User's Guide

Chapter 3. Network Considerations
24 PCoIP System User’s Guide
3.5 Typical Bandwidth Usage
In a PCoIP environment, bandwidth consumption is determined by:
 Dynamic screen content
 Audio
 USB traffic
3.5.1 User Types and Bandwidth Consumption
Bandwidth usage in a PCoIP environment primarily depends on the computing tasks that zero
client users perform. Zero client users are generally grouped in the following types.
NOTE: The values shown in the table below represent bandwidth consumption only when a user
is performing work of the specified type. User types can change throughout the day
depending on the activity a user performs at a given time. For example, a power user is
effectively a task user when they check their email—even if a CAD application is
displayed on a second monitor and is waiting for interaction.
Power user
This user typically views static images, various documents types, Adobe
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PDF files, streaming
content, and one or multiple high-definition videos; runs Windows Explorer, one or multiple Web
browsers, and three-dimensional, visual applications; and creates significant USB traffic using a
mouse, keyboard, and other peripherals such as flash drives.
Basic power user
This user typically views static images, various documents types, Adobe PDF files, streaming
Knowledge user
This user typically views static images, various documents types, Adobe PDF files, and streaming
video; receives streaming audio; runs Windows Explorer and one or multiple Web browsers; and
creates significant USB traffic using a mouse, keyboard, and other peripherals such as flash
drives. Power users’ activity levels can frequently drop to this range, and task users can
occasionally reach this activity level.
Task user
This user typically views static images, word processing documents, and Adobe PDF files, runs
Windows Explorer and one or multiple Web browsers. This level of user activity typically is
equivalent to the idle state of power and knowledge users.
The table below shows each PCoIP user type and the average and peak bandwidth consumption.