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Load generator computer equipment

Type Components
hardware 4 Compaq DL360-G3 servers with the following features:
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Performance testing tools

Performance testing was performed in a single, defined environment using the following testing tools:
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Load Simulator (LoadSim)
• BlackBerry MDS Connection Service Push Load Testing tool
• BlackBerry Synchronization Service Load Testing tool

Microsoft Load Simulator 2003

In their performance tests, RIM used the MAPI Messaging Benchmark 2 (MMB2), which is a workload defined in
LoadSim 2000 and has been used in previous benchmarking for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Version 4.0. RIM
used LoadSim 2003 because they selected Microsoft Exchange 2003 for the benchmarking of BlackBerry
Enterprise Server 4.1. LoadSim 2003 has a new workload defined that is derived from the MMB2 workload. It
contains additional features that exercise new features in Microsoft Exchange 2003. To permit customers to
compare previous benchmarking data to the data in this document, and because RIM does not use the new
features in LoadSim 2003, RIM decided to configure Loadsim 2003 with a MMB2 workload.
LoadSim 2003 created 2000 Microsoft Exchange user accounts (1000 user accounts for each Microsoft Exchange
Server) because this type of testing required a fixed baseline load of 2000 MMB2 user accounts. LoadSim 2003
generated the MMB2 load and created 10 folders as messages were filed for each user account. The 10 folders
were used during the MMB2 workload to generate the load for wireless message reconciliation. The base MMB2
workload also included attachments. Visit
1024 MB memory
PIV 2.8 GHz processors
HP NC7782 Gigabit Server Adapter
2 36-GB RAID 1+0 drives with Integrated Smart Array Controller
Windows Server 2003 SP 1
Microsoft Outlook 2003
Microsoft Loadsim 2003
BlackBerry MDS Connection Service Push Load Testing Tool
BlackBerry Synchronization Service Load Testing Tool
www.microsoft.com for more information about LoadSim 2003.
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