Same sort of thoughts I had when I saw this setup - the drive to push down hardware costs obviously puts the strain onto the network, where they have already got a heavy strain from roaming profiles, complicated GPOs and folder redirection. They are putting in virtual systems now which is going to put more emphasis onto network performance, I should think.
Will give your suggestions some air, once I can work out where the initial root of the problem is, cheers! -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 March 2008 15:17 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wireshark query On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Rankin, James R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Basically we are encountering a lot of Citrix performance issues ... > ... hosting roaming profiles and redirected files too ... RDP, Citrix, and other such "interactive" network applications are really sensitive to latency. Roaming profiles, folder redirection, and other classic "file server applications" are all about bulk data transfer. Those are just about opposite goals. It's entirely possible the one is causing trouble with the other. If you've got a managed switch that does QoS, you might want to consider implementing a scheme that gives your Citrix traffic priority over the SMB traffic. If you don't have that, simply putting the Citrix stuff on a dedicated NIC (with a different IP address) and dedicated switch port might help. (*Might.* I'm guessing, and a lot of this kind of thing depends on the specifics of the situation.) -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
