The Windows NT Magazine Lab's test environment includes the
following hardware and software: The Primary Domain Controller (PDC) is a
Digital Prioris HX 5133DP with 64MB of RAM, dual 133MHz Pentiums, and a 1GB hard
disk. Bluecurve Dynameasure's Control Client and Control Server agents reside on
an IBM PC Server 704 with a quad 200MHz Pentium Pro configuration and 256MB of
RAM, a 500MB hard disk, a 2GB hard disk, and an Adaptec (4-port) PCI adapter.
The servers run Windows NT Server 4.0 with Service Pack (SP) 3. A Cisco Systems
Catalyst 5000 configured into four switches provides connectivity.
Thirty clients running NT Workstation 4.0 connect to four separate
repeaters, which in turn connect to the Cisco. A Compaq Netelligent 11108
100Base-TX Class II repeater connects to six Compaq Deskpro 5100 workstations. A
Cogent S-1200 TX 100Base-TX Class II repeater connects to seven Digital Venturis
FX 5133 workstations. Ten MicroSys (local vendor) workstations connect to
another Cogent S-1200. A third Cogent S-1200 connects to two HP Vectra LV Series
4 workstations and five DTK Computer workstations. All clients have at least a
100MHz Pentium and 32MB of RAM.
The Lab uses Dynameasure Enterprise 1.5 from Bluecurve to test SQL Server
and file-sharing performance. Each physical workstation can run from 1 to 25
motors; thus, one system can generate the load of 25 clients. In testing
enterprise-level technology, 40 systems generate a real-world workload of 1000
network users. This capability provides a more realistic enterprise test
environment and quickly pinpoints a network's strengths and weaknesses.
End of Article
Register
