Sounds like a good case for virtualization then, if 32bit is a must. Your average HP G4+ server will probably have alot more CPU than 4GB ram for TS would exhaust.
-Anders On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Webb, Brian (Corp) <[email protected]>wrote: > We actually have a NLB cluster of 2003 TSs that is running on HP ML370 G3 > boxes supporting up to 50 users each - it gets a bit slow after 40 each, but > is still usable up to 50. Those servers are only dual processor 3 GHz P4 > class with 4GB of ram and a 4 drive SCSI RAID 0+1. They run out of memory > long before they run out of CPU with users running a mix of Office > applications, IE to access internal web sites, along with Remedy and a few > other miscellaneous apps. > > In my experience, the biggest bottleneck on a TS is memory. If you can run > 64 bit I would as this will allow you to access more memory. > > -Brian > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Neil Standley [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:42 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: TS server recommendations > > Hi Cameron, > > > > I have to believe those are not concurrent users, are they? What kind of > drives and raid controller are you using? > > > > > > > > Neil > > > > *From:* Cameron Cooper [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 27, 2009 10:19 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: TS server recommendations > > > > Neil, > > > > That will be more than enough. We have a TS server here that has a 1.6GHz > Xeon, with 4GB and RAID 0 and have about 50 users that can access it at any > given point. Would recommend making sure that the HD size is big enough for > all of the user files that get created. > > > > _______________________________ > > *Cameron Cooper* > > *IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified* > > Aurico Reports, Inc > > Phone: 847-890-4021 Fax: 847-255-1896 > > [email protected] > > > > *From:* Neil Standley [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:15 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* TS server recommendations > > > > Hello > > > > I've been tasked with putting a quote together for a customer and need some > assistance. > > > > They require a Term server that'll support 20 users with Office 2007 Small > business, the customers primary need is for Word and Excel. > > > > Do you think this is sufficient to support 20 concurrent users? I'm trying > to compete against Dell for the customer's bid so I need to keep it as low > as possible. > > > > Dual Quad-core Xeons (2.33Ghz) > > 8GB RAM > > 3 disk Raid 5 (plus spare) (7200 Rpm drives) w 15 or 32MB cache + Hardware > raid controller cache has (512MB) > > Win2K3 > > > > > > > > Thanks for your input. > > Neil > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
