We've been using Citrix MetaFrame for a couple of years without any
real problems. The biggest problem we had was slow screen paints but
citrix has a patch for this that works very well. Also, I believe the
new version of Citrix (MetaFrame XP) incorporates this fix. We have about
200 users on the system with about 50-60 on at any 1 time.
We have 3 citrix servirs & 1 NT file server. Each citrix box can accomodate
about 20 users at a time. The box has dual 500 MHz processors & 500 Meg
of RAM which is rather outdated. With a newer server you could probably
put 30+ users on a box.


>Well, we have a civil war (friendly, however) brewing in our neck of the woods.
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>One camp wants to take our VFP database app and run on Citrix (and change the data access code to work against SQL Server)
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>Other camp wants the more 'traditional' thin-client, using ASP, VFP/VB in the middle tier, and SQL Server 2000 in the back end.
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>For anyone who has been through both, what are the pros and cons of ASP vs Citrix in terms of scalability, performance, system resources, etc?
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>Specifically, we've heard different speakers talk about scalability issues with ASP. I've looked at West-Wind, though we have a requirement to use SQL Server. Are there any alternatives to ASP?
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>Also, has anyone aware of any white papers, documents, etc. comparing these two?
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>TIA,
>Kevin