Dual Nics for video and data

 

Also, When I Terminal Service onto the box and use the image application, I

can toggle between images with no problem(I am in the office where the

servers are). When a user from home Terminal Services onto the box, and they

use the same app and try to toggle, it is slow for the image to come up(a few

seconds and up to 30 seconds sometimes). Why is that?

 

"Jeff Pitsch" wrote:

> Graphic/image intensive applications do not run well on terminal

> services. You can dual home servers (a pain in the arse in Windows).

> You can also specify what NIC TS talks to by modifying your RDP-TCP

> properties and specifying there. I would not expect a high amount of

> performance increase if any.

>

> By the way, TS completely bypasses the video card so doing anything with

> that won't do any good.

>

> Jeff Pitsch

> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

> Citrix Technology Professional

> Provision Networks VIP

>

> Forums not enough?

> Get support from the experts at your business

> http://jeffpitschconsulting.com

>

> Rename my folders wrote:

> > I have several Terminal Services servers and I want the video traffic for rdp

> > to flow thru 1 nic and the network data to flow thru the other nic. I

> > thought I saw this somewhere online but can't seem to find it again. It's

> > supposed to improve performance. I have users that are complaining about

> > using a certain application on Terminal services that uses images and it is

> > really slow. The cpu and ram are ok and people who are accessing this app

> > from their local machines in the office have no performance issue. So I

> > narrowed it down to the video card on the server and the rdp video traffic

> > that transmitts the video to the user is colliding with the data on the nic

> > card.... Your thoughts? and help?

>

[Guest Phillip Windell]

Re: Dual Nics for video and data

 

"Rename my folders" <Renamemyfolders@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message news:0DF2662D-1142-461D-988A-43AA3A34F38A@microsoft.com...

> What is "... dual home servers" ?

 

single homed = 1 nics

dual homed = 2 nics

tri-homed = 3 nics

 

Don't do it. It does not work the way you think it does.

Jeff Pitsch said it is a "pain in the arse",...very true,...also an

understatement.

 

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or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.

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[Guest Phillip Windell]

Re: Dual Nics for video and data

 

"Rename my folders" <Renamemyfolders@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message news:E659C698-3FFA-4E57-809A-FDEEF0984601@microsoft.com...

> Also, When I Terminal Service onto the box and use the image application,

> I

> can toggle between images with no problem(I am in the office where the

> servers are). When a user from home Terminal Services onto the box, and

> they

> use the same app and try to toggle, it is slow for the image to come up(a

> few

> seconds and up to 30 seconds sometimes). Why is that?

 

Just wait till they try a video clip....

 

The "home user" is running over the internet. VPN will only run at the

slower "upload speed" of the connection,..which in most cases is around

500 - 700kbps (that is "k" not "m").

 

This means a LAN Speed of 100mbps (that is 100,000 kbps) is about 200 times

faster than the speed over the internet and if the LAN is a Gigabit LAN then

it is,...um,...well I could poke an eye out doing math in my head, but you

should get the idea.

 

Doing things removely over the Internet is over-marketed, over-rated, and

over-hyped.

The "era of Star Trek" has not begun,...by comparison we are still rubbing

two sticks together to start a laptop,..er..I mean fire.

 

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Phillip Windell

http://www.wandtv.com

 

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,

or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.

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