Got dual CPUs and 4GB of RAM for each server. The original server was built from scratch on VMWare and converted to a template which has been cloned for all the others.
Do you use SAN-based storage? We have an IBM DS4000. One of the most notable performance hits is when the Citrix servers are migrated by the DRS, they seem to drag right into the ground at that point. 2009/5/7 Mike Semon <[email protected]> > We are running Citrix MPS 4.5 on VMware ESX 3.5 u3. Our performance is > ok. Citrix tells us to expect around 30 per Vm depending on type of apps. > > Were these Citrix servers P2V’d? Did you create them from templates? What > kind of CPU and memory do you have allocated for each VM? > > > > Mike > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, May 07, 2009 4:09 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Citrix on VMWare platform > > > > Anyone running Citrix MPS 4.5 on VMWare ESX 3.5? We virtualised our entire > infrastructure last year. The performance of the standard systems has been > excellent (for instance, our SQL servers and Exchange 2007 systems run > pretty much exactly as they did before). However the Citrix servers are very > hit-and-miss - slow logons, application hangs, systems freezing, etc., runs > poorly when more than seven or eight users logged on to each server. I have > just taken a subset of our users and put them back onto a physical Citrix > server, and straight away the performance is instantly better, the logon > time is considerably faster to start with. > > Admittedly we aren't expecting our virtualised systems to perform as well > as a dedicated physical system, but the performance degradation appears to > be hugely magnified with regards to the Citrix systems. Is anyone else > running Citrix farms on ESX, and if so, are they experiencing similar > performance issues, and how are they getting around them? > > TIA, > > > > JRR > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
