Installation guide

Chapter 3. Running a Windows Terminal

Server and MetaFrame pilot

Running a thorough Windows Terminal Server and MetaFrame pilot test helps to eliminate

surprises after your system is installed in production. It also provides information in regard to:

򐂰 The stability of the system

򐂰 How the system can be made fault tolerant

򐂰 What other network requirements are necessary

򐂰 How the new solution fits in with the existing infrastructure and user requirements

You can use the methodology outlined in this chapter to determine application characteristics

and server sizing requirements. The terminal server resources evaluated during capacity

planning testing are processor, memory, and network performance. We recommend that you

perform your testing on the same hardware you will use for your final solution. You can

extrapolate the load measured on the system during the pilot to estimate overall capacity

limits.

If you don't have the time, resources, or budget to perform a Terminal Server pilot, we provide

some good sizing “rules of thumb”. These rules of thumb were obtained by combining

industry experience with Microsoft and MetaFrame guidelines.