I'm designing a small XenApp5 farm for 15-20 users normal load, 50 users max (in case of a DR event.) eventually expanding to cover 150. I have an MS VL/SA agreement and do not have a problem adding a new server. All servers are in a VMware cluster, snapshotted, backed up and SAN replicated to a remote location, and I'm not terribly worried about an hour of downtime. All servers will be Win2K3 R2 Standard. I plan to use SQL 2005 Express for now but I can use full SQL 2005 if recommended. Here is the layout:
Server1: datastore (SQL2005 Express) and licensing server on IISServer2: Web Interface onlyServer3: Citrix Presentation Server for appsServer4: Citrix Presentation Server for appsServer5: Citrix Presentation Server for desktopsServer6: Citrix Presentation Server for desktopsCAG cluster in a DMZ
I was thinking of installing the AAC on Server1 with a new SQL2005 Express instance. Where is the recommended location?
You can either install on Server1 or maybe Server2. I would leave the aac on the trusted lan.
I after reading through several manuals and discussing it with others, I installed installed it on a clean server.