TS Server Usage

[Guest Waggers]

I'm just about to dip my toe into Terminal Services for the first time and

have got just a couple of basic questions.

 

I've got a spare Dell Poweredge 700 (2.8ghz & 2Gb ram) running Windows

Server 2003 R2 and I was wondering:

 

a) if this would be a suitable box to become a Terminal Server?

b) how many clients could it reasonably be expected to handle?

 

In the main, the box will be used by a remote office for Outlook and an SQL

client application (the application itself is on another box). It will be a

member server of a 7 user SBS 2003 network.

 

Waggers

[Guest moncho]

Re: TS Server Usage

 

Waggers wrote:

> I'm just about to dip my toe into Terminal Services for the first time and

> have got just a couple of basic questions.

>

> I've got a spare Dell Poweredge 700 (2.8ghz & 2Gb ram) running Windows

> Server 2003 R2 and I was wondering:

>

> a) if this would be a suitable box to become a Terminal Server?

This seems suitable enough.

> b) how many clients could it reasonably be expected to handle?

About 25-30 low-usage users and about 15-20 high usage users. For the

high usage users, I would plop another 2Gb RAM in there.

 

I had a HP TC4100 PIII 1.4Ghz & 4Gb RAM hosting 20 medium-high usage

users. Worked out OK. Sometimes it would drag at peak usage but nothing

that the users could would complain about.

>

> In the main, the box will be used by a remote office for Outlook and an SQL

> client application (the application itself is on another box). It will be a

> member server of a 7 user SBS 2003 network.

 

Server seems just fine for this type of network.

 

moncho

[Guest Waggers]

Re: TS Server Usage

 

Many thanks indeed Moncho

 

 

"moncho" <moncho@NOspmanywhere.com> wrote in message

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> Waggers wrote:

>> I'm just about to dip my toe into Terminal Services for the first time

>> and have got just a couple of basic questions.

>>

>> I've got a spare Dell Poweredge 700 (2.8ghz & 2Gb ram) running Windows

>> Server 2003 R2 and I was wondering:

>>

>> a) if this would be a suitable box to become a Terminal Server?

> This seems suitable enough.

>

>> b) how many clients could it reasonably be expected to handle?

> About 25-30 low-usage users and about 15-20 high usage users. For the

> high usage users, I would plop another 2Gb RAM in there.

>

> I had a HP TC4100 PIII 1.4Ghz & 4Gb RAM hosting 20 medium-high usage

> users. Worked out OK. Sometimes it would drag at peak usage but nothing

> that the users could would complain about.

>

>>

>> In the main, the box will be used by a remote office for Outlook and an

>> SQL client application (the application itself is on another box). It

>> will be a member server of a 7 user SBS 2003 network.

>

> Server seems just fine for this type of network.

>

> moncho

>