Gauge network traffic for each Citrix session

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Hi all,

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.

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