We are currently reviewing the bandwidth of our WAN links.
How much bandwidth does a "typical" Citrix session utilize over a WAN link?
JFYI – we are using Citrix Program Neighborhood V10 and each session is configured to use 256 colors.
I have set up PRTG and it appears that for a server hosting 4 users, the traffic is approximately 100k to 300k per session. Is that about right?
If you had to set a benchmark on a per-user basis, how much bandwidth would you assign to each user?
Thanks in advance.
Best Answer
That seems too high. I would have expected about 100k max and more like 60k. Are you able to log in to one of the Citrix sessions yourself? If so the client can show you stats on bandwidth. Similarly at the server end you can see this, for example in Windows counters and possibly in the zone data collector (that's from foggy memory though).
What kind of applications and window resolutions are in use, and how many at once? Or is it published desktop sessions? Are there additional local peripherals or other custom session traffic?