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RE: [ActiveDir] Stress testing and performance analysis of domain controllers

Willem Kasdorp
Mon, 06 Dec 2004 12:23:06 -0800

Title: Stress testing and performance analysis of domain controllers

I read an article about using an Itanium server with 12 GB of memory, enough to hold the DIT entirely in memory. The LDAP performance went up by a factor of five compared to a similarly sized 32 bit machine, if I remember correctly. If performance really is an issue then this may help you out. Perhaps Guido or another HP guy cares to comment on this, since they build those boxes?

 

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    Regards, Willem

 


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruston, Neil
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 5:57 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: [ActiveDir] Stress testing and performance analysis of domain controllers

 

As part of a more general AD design refresh, I am re-visiting the DC hardware and OS configuration.

I am proposing several changes to the DC spec, including the adoption of the following:

  • Use 4Gb RAM
  • Use /3gb switch
  • Place AD logs and database on separate disk spindles

 

In order to 'sell' this idea, I would like to demonstrate the effective increase in 'horse power' that the above offers. I am therefore looking for a tool which can help me to show that a DC with config A can handle load x whilst DC spec B can handle load y.

Ideally, this tool will act much like loadsim and simulate a load on the DC so as to identify the maximum load that each config is capable of handling.

Is there such a tool available on the market?

Thanks in advance,
Neil

Neil Ruston - MVP Directory Services

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