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Remote Desktop V's MMC

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by jimklallsoo

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I am having some issues when remotely connecting to a couple of my servers.

Environment - Windows 2003 Servers
Tools being used - MMC snapin with remote desktop.

The problem i am having is this:
I use an MMC snapin and have all the servers i manage within this MMC which i have named "servers".
When i connect to a couple of my servers which use resource hungry Oracle Application Server (OAS) sometimes the web Cache goes down on these servers and brings down my front end application.

However, If i use remote desktop by clicking start > Program > Accessories > Communications from the windows start menu the web cache doesn't seem to failover.

Does the MMC SNapin use more memory, processing on the servers i am connecting to?

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by Former member

If it needs this amount of free memory on a hand held device then it will need some more memory on your server. If possible up the cache on the servers.

How much memory does Snap require on my handheld?
Snap requires 200k of free memory for the application.
http://www.splashdata.com/snap/support.htm#memory

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.
If this information is useful, please mark as helpful. Thanks.

by jimklallsoo

I don't know which handheld you are referring to but no handhelds come into the equation.

The problem is simply when i connect to a Windows 2003 server using remote desktop connection (RDC) my Oracle Application Server works ok.
However, If i remote desktop to the server using an Microsoft Management console snapin when i connect the Oracle Applcation Server sometimes falls over.

It's as though connecting using the MMC snapin uses more resources on the server i am connecting to.

I seem to recall reading somewhere before that when you connect remotely using remote desktop console it uses the processing power of your PC but when you connect via MMC console it uses the memory, processor of the remote PC.

by ---tk---

On the short research I did, seems as though thats a common question... Does the MMC use more resources than RDC? (from what I gathered) Alot of people seem to complain about it sucking up around 500 MB of memory or more.... check this out http://searchtasks.answersthatwork.com/
tasklist.php?File=MMC
(I found it interesting)
When I tested it out on our servers, it really wasnt clear on where the MMC process is stuck into, but I do know RDC only consumed 2.9 MB's of memory... If you start using RDC more Check out Vision APP, it is a sweet utility to keep track of your NT servers, and its tabed... hands down one of my fav. server apps.

I always say, if it hurts... stop doing it... (a little joke) For further testing, I would say take two XP boxes that arent being used install a performance monitor on one and start tinkering around with RDC and the mmc . Good question, I'm thinking about running some tests now, just to see the outcome.

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