Hello i have a Terminal Server, that was programed to host 10 Terminal access, but duo Microsoft contract almost to die, and because they are very expensive, i would like to know how mutch does this server hold.

Here is the server configuration:

2 Processor XEON 3.2 2mb Cache
4Gb DDR
4 ULTRA SCSI 72Gb RAID5
1 NIC 1Gb
1 TAPE DAT 72Gb

This server is the Domain, and he is also the file server. Im think of installing the Front Office and Back Office Hotel Aplications, and release these server up to 21 users.

All of the network works at 1Gb. This may cause some slow access, because of all the people accessing the server at the same time, so i was thinking also, to install one more 1Gb NIC on the Terminal server and other 1Gb NIC on the DataBase server (Running the Hotel DataBase, Oracle), and with a crossover cable plug them directly.
So with this, all the Terminal User would be using the Second NIC that is directly connected to the DataBase server, not passing by the switched network and the rest of the users, that don't have access to Terminal server, would be using the 1st NIC on the DataBase server, these users would connect trought the switched network.

But i would like an opion, or even a better ideia.

All the users that would connect trought terminal server, would be using Linux.
The rest Windows.

Thanks