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:n...@net-venture.com] 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:ccoo...@aurico.com] 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 ccoo...@aurico.com From: Neil Standley [mailto:n...@net-venture.com] 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/> ~