HP ProLiant DL380G3 Server Benchmark Results for Microsoft Exchange 2000

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HP ProLiant DL380 G3 Server Benchmark Results for Microsoft Exchange 2000

Abstract ..............................................................................................................................................2   Executive Summary ..........................................................................................................................2   HP ProLiant DL380 G3  the server behind the outstanding performance .............................2   Benefits ............................................................................................................................................................... 3   Features ............................................................................................................................................................. 3   Smart Array 6402 Controllers ...........................................................................................................4   Benefits ............................................................................................................................................................... 4   Features ............................................................................................................................................................. 5   HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 30 ....................................................................................6   Benefits ............................................................................................................................................................... 6   Features ............................................................................................................................................................. 7   Test methodology .............................................................................................................................8   Test result highlights...........................................................................................................................9   What benchmarks dont disclose ................................................................................................10   Appendix A  Detailed test results................................................................................................11   Descriptive terms ............................................................................................................................................ 11   Test results ........................................................................................................................................................ 11   Response times ............................................................................................................................................... 13   Message throughput ..................................................................................................................................... 13   Exchange Server configuration ................................................................................................................... 14   Load Generator configuration .................................................................................................................... 15   For more information ......................................................................................................................16        

 

HP ProLiant DL380 G3 Server Benchmark Results for Microsoft Exchange 2000  

Abstract In November 2003, HP produced new Exchange® MAPI Messaging Benchmark 2 (MMB2) results using Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Exchange 2000 on an HP ProLiant DL380 G3 server powered by two Intel® Xeon 3.20 GHz processors with 1MB L3 cache. HP, in collaboration with Microsoft, developed the MMB2 standard that serves as the new standard for the Exchange 2000 MAPI server comparison. The MMB2 workload is characteristic of a medium corporate mail environment. Using the Microsoft LoadSim utility, the HP ProLiant DL380 G3 server was tested at the HP Performance Center in Nashua, New Hampshire. Executive Summary HP achieved world-class Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server scalability results of 10,200 MMB2 on the HP ProLiant DL380 G3 server equipped with: •   Two Intel Xeon 3.20 GHz processors with 1MB L3 cache •   76 directly attached disks for the operating system and Exchange binaries, Information Store and log files. The HP ProLiant DL380 G3 (dual processor) server achieved:

•   Average CPU utilization rate of 82% during the 10,200 MMB2 test   Weighted 95th percentile response-time score was 101 milliseconds • • Average send-queue size for the four-hour steady-state period was 37 messages   HP ProLiant DL380 G3  the server behind the outstanding performance

The HP ProLiant DL380 G3 server, as shown in Figure 1, is the next generation of the award-winning dense 2-way server line and the industry's most versatile 2-way rack- sever, offering integrated Lights-Out management, the latest performance technologies, and high-availability features optimized for large data center deployments.

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  Benefits The HP ProLiant DL380 G3 server offers numerous benefits that include: •   Innovative design provides needed support for robust system performance for demanding business applications in a dense, rack-optimized form factor •   Most robust software support in the industry to meet a wide range of deployment needs •   Enables highest level of flexibility and uptime •   Easiest system ever to setup and maintain, saving significant time and effort with small or large deployments Features Specific features of the HP ProLiant DL380 G3 server include: •   Up to two Intel Xeon 3.2GHz processors with 1MB L3 cache •   ServerWorks GC-LE chipset, supporting a 533MHz Front Side Bus •   Three full-length PCI-X expansion slots: two hot-pluggable 100MHz and one non hot-pluggable 133MHz •   1GB of 2-way interleaved PC2100 DDR SDRAM, expandable to 12GB •   Two embedded NC7781 Gigabit Ethernet NIC ports •   Embedded HP Wide Ultra3 Smart Array 5i Plus RAID controller, with optional Battery-backed Write Cache enabler •   Single/dual channel backplane, enabling the six internal SCSI drives to run on 1 or 2 channels •   Optional redundant power supply and cooling fan •   Available DC power supplies and internal tape drive

 

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  Figure 1. HP ProLiant DL380 G3 server  

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HP ProLiant DL380 G3 Server Benchmark Results for Microsoft Exchange 2000  

Smart Array 6402 Controllers The Smart Array 6402 high performance Ultra320, PCI-X array controller, as shown in Figure 2, provides maximum performance, flexibility, and reliable data protection for HP ProLiant servers, through its unique modular design and support for Advanced Data Guarding (RAID ADG). This new generation performance Smart Array controller again raises the standards of performance, introducing Double Data Rate (DDR) battery-backed write cache architecture and a new RAID engine. Designed and tested with industry-standard HP ProLiant servers for greater reliability, this controller is ideal for workgroup and departmental servers. And like other Smart Array controllers, the SA-6402 features complete data compatibility with previous generations Smart Array controllers for easy data migration from server to server and for controller upgradeability.

