> -----Original Message----- > From: Gene Giannamore [mailto:[email protected]] > Subject: RE: Help with resolving Terminal server problems > > So citrix ica will improve the TS experience over stock MS. Now I just > need to find proof or ROI type info inorder get the purchase approved.
You could also look at WAN Acceleration type products or see if your routers/firewalls/etc can do QoS on RDP or prioritize RDP. As far as ICA vs RDP there are many white papers available on the "Internets" which you can via "The Google". And you can forget all the crap about an ICA session requires xKb of bandwidth and an RDP session requires yKb of bandwidth. Those numbers mean nothing. I watched a presentation by the chief engineer of the ICA protocol. He says "it all depends" when calculating bandwidth. With ICA, you can use Citrix policies to disable some of the protocol channels. With the RDP used in TS2008 you can do the same thing. PLUS, vendors can add their own virtual channels to both protocols and build and tear down at will. So how much bandwidth will an ICA session take vs an RDP session? It all depends! Which one is faster? It all depends. i.e. for ICA, is Session Reliability being used? If so and you are using QoS for the ICA Protocol, does your QoS system know that port 2598 traffic is also ICA type traffic? Bottom line? It all depends. Webster ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
