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Title:Microsoft Exchange Server
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Moderator:FLASK2::SYSTEM
Created:Fri Feb 17 1995
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Thu Jun 05 1997
Number of topics:1099
Total number of notes:5174

1020.0. "Exchange performance update April '97" by EPS::SLATER (Marc, DTN 381-2445) Tue Apr 22 1997 06:00

This page can be found in HTML format at http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/.  For
more information please send mail to asepg@digital.com

April 1997

   * Performance reports available at Digital's external web site.

	http://www.digital.com/info/performance.dir.html

   * Performance Flash - Microsoft Exchange Server Performance on Digital
     Equipment Corporation's AlphaServer 800 5/400. April 1997. This
     performance flash describes the performance results obtained for
     Microsoft Exchange Server on the AlphaServer 800 5/400. Available in
     Word, PDF, and Postscript.

	http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/other/pfmxas80.doc
	http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/other/pfmxas80.pdf
	http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/other/pfmxas80.ps

   * Microsoft Exchange on Digital Intel and Alpha Systems: Performance
     Report. Postscript, PDF.
          April 1997. Authored by R. Boehm, D. Loveluck, and M. Workman,
     ASEPG. An update to the previously published performance report. This
     paper includes information about the performance characteristics of
     site and X400 connectors, as well as bridgehead servers. The report
     describes the workload, methodology, and results of performance
     characterization testing of Microsoft Exchange Server across a range of
     Prioris and AlphaServer systems, and offers sizing and configuring
     recommendations.

	http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol2/msexch.pdf
	http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol2/msexch.ps

   * Audit Report: AlphaServer 800 5/400 Lotus Notes R4.5A for NT
     NotesBench. Authored by Harry Murray and Ken Bell of Digital Equipment
     Corp. April 1997. Available in PDF and Postscript.
          This document contains the audited information on the AlphaServer
     800 5/400 Lotus Notes R4.5A for NT (V4.0) NotesBench results.

	http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/papers/lot80040.pdf
	http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/papers/lot80040.ps

   * Performance Flash - QAD MFG/PRO and DIGITAL outstrip the competition in
     performance, scalability and investment value. April 1997. This
     performance flash compares the performance of QAD MFG/PRO V8.5 with
     Progress on Digital UNIX to the competition, and also provides
     positioning guidelines for MFG/PRO across the range of AlphaServers.
     Available in Word, PDF, and Postscript.

	http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/other/pfqadv2.doc
	http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/other/pfqadv2.pdf
	http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/other/pfqadv2.ps


   * Internet Mail Server Performance Characterization Project. Authored by
     Kevin Crean, ASEPG. February 1997. Availabile in PowerPoint, PDF,
     Postscript.
          The goals of this project are to understand the performance
     characteristics of Internet Mail Servers running on Digital UNIX on
     AlphaServers. This PowerPoint presentation discusses the workload,
     methodology, and results to date.

	http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/papers/isp.ppt
	http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/papers/isp.pdf
	http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/papers/isp.ps

February 1997

   * AlphaServer Performance. Authored by Sean Reilly. Fall US DECUS,
     November 1996. Available in PowerPoint, Postscript, and PDF formats.

   * AlphaServer Update. Authored by Doug Williams. Unix Symposium,
     September 1996. Available in PowerPoint, Postscript, and PDF formats.

   * Configuring AlphaServers for Data Warehousing. Data Warehouse
     Symposium, September 1996. Authored by Doug Williams. Available in
     PowerPoint, Postscript, and PDF formats.

   * Configuring TurboLaser Systems with Enterprise Storage Arrays.
     Enterprise Storage Training, February 1997. Authored by Doug Williams.
     Available in PowerPoint, Postscript, and PDF formats.

   * Configuring VLM64 AlphaServerSystems for Database Applications.
     Intruder II Techical Support Training, London, August 1996. Authored by
     Doug Williams. Available in PowerPoint, Postscript, and PDF formats.

   * Digital UNIX TruClusters -- Early Experiences and Future Enhancements.
     Intruder II Techical Support Training, London, August 1996. Authored by
     Doug Williams. Available in PowerPoint, Postscript, and PDF formats.

   * Memory Channel Hardware and Architecture. European DECUS, October 1996.
     Authored by Sean Reilly. Available in PowerPoint, Postscript, and PDF
     formats.

   * Optimizing for Server Performance. European & US DECUS, Fall 1996.
     Authored by Sean Reilly. Available in PowerPoint, Postscript, and PDF
     formats.

   * Configuring 64b Informix Online on Digital Alpha. Source: Informix,
     Fall 96. Authored by J Lynch, Informix. Available in Word, Postscript,
     and PDF formats.

   * Decision Support Indexing for Informix Online. Source: Informix, Fall
     96. Available in Word, Postscript, and PDF formats.

   * TruCluster 1.4 drd Performance. Excel Spreadsheet, October, 1996.
     Authored by Sean Reilly. Available in Excel, Postscript, and PDF
     formats.