  Figure 2. Smart Array 6402 controller

 

  Benefits The Smart Array 6402 controller delivers numerous customer benefits that include: •   Data Compatibility  allows simple and easy upgrades any time the need for higher performance, capacity, and availability increase. Even successive generations of Smart Array controllers understand the data format of other Smart Array Controllers, providing investment protection for your HP storage solution. •   Consistent Configuration and Management Tools  utilizes a standard set of management and utility software. These tools minimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by reducing training requirements and technical expertise necessary to install and maintain the HP server storage.

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HP ProLiant DL380 G3 Server Benchmark Results for Microsoft Exchange 2000  

•   Universal Hard Drive form factor  use across multiple HP servers, disk enclosures and storage systems. With compatibility across many enterprise platforms, you are free to deploy and re-deploy these drives to quickly deliver increased storage capacity, migrate data between systems, and easily manage spare drives.

Features Specific features of the Smart Array 6402 controller include:

•   Modular, easy to upgrade design lets you optimize performance and increase capacity as needed from 128 to 256 MB battery-backed cache (BBWC), with future support for a two channel U320 expansion option. • High performance, sixth-generation architecture offers a new hardware RAID   engine, and a new performance 266 MHz DDR memory architecture for increased performance over previous controllers. •   Recovery ROM protects against a ROM failure or corruption. •   Ultra320 SCSI technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth up to 320 MB/s bandwidth per channel. •   Mix and match LVD SCSI compatibility protects your investments and lets you deploy drives as needed. •   Battery-backed Cache protects cached data in the event of a power outage, server failure or controller failure, and redundant, replaceable batteries take that protection even further. Maximum cache configuration is 256 MB of battery-backed cache.   64 bit, 133 MHz PCI-X interface boosts bandwidth above 1GB/s burst transfer rate • over PCI-X bus. •   64 bit memory addressing supports servers with greater than 4 GB of memory. •   Online Management Features: Online Capacity Expansion, Online RAID Level Migration, Online Stripe Size Migration, Multiple Online Spares (Global), User Selectable Read/Write cache, User Selectable Expand and Rebuild Priority.

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HP ProLiant DL380 G3 Server Benchmark Results for Microsoft Exchange 2000  

HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 30 The HP Modular Smart Array 30 (MSA30) Enclosure family, as shown in Figure 3, is the newest HP Ultra320 SCSI disk drive storage enclosure, delivering industry-leading data performance, availability, storage capacity and upgradeability to meet demanding and growing storage needs.

  Figure 3. HP Modular Smart Array 30 Enclosure

 

  The HP MSA30 Enclosure is ideal for data center, departmental and workgroup server users who need a flexible, universal storage enclosure that utilizes a common storage building block for their current and future data center. The HP MSA30 Enclosure is intended for use with servers delivering business-critical data and applications with requirements for high availability, performance, excellent serviceability, and large storage capacity. Benefits The HP Modular Smart Array 30 Enclosure family delivers numerous customer benefits that include: • Higher Performance - Ultra320 SCSI transfer rates combined with the highest   spindle count per U of rack space allows the HP MSA30 Enclosure to achieve the greatest I/Os per second. •   Storage Capacity - 3U of rack form factor allows customers to achieve the maximum storage capacity per square inch. •   Upgradeability Ultra320 single and dual I/O upgrade modules make upgrading - the HP StorageWorks 4300 Enclosure to Ultra320 quick and easy. •   Investment Protection - With the ability to upgrade, as well as mix and match, existing Ultra2 and Ultra3 components with Ultra320, HP makes technology transitions simple and cost effective. •   Reduced spares inventory - Universal drives and drive carriers across the entire HP Ultra2, Ultra3, and Ultra320 product offering to allow the same drives to be used in servers and external storage.

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Features Specific features of the HP Modular Smart Array 30 Enclosures include:

Supports up to 14 (1-inch) Ultra 2, Ultra3, or Ultra320 Universal hard disk drives. Provides storage capacity of up to 2.05TB per enclosure, using 146.8GB 1-inch disk drives.

House up to 14-enclosures in one 42U rack for a single rack storage capacity of up to 28.7TB of disk storage. Modular design allows the HP MSA30 to be used in any storage configuration  from JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) to HP Smart Array storage enclosures to external multi-vendor Modular Arrays.

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HP ProLiant DL380 G3 Server Benchmark Results for Microsoft Exchange 2000  

Test methodology

The tests were conducted using Microsoft Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) Messaging Benchmark 2 that was developed by HP, in collaboration with Microsoft. The MAPI Messaging Benchmark 2 (MMB2) testing was performed using the following criteria: •   This benchmark uses a new workload, developed for Microsoft Exchange 2000 server performance measurement using the Microsoft Load Simulator (LoadSim) MAPI tool.   The workload is characteristic of a heavy corporate MAPI mail environment. • •   The MMB2 measures throughput in terms of a specific profile of user actions, executed over an 8-hour working day. Results should be interpreted as a benchmark for comparing messaging throughput of various servers and configurations and should not be confused with deployment recommendations. Factors such as backup/restore, topology, and other issues should be considered when planning a deployment. The MMB2 workload differs significantly from previous iterations of Microsoft Exchange benchmarking standards, such as the original MMB standard. The benefits to customers of MMB2 results include: •   Workload has been changed to more accurately reflect todays heavy corporate e-mail environment. •   MMB2 utilizes the Outlook client, which generates additional load on the server when compared with the original Exchange client MMB uses. •   Workload elements such as calendaring, tasks, transient users, and emptying the deleted items folder upon logoff are factored into MMB2. •   The size of the database has been increased to approximately 20MB per user from 2MB used in MMB testing  a ten-fold increase. For more information about MMB2, refer to the MMB2 Solution Guide found on the ActiveAnswers website: http://www.hp.com/solutions/activeanswers .

