Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services

Server Sizing Method 1: Estimating Load

A practical way to estimate server capacity prior to putting it in to production is to load test a server of the selected form factor with a complete set of applications and a full complement of users.

While monitoring the performance of the server using the guidelines in Appendix D: "Server Performance Analyzing and Scaling," use a load testing product or live tests. The Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit provides terminal server capacity planning tools—Roboserver (Robosrv.exe) and Roboclient (Robocli.exe)—which include application scripting support. You can use these tools, which are available on the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit companion CD, to easily place and manage simulated loads on a server. ...