An excellent point. This might well be a situation where RDP makes a great deal of sense.
Kurt On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Rankin, James R <[email protected]> wrote: > Wouldn't something like Citrix XenApp offload the performance hit onto the > local network for your remote users? Granted, not your query, but it would > allow VPN users to use these apps without eating remote bandwidth... > Sent from my (new!) BlackBerry, which may make me an antiques dealer, but > it's reliable as hell for email delivery :-) > ________________________________ > From: "Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife" <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:19:50 +0000 > To: [email protected]<[email protected]> > ReplyTo: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] VPN and high bandwidth applications > > Off the top of my head, it’s going to depend on the end users’ connection > bandwidth, and the bandwidth available through the VPN. I don’t know of any > ISP offering bandwidth comparable to your internal network. > > > > Joe Heaton > > Enterprise Server Support > > CA Department of Fish and Wildlife > > 1807 13th Street, Suite 201 > > Sacramento, CA 95811 > > Desk: (916) 323-1284 > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jon D > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 9:10 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] VPN and high bandwidth applications > > > > I'm not an expert with VPNs... > Is it possible to have end-users use any sort of VPN technology to access > high-bandwidth apps? > Say if an app that is really chatty constantly talking back to a SQL > database, or an app that can at times burn 100+megs by itself. > And say 50-100 end-users could be hitting the app at any given time. > > Am I missing something, or is this just not what VPNs were designed to do? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Jon