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Test result highlights Hewlett Packard Server: HP  ProLiant DL380 G3 Test results MMB2 score:  10,200 Response time:  101 ms CPU utilization:  81.7% Avg. queue:  37 Msgs. submitted  249,710 (4-hour steady state period) Msgs. delivered  917,722 (4-hour steady state period) Msgs. sent  249,715 (4-hour steady state period) Server configuration CPU: 3.2-GigaHertz  (GHz) Intel Xeon CPU count:  2 Physical 4 Virtual with Hyper-Threading enabled RAM: 4  gigabytes (GB) Secondar 1  Megabyte (MB) L3 Cache cache: Operating system:  Microsoft Windows® 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Storage: 68   36.4 GB 15k RPM U320 disks - Information Store and transaction log files 8  36.4 GB 15k RPM U320 disks for  Operating system, Exchange files, Active Directory and pagefile Controller: HP  Smart Array 6402 and HP Smart Array 5i Plus NIC: HP  ProLiant NC7781 Gigabit Server Adapter   Note : Complete disclosure of test results can be found on the Microsoft Exchange 2000 Performance Scalability website: http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/planning/2000/PerfScal.asp  

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HP ProLiant DL380 G3 Server Benchmark Results for Microsoft Exchange 2000  

What benchmarks dont disclose It is important to understand that benchmarks such as these are designed to give planners of Microsoft Exchange Server implementations baseline references for understanding and comparing the relative capabilities of hardware platforms from a single vendor such as HP or among competing hardware vendors. When interpreting these benchmarks, several things should be kept in mind: •   Consider whether the benchmark tests are performed on what can be referred to as customer-deployable configurations. A hardware vendor may publish a result based on a platform or configuration that should not be deployed in a real world Microsoft Exchange Server deployment. For example, many vendors (including HP) publish results using disk subsystems configured with RAID 0. While RAID 0 does provide the highest levels of disk subsystem performance, it fails to provide any protection against data loss. HP recommends deploying an Exchange Server with disk fault tolerance such as RAID 0+1 or RAID 5 for the highest levels of data protection. Also, third party solutions such as management, backup/restore, and anti-virus agents, all of which have an impact on the Microsoft Exchange server resources, are not included in the benchmarking suite. •   Most vendors, including HP, conduct benchmark tests for the Microsoft Exchange Server that are single-server in nature. The MMB2 user profile, while generating a load that is indicative of a heavy corporate mail environment, may not be an appropriate gauge of the customers user environment, which can dramatically impact server-sizing recommendations. •   Whatever the issue, care must be taken when interpreting benchmarks to ensure that they represent useful information for the customers Microsoft Exchange Server deployment, and are based on valid simulation methodologies. While it is significant that the HP ProLiant DL380 G3 server can successfully scale to 10,200 MMB2 in a single-server benchmark, HP recommends careful evaluation of Microsoft Exchange Server deployment issues, such as management, administration, availability, and disaster recovery.

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Appendix A  Detailed test results Descriptive terms Messages Submitted    Submitted calls made by clients. This equates to total messages sent by users. Messages Sent    Messages that the Store sends to the categorizer in Inetinfo (SMTP Service in particular). Note: All messages    even MAPI messages  are sent to the categorizer, as this replaces the MTA for all but communication via X.400, with a Microsoft Exchange 5.5 server. Message Recipients Delivered    Separate mailboxes where messages have been delivered. Message Opens/Sec    Messages accessed for reading per second. Folder Opens/Sec    Folders opened for browsing per second. RPC Read Bytes/Sec    Bytes read from clients, sent via RPCs. RPC Write Bytes/Sec    Bytes written to clients, sent via RPCs. IS Send Queue Average Length    Send Queue Size is the number of messages in the private information store's send queue. Test results Table 1. Test results   Summary Supported Benchmark Load 10,200 MMB2 Benchmark Profile MAPI Messaging Benchmark 2 (MMB2) Protocol Exchange MAPI Length of Steady State 4 Hours Length of Test 8 Hours    Unless otherwise noted, values listed below are averages over entire four- hour steady-state period. Transactions in total Total Messages Submitted 249,170 Total Message Recipients Delivered 917,722 Total Messages Sent 249,175 R M a e ti s o s   a M g e e s s s  S a u g b e  m Reci d pients Delivered /  368 itte . Table1. Test results (continued)  

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