Specifications

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The datacenter in a box performance test: Comparing Dell and HP
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2. Select StartAll ProgramsMicrosoft ExchangeExchange Load Generator 2010.
3. When the Load Generator screen appears, select Start a new test.
4. Select Create a new test configuration, and click Continue.
5. Change the total length of simulation to 1 hour and 15 minutes.
6. In the Specify test settings screen, type Password1 as the Directory Access Password and Mailbox Account
Master Password, and click Continue with recipient management.
7. Make 250 users per mailbox (1,000 total) for the HP or 375 users per mailbox (1,500 total) for the Dell in the
Mailbox Database, and click Continue.
8. To accept defaults for Advanced recipient settings, click Continue.
9. In the Specify test user groups screen, select the plus sign to add a user group.
10. Change the Client Type to Outlook_500, the Action Profile to Average, and the Mailbox size to 250 MB.
11. Check the PreTestLogon checkbox, and click Continue.
12. In Remote configurations, enter the computer names of all of the test clients, check the checkbox to enable
distributing the workload, and click Continue.
13. Click Save the configuration file as, and name it testcfg.xml
14. After saving the configuration file, check the Initialize public store as well checkbox, and click Start the
initialization phase (recommended before running the test).
Backing up the mail databases
On the Exchange server virtual machine, once we set up the LoadGen client and created its initial mail database,
we backed up the databases so we can have clean copies for each test.
1. Select StartAll ProgramsMicrosoft Exchange Server 2010Exchange Management Console in the mail
server.
2. In the left pane, expand Organization Configuration and Mailbox.
3. In the right pane, right-click each of the four Mailbox Databases, and select Dismount Database from the menu.
4. At the Do you want to continue? pop-up message, click Yes.
5. Right-click Public Folder Database, and select Dismount Database from the menu.
6. At the Do you want to continue? pop-up message, click Yes. The red arrow appears when you have dismounted
the Public Folder Store.
7. Using Windows Explorer, create a new folder: E:\backup\
8. With Windows Explorer, copy all database and public folder files from E:\Database to E:\backup. This process
may take several minutes.
9. Close Windows Explorer.
10. In the Exchange Management Console, right-click each of the four Mailbox Databases, and select Mount
Database from the menu.
11. Right-click the Public Folder Database, and select Mount Database from the menu.
12. Close the Exchange Management Console.
Preparing the SharePoint test client
Install Windows Server 2008 SP1 with current updates.
Installing Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Edition
1. Download vs_ultimateweb.exe from www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=12752
2. Double-click vs_ultimateweb.exe to run the installer.
3. Uncheck the box beside Yes, send information about my computer, and click Next.
4. If you see a pop-up requiring a Windows Imaging component, click the Windows Imaging Component is
Required link.
5. Click Download on the appropriate Imaging component, and choose Run.
6. Accept the EULA, and click Next.