Sizing Your Terminal Servers

Sizing your Terminal Servers correctly is very important for the success of your Terminal Server solution. Before you can put together a cost of the solution, you need to first determine how many servers you need and how big they each should be. Unfortunately, this can be a tricky process because there are few comprehensive benchmarks to follow.

In this section, you will learn some ballpark techniques for sizing your Terminal Server solution. However, what will be presented here will require some guesswork on your part and is only a rough estimation. If you intend to deploy large numbers of servers, it is highly recommended to set up a performance-testing lab to accurately size your servers and establish your own ...

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