User's Guide

3.6 Bandwidth Limiting
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NOTE: The values shown 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.
Table 4. Typical bandwidth usage
User Type
Average Bandwidth
Peak Bandwidth
Task
150 Kbps
1 Mbps
Knowledge
600 Kbps
5 Mbps
Basic power
3 Mbps
10 Mbps
Power
7 Mbps
30 Mbps
3.5.2 Limiting Screen Saver Bandwidth Consumption
ClearCube recommends reducing unnecessary network bandwidth consumption by limiting the
options available in screen savers or by restricting screen saver use. For example, the Bubbles
screen saver included in many Windows operating systems running at the highest screen
resolutions consumes nearly 10 Mbps. This screen saver’s bandwidth usage can be significantly
higher than what a typical knowledge user consumes. The recommended setting for screen savers
is either blank or none.
3.6 Bandwidth Limiting
Use the Web interface Bandwidth page, shown in the figure below, to limit zero clients and host
card bandwidth for a PCoIP session. The parameters are applied after you click Apply.
To configure the bandwidth used with a VMware View virtual desktop, adjust the PCoIP GPO
session variables.