QLogic 2500 Series 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter of Choice in Microsoft Exchange Environments

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Appendix B
FabricCache Adapter Test Configuration
Server
Host System
Dell PowerEdge
®
R720
Processor
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2640 0 @
2.50GHz, 24 processors
RAM
32GB
Host OS
Windows 2008 R2
Fibre Channel Adapter
QLogic FabricCache 10000 Series
8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter
Storage Array
Targets
HP EVA 6300 1 target port,
2 target controllers
Drive Speed
10K
Quantity of Drives on Array
24
Size of LUN
100GB × 7
Raid Type
RAID5
Switch
Fabric Switch
QLogic 5800V 8Gbps Fibre
Channel Switch
Test Configuration (Dependent on Test Tools)
IO Load Generator
Microsoft Jetstress
Performance Tuning
Read_write_through Cache Enabled on
SAN LUN (0 – 100%)
Database LUN Size
200GB
Cache Sizes %
0, 25, 30, 50, 75, 100
Cache Type
Read Write Through
Other Settings
Quantity of Mailboxes = 1,000
Mailbox Size = 200MB
IOPS per Mailbox = 1