Aaron,
We used to use Citrix XenApp server to deliver whole Windows
desktop to the Sun Rays. We dropped that last year in favor of Sun Ray
connector. In our testing the Sun Ray connector performed better
graphic and multi-media wise. Plus it's a big saving not having to
purchase all those Citrix licenses. Now there are couple of big loses
in dropping Citrix. Cirtrix load balancing is better, but so far the
Microsoft load balancing is working for us. Next big lose was USB
redirection. The Sun Ray connect doesn't suport USB redirection in
Window 2008 or up. That is of SRSS 4.2 which we are running. Maybe some
can comment whether USB redirection is working in the latest release of
SRSS?
The other fact with Citrix, is that it has to run a whole bunch of
other crap processes with takes away resources from each of your
terminal servers, and ultimately the number of users you can put on each
server. With Sun Ray connector there are no other extra processes
running on your terminal servers.
On 3/20/11 6:07 AM, Aaron Browne wrote:
Hi,
We are running our SunRay 2 and SunRay 3 units in kiosk mode which in
turn runs a Citrix ICA Client for our users.
I would like to know if anyone else is running in this type of
configuration and if they can share any experience regarding video and
audio performance.
Also, I am unsure if the SunRay multimedia redirection works with
Citrix or if it is exclusive to the RDP client?
++
On our setup, video performance is limited to smaller resolution
videos and the audio can be choppy.
YouTube is reasonable sometimes and occasionally audio doesn't work at
all.
I have found that Windows Media Player destroys audio playback making
it crackly and annoying. Using a web Flash audio player results in
quite a good audio experience.
Also, some tweaks to the ICA NumDataBuffers and NumCommandBuffers
options resulted in smoother video and audio for our users.
Cheers,
Aaron
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