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1058.0. "Application Performance Update May 97" by EPS::SLATER (Marc, DTN 381-2445) Thu Jun 05 1997 18:08

What's New at ASEPG for April and May 1997.

In this issue (in reverse chronological order):

- RMS file tuning hints from Hein "RMS" van den Heuvel
- Microsoft Exchange Performance on Digital Intel and Alpha Systems
- PeopleSoft Financials on Digital UNIX and Windows NT
- LinkWorks for Windows NT on Prioris servers
- Digital UNIX Network Tuning and Performance
- Baan Trion IVb
- Lotus Notes Sizing and Configuration Guide
- AlphaServer 800 5/400 Lotus Notes Audit Report
- QAD MFG/PRO Performance Flash
- Microsoft Exchange on AlphaServer 800 5/400 Performance Flash
- Internet Mail Server Performance Characterization Project Status

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May 1997

   * RMS Indexed File Tuning: Just Do It!. May 1997. Authored by Hein van
     den Heuvel, ASEPG. PowerPoint, PDF, Postscript.
          This presentation was developed by Hein van den Heuvel, one of the
     foremost experts on RMS file systems tuning. It covers all of the key
     aspects to RMS file tuning including file conversions, tools,
     bottleneck identification, buffering, extents, buckets, and global
     buffers.

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

   * Microsoft Exchange on Digital Intel and Alpha Systems: Performance
     Report. Word, PDF, Postscript.
          May 1997. Authored by Ralph Boehm and Marjean Workman, ASEPG, with
     Digital's WNT Engineering Group. This public document contains
     information to help configure and size systems using Version 4 and 5 of
     Microsoft Exchange Server. This document presents information on
     configuring stand-alone systems, multiserver systems located at the
     same site, sites connected by site, Internet mail, and X.400 mail
     connectors.

     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol2/mxpublic.doc
     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol2/mxpublic.pdf
     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol2/mxpublic.ps

   * Presentation: Microsoft Exchange Performance Characterization
     Powerpoint, PDF, Postscript.
          April 1997. Authored by Ralph Boehm (ASEPG) with contributions
     from Marjean Workman (ASEPG) and Windows NT Engineering. This slide set
     formed the basis of a DECUS presentation given in Spring 1997. The
     slide set covers the tools and methods used to characterize the
     performance of Microsoft Exchange Server, sizing methodologies, tuning
     guidelines, and system recommendations for both Exchange Servers and
     connector systems.

     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/papers/msxf97.ppt
     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/papers/msxf97.pdf
     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/papers/msxf97.ps

   * PeopleSoft Online Financials V5.01 on Windows NT with Oracle Word, PDF,
     Postscript.
          May 1997. This document contains performance information on the
     testing of PeopleSoft Online Financials, V5.01, on Digital's Prioris
     line of Pentium Pro based servers running Microsoft WNT with Oracle.

     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol3/psfinnt.doc
     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol3/psfinnt.pdf
     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol3/psfinnt.ps

   * PeopleSoft Online Financials V5.01 on Digital UNIX with Oracle Word,
     PDF, Postscript.
          May 1997. This document contains performance information on the
     testing of PeopleSoft Online Financials, V5.01, on Digital UNIX with
     Oracle.

     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol3/psfinunx.doc
     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol3/psfinunx.pdf
     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol3/psfinunx.ps


April 1997

   * LinkWorks Version 3.0.8 For Windows NT on Prioris Systems: Performance
     and Sizing Guidelines. Word, PDF, Postscript.
          May 1997. This document provides sizing guidelines for LinkWorks
     V3.0.8 on Digital's Pentium Pro based Prioris servers running Microsoft
     Windows NT with Microsoft SQL Server. The information is based on
     experimental work performed in Digital Equipment Corporation's
     Application Systems Engineering Performace Labs.

     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol2/lnk38nt.doc
     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol2/lnk38nt.pdf
     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol2/lnk38nt.ps

   * Presentation: Digital UNIX Network Tuning and Performance. April 1997.
     Authored by John Dustin, UNIX Engineering. 55 slides. This presentation
     covers network performance features, network tuning, network debugging
     and statistics, and web server benchmarks. Availabile in Powerpoint,
     PDF, and Postscript.

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

   * Guide: Baan Triton IVb Word, PDF, Postscript.
          April 1997. Published by Baan Inc, for sizing Baan Triton IV
     systems on Digital UNIX platforms.

     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol3/baanivb.doc
     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol3/baanivb.pdf
     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol3/baanivb.ps

   * Lotus Notes Sizing and Configuration Guidelines. April 1997. Authored
     by Harry Murray, ASEPG, and Ken Bell, SPE. Word, PDF, Postscript.
          This document contains information on sizing and configuring Lotus
     Notes Versions R4.1 and R4.5 running on Digital's Prioris and
     AlphaServer systems with MS Windows NT Server Version 3.51 and 4.0.

     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol2/lotus.doc
     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol2/lotus.pdf
     http://yesmom.zko.dec.com/vol2/lotus.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

   * 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

   * 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