Dear everyone,
I want to create a server which will virtualize office computers here at work. The virtual computers' desktop will be accessible through remote access either by RDP or some other protocol (I will be testing nomachine). Each VM will have at least 2 LAN ports - 1 port for the internet and another port to the switch that will connect to the RPi network. Since the remote access devices (thin clients) are mostly RPi's which just has a 100mbps LAN, do my switches still need to be gigabit switches? Will they make a noticeable difference with a 100mbps switch?
When the office employee uses the internet, the internet traffic wont pass through the switch since it will be done by the VM which will have a more direct connection to the internet service provider router. If we will be transferring files from one computer to another, it will be done by VM to VM, and so the files wont pass through the actual physical network. So in reality, the switch will only handle RPi traffic manning RDP signals. So is RDP heavy on the bandwidth? Each 100mbps switch will only have 10-20 computers maximum. There will be around 4 switches and these switches will connect to a gigabit switch which will be the one to connect to the VM's port. So just to be clear, the VM's gigabit LAN port will connect to a gigabit switch which will divide the signal into 100mps switches, where the thin client RPi's will connect to. The server hosting the VM will of course, have gigabit LAN on it. It s just the "thin clients" that have the 100mbps LAN ports.
In one point of view, I want to point out that thin clients and the RPis only have a 100mps LAN and RDP goes on quite smoothly with them, so perhaps they dont take up too much bandwidth. But on the other hand, RDP does transmit the video and audio from the host computer, so perhaps transmitting this video and audio might be quite heavy on the bandwidth. I really dont know. What are your ideas with this? Has anyone run network traffic analysis software on computers running RDP? How much bandwidth do they use? I havent purchased my switches yet, but the gigabit switches are significantly more expensive here (they cost around 4x more). If 100mbps switches can do the job, I would rather spend the difference on things like battery backup or a better server.
If RDP consumes the full 100mbps bandwidth, then gigabit switches will really be important, but if they only consume like 5 or 10mbps, then I think the 100mbps switches should be just fine, but I dont know how much bandwidth RDP consumes. I appreciate any inputs. Thanks.
As for the office work, they mostly consumes stuff like visiting government websites and office applications (such as MS office). None of the offices are officially supposed to watch youtube while at work. There will be 2 computers using photoshop. But I think photoshop is not quite like streaming a video. All RDP is done through LAN, no access through the internet will be available.
I want to create a server which will virtualize office computers here at work. The virtual computers' desktop will be accessible through remote access either by RDP or some other protocol (I will be testing nomachine). Each VM will have at least 2 LAN ports - 1 port for the internet and another port to the switch that will connect to the RPi network. Since the remote access devices (thin clients) are mostly RPi's which just has a 100mbps LAN, do my switches still need to be gigabit switches? Will they make a noticeable difference with a 100mbps switch?
When the office employee uses the internet, the internet traffic wont pass through the switch since it will be done by the VM which will have a more direct connection to the internet service provider router. If we will be transferring files from one computer to another, it will be done by VM to VM, and so the files wont pass through the actual physical network. So in reality, the switch will only handle RPi traffic manning RDP signals. So is RDP heavy on the bandwidth? Each 100mbps switch will only have 10-20 computers maximum. There will be around 4 switches and these switches will connect to a gigabit switch which will be the one to connect to the VM's port. So just to be clear, the VM's gigabit LAN port will connect to a gigabit switch which will divide the signal into 100mps switches, where the thin client RPi's will connect to. The server hosting the VM will of course, have gigabit LAN on it. It s just the "thin clients" that have the 100mbps LAN ports.
In one point of view, I want to point out that thin clients and the RPis only have a 100mps LAN and RDP goes on quite smoothly with them, so perhaps they dont take up too much bandwidth. But on the other hand, RDP does transmit the video and audio from the host computer, so perhaps transmitting this video and audio might be quite heavy on the bandwidth. I really dont know. What are your ideas with this? Has anyone run network traffic analysis software on computers running RDP? How much bandwidth do they use? I havent purchased my switches yet, but the gigabit switches are significantly more expensive here (they cost around 4x more). If 100mbps switches can do the job, I would rather spend the difference on things like battery backup or a better server.
If RDP consumes the full 100mbps bandwidth, then gigabit switches will really be important, but if they only consume like 5 or 10mbps, then I think the 100mbps switches should be just fine, but I dont know how much bandwidth RDP consumes. I appreciate any inputs. Thanks.
As for the office work, they mostly consumes stuff like visiting government websites and office applications (such as MS office). None of the offices are officially supposed to watch youtube while at work. There will be 2 computers using photoshop. But I think photoshop is not quite like streaming a video. All RDP is done through LAN, no access through the internet will be available.