Message Mix Description - Compaq 850R - ProLiant - 32 MB RAM Manual

  
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Table 3. Average User Actions
User Action
Check Inbox
Send Message
Avg. Recipients per Message
Messages Received
Read Message
Move Message
Delete Message
Update Calendar
30% of all mail messages have one distribution list recipient. Average size of DL 10 recipients.
(Recipients created by distribution lists are included in the summary above.) All users are logged
on prior to the benchmark as they are assumed to be using mail in a corporate setting. Mail is not
cleared from the deleted items folder during the test as this is assumed to happen when the user
logs off.

Message Mix Description

The weights used when the Load Simulator randomly selects which message to send are listed in
the Table 4.
Table 4. Message Mix Description
Message Files
Ups1k.msg
Ups2k.msg
Ups4k.msg
Ups10kat.msg
Upsxlatt.msg
Upswdatt.msg
Upsbmobj.msg 
Load Simulator
The main tool used in generating the workload the MMB benchmark was Microsoft Load
Simulator. Load Simulator is a tool for simulating a client user load on an Exchange Server. Its
purpose is to enable a single Windows NT machine called a LoadSim client to simulate multiple
Microsoft Exchange client users.
The operation of Load Simulator users is governed by a Load Simulator profile. This profile
controls factors such as how long a Load Simulator "day" is, how many e-mail messages to send
in a day's time, how many times to open and read e-mail, whether to use distribution lists,
whether to use public folders, etc.
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Actions Per Day
12
14.18
4.7
66.3
81.3
16.3
32.5
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