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Understanding client features
Load tests and hardware/software configuration
Five test cases were performed following the Symposium Agent load test plan.
Load tests up to 14,000 CPH were executed. System performance data was logged
using Performance Monitor.
Equipment
TAPI server - standalone
Symposium Agent server –
standalone
PDC/DHCP server
Client host servers (20)
Client – virtual (80)
Load generator
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Results
Four or the five tests had log files recording performance data. Results from three
of the four remaining tests were found to be adequate for performance data
extraction on the Symposium Agent server. All 4 of the log files were used for
the TAPI server.
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Hardware
PII 400 MHz (256 M RAM)
PII 400 MHz (128 M RAM)
PII 400 MHz (128 M RAM)
PII 500 MHz (256 M RAM
4 Clients per host server
Ameritec Load Box
Meridian 1
Standard 2.0
Software
Windows 2000 , Symposium
TAPI Server 2.3.0.10
Windows 2000, Sybase 12.0,
Symposium Agent 2.3.0.4
Windows NT 4.0, DHCP
Windows NT 4.0 or higher,
VMWare 2.0
Windows 95, TAPI 2.1, MDAC
2.1, IE 4.0
n/a
X11 Release 23 or higher
Nortel Networks Symposium Agent
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