Exchange 2003 Scale-Out Performance on a Dell PowerEdge High Availability Cluster
Product Group - Enterprise
Dell White Paper
By
Arrian Mehis
Ananda Sankaran
Scott Stanford
Contents
Executive Summary 3
Introduction 4
FE 400 Cluster Architecture: Modular and Scalable Building Blocks 5
The Microsoft Exchange Server Benchmark Simulation and MMB3 Environment 11
Exchange Server 2003 Virtual Server: Scaling and Performance 15
Conclusion 22
Appendix A 23
The Test Environment 23
Section 1
Executive Summary
Dell PowerEdge™ clusters built with industry standard components such as Dell PowerEdge servers, Dell/EMC storage and Windows® Server 2003, Enterprise Edition provide scaleable high availability by minimizing downtime through application failovers. The MAPI Messaging Benchmark Version 3 (MMB3) is an industry standard benchmark which simulates enterprise level messaging workloads in the Exchange 2003 Server environment. The MMB3 workload places demands on processor, memory, network, and disk subsystem. The LoadSim 2003 tool configured with (MMB3) profile was used to simulate MAPI based workloads on a Dell cluster running Exchange 2003 Server in a 3+1 active/passive configuration. This paper discusses Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE400 architecture, the LoadSim 2003 and MMB3 test environment, and some key findings from tests that show how Dell PowerEdge Cluster clusters scale well while running enterprise level applications like Exchange 2003.
Key points:
• Dell High Availability Clust ...