Bandwidth and application session recording file size

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Resolution

How much bandwidth Parallels Secure Workspace uses and how large the file size of application session recordings is, determines a lot on the use case.

For instance, the bandwidth or file size of a recording will be rather small for a user who uses a typical office application (Microsoft Excel, Word, ...); while it would be on the high end for a user who does a lot of graphical work. 
On average we would assume that the screen recording size would be between 40 to 100 MB per hour for a normal workload.

Another important factor is the screen resolution (and number of screens).

Therefore, the below metrics are just an indication.

 

 

For reference:

Scenario

Default mode

Description of the scenario

Idle

0.3 Kbps

The user has paused work and there are no active screen updates.

Microsoft Word/Excel

100-150 Kbps

The user is actively working with Microsoft Word, typing, pasting graphics, and switching between documents.

Web Browsing

6-6.5 Mbps

The user is actively working with a graphically rich website that contains multiple static and animated images. The user scrolls the pages both horizontally and vertically.

Fullscreen Video playback

7.5-8.5 Mbps

The user is watching a 30 FPS video that maximized to a fullscreen

 

Some  different scenarios/resolutions:

 

Time (sec)

Resolution

Audio

Size (MB)

MB per sec

MB per min

MB per hour

Task Type

200

1920x976

Yes

120,1

0,601

36,03

2.161,80

Heaviest Workload / Full-screen Video

225

1452x799

Yes

138,8

0,617

37,01

2.220,80

Heaviest Workload / Full-screen Video

90

1452x799

Yes

60,4

0,671

40,27

2.416,00

Heaviest Workload / Full-screen Video

66

1452x799

No

9,5

0,144

8,64

518,18

Medium Workload / Internet Browsing

66

1452x799

No

0,707

0,011

0,64

38,56

Light Workload- Word/Excel/Data Entry

64

1452x799

No

0,341

0,005

0,32

19,18

Static/Minimum- Rare Screen Updates

 

 

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