Wil Terminal Services use multiple processors?

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Mizzleman - 14 Apr 2006 15:07 GMT

Hello all,
If I increase the number of processors on a terminal server, will it use
the new processors and spread the users's sessions over them? Do the user's
applications have to be multiple processor aware? The users mainly use Word,
Excel, IE, Outlook, and some .Net and VB custom apps. I have Win2k Srvr SP4.
Would going to Win2K Advanced Server with SMP be a better solution? Thanks in
advance.

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Patrick Rouse - 22 Apr 2006 07:36 GMT

Terminal Servers are most commonly deployed on Dual Xeon servers with 4GB
RAM. The OS and many applications with take advantage of both CPUs.

http://www.sessioncomputing.com/scaling.htm

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> Hello all,
> If I increase the number of processors on a terminal server, will it use
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Would going to Win2K Advanced Server with SMP be a better solution? Thanks in
> advance.

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Mizzleman - 22 Apr 2006 15:32 GMT

Thanks, Patrick. The link you had was very helpful.

> Terminal Servers are most commonly deployed on Dual Xeon servers with 4GB
> RAM. The OS and many applications with take advantage of both CPUs.
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> > Would going to Win2K Advanced Server with SMP be a better solution? Thanks in
> > advance.

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