Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Citrix

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Author: Simon Reap
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Citrix
On 19/07/12 09:20, Rob Malpass wrote:
> I freely admit to knowing next to nothing about Citrix but I thought
> this was something akin to remotely controlling another PC - except
> that the PC you're remotely controlling was virtual - is this wrong?
> If I'm right, surely it means that all this wonderful Intel i5 power
> is effectively being used as a terminal and the speed we'll have is
> the speed of the machine we're controlling.


If this is a remote service, then having just two people testing may not
expose load limitations. We have to use a terminal server in Ireland -
it's fine for a few people running xterms and web browsers, but really
struggles when people start running huge databases.

Simon
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