   * Microsoft Exchange Performance Characterization. March 1997. Authored
     by R. Boehm in collaboration with M. Workman, ASEPG, and NT
     Engineering. 39 slides. Presented to the WNT Wizards Symposium, March
     1997. Available in PowerPoint format (931K characters), PDF format
     (750K characters), PostScript format (11M characters), and ZIPped
     PostScript format (488K characters).

   * Performance Flash - Microsoft Exchange Server Performance on Digital
     Equipment Corporation AlphaServer and Prioris Pentium Pro Based
     Systems. February 1997. This performance flash describes the tests,
     configurations, and results obtained from performance characterization
     of Microsoft Exchange Server V4 on Windows NT V4.0A. Available in
     [HTML], [PDF] and [Postscript] formats.

   * Performance Flash: PeopleSoft Financials on DIGITAL UNIX Cluster.
     Application Systems Engineering Performance Group. March, 1997.
     Available in PDF and PS formats.
          This performance flash describes the results of single and
     three-node cluster testing of PeopleSoft Financials on the AlphaServer
     8400.

   * In the better late than never category: Performance Considerations for
     Your Windows NT Internet Server. September 1996. ASEPG. Available in
     HTML format at http://www.europe.digital.com/info/internet/document
     /nt-perform-tips/index.html
          Digital's Applications System Engineering Performance group
     (ASEPG) in Nashua, NH, tested two servers to help you evaluate and
     maximize the performance of your Windows NT-based web server. ASEPG
     tested the Netscape Communications Server V1.12, and Microsoft's
     Internet Information Server (IIS) V1.0A, using Windows NT V3.51 on a
     number of different platforms for both Alpha and Intel processors.

   * News is being updated once again. Updating the news turned out to be a
     very time consuming activity. After a four month lapse, I finally got
     around to creating a set of PERL scripts that prepare a mailed news
     article for publication to the web, and automatically generating the
     Trade News page from all of the news articles found. Please let me know
     if you have any problems with the form or content of the news page.

   * Top 20 Downloads - a list of the 20 most popular files can be found at
     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/cgi/top20dl. This page is dyanmically
     generated by a PERL5 script based on analysis of the HTTP access log
     over the last 30 days.

   * QAD MFG/PRO Sizing Sheet. Authored by QAD and Digital. 2 Pages.
     February, 1997. Available at http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/html/qad.htm.
     This two page sheet offers recommendations for sizing QAD MFG/PRO on
     Digital's Prioris and AlphaServer families of systems.

   * Performance Flash: Digital AlphaServer 1000 5/300 Running the
     Integrated Telecommunications AlphaServer Option. Application Systems
     Engineering Performance Group. February, 1997. Available in PDF and
     Postscript.
          This document characterizes the performance of the Integrated
     Telecommunications AlphaServer Option running on the Digital
     AlphaServer 1000 5/300. Tests were done using a comprehensive messaging
     workload that included electronic mail, facsimile, and telephony
     operations.

   * Digital AlphaServer 1000 5/300 Running the Integrated
     Telecommunications AlphaServer Option. Authored by Stephen Lowney and
     David Menengas, Application Systems Engineering Performance Group.
     February, 1997. 18 Pages. Available in PDF and Postscript.
          This document characterizes the performance of the Integrated
     Telecommunications AlphaServer Option running on the Digital
     AlphaServer 1000 5/300. Tests were done using a comprehensive messaging
     workload that included electronic mail, facsimile, and telephony
     operations.

   * A Microsoft products performance page has been put together at
     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/html/microsoft.htm.

   * AlphaServer 4100 5/466 Lotus Notes R4.5A for NT NotesBench: Audit
     Report. Authored by Harry Murray and Ken Bell of Digital Equipment
     Corp. February 1997. Available in PDF and Postscript.

January 1997

   * Digital's AlphaServer and Prioris Intel-based Systems Running JD
     Edwards OneWorld Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solution, Version
     B71.3. A Performance Flash authored by ASEPG for the Business
     Application Group, Software Partners Group. January 1996. Available in
     PDF and PostScript.
          Describes a series of benchmarks jointly conducted by Digital and
     JD Edwards and was intended to determine the number of OneWorld
     transactions per hour that could be supported across the range of
     Digital platforms. Testing was done using a 2-tier environment with
     business applications configured on the clients and business data
     configured on the Digital database servers.

   * AlphaServer 4100 5/400 Lotus Notes R4.5A for NT NotesBench: Audit
     Report. Authored by Harry Murray and Ken Bell of Digital Equipment
     Corp. January 1997. Available in PDF and Postscript.

   * Microsoft Exchange Performance Characterization. January 1997. Authored
     by R. Boehm in collaboration with M. Workman, ASEPG, and NT
     Engineering. 39 slides. Available in PDF format (360K characters),
     PowerPoint format (700K characters), and PostScript format (10M
     characters).
          Topics include the LOADSIM workload, methodology, characterization
     process, server sizing, multi-server performance, and tuning
     recommendations for Microsoft Exchange.

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