Fujistu-Siemens Computers Sets MMB3 Record

Microsoft created the MAPI Messaging Benchmark 3 (MMB3) as a benchmark standard for performance testing for Exchange Server 2003.  Fujistu-Siemens (FSC) has set a new record using this benchmark - 18,500 MMB3 users on a 4-node cluster.

"The measured configuration comprises a PRIMERGY BX600 blade server system with five PRIMERGY BX620 S2 dual server blades. Four of the server blades formed a 3+1 cluster and the other acted as an Active Directory server. All the server blades were each equipped with two Intel Xeon 3.6 GHz processors, 4 GB of memory and two 36 GB SCSI hard disks for the operating system. Three FibreCAT CX500 with a total of 456 38-GB hard disks were used as the storage subsystem for Exchange data."

I had another source for this article, but the article was pulled.  It remains at AME Info, though.  I will update when it appears in the FSC Press Releases.

William Lefkovics