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Hobb Computer Services Ltd have successfully designed and implemented a wide variety of server based solutions for our clients. Following are some examples of solutions that we have implemented. If you require references for any of our customers, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Overview

Hobb Computer Services Ltd had a scenario whereby a client opened up a satellite office and wanted to deploy a Citrix based solution over an ADSL Max, Site to Site VPN Tunnel. This Citrix solution would deliver applications such as Email, file/printing and Digital Dictation. When the solution went live, the users found that sporadically the Citrix performance degraded but they just did not know why or how to correct it.

Solution

Hobb Computer Services Ltd deployed a DBam EP60 at each site. Instantly we were able to detect that the mail server was taking up to 100% of the Upstream Bandwidth and that a user on the LAN was performing Peer2Peer downloads at near 100% capacity. Just these two instances were enough to disrupt the performance of the Citrix solution.

By enabling traffic shaping on the EP60, we were able to limit the amount of bandwidth available to the Mail server whilst still allowing email to flow and more importantly for the Citrix solution to not be hindered. In the case of the user downloading potentially illegal files, his PC was immediately blocked using the DBam EP60 Active Flow block rules and the acceptable use policy was handled internally. As other services such as Blackberry have been added to the network over time, the DBam rules have been updated remotely to maximise bandwidth usage.

Click here for an illustrative example of how Peer2Peer applications can affect your business.