HP DL760 Microsoft Exchange 2000 Consolidation Using ProLiant Essentials Workl - Page 1

TECHNOLOGY BRIEF June 2002 Compaq Computer Corporation Prepared by ISS Solutions Engineering and ISS Enterprise Marketing Programs CONTENTS Abstract 1 Introduction 3 Exchange 2000 Consolidation 3 The Test Platform: ProLiant DL760 5 Resource Partitioning Manager 6 Partition Configuration.....6 Add the Active Process........ 6 Add the Active Process to Resource Partition 7 Registry Setting for Exchange 2000 8 Processor Utilization 9 Resource Partition Properties10 Partition Performance ....12 Partition Processor Utilization12 Partition Rules 13 Test Results 13 Conclusion 14 ... Microsoft Exchange 2000 Consolidation Using ProLiant Essentials Workload Management Pack ABSTRACT Increasingly, today's enterprises need to reduce costs while increasing uptime and better leveraging hardware and software investments. One of the most effective means of cost reduction is consolidating applications spread across the IT infrastructure. A Microsoft Exchange 2000 environment, for example, often requires multiple servers and multiple supporting applications. By combining such applications onto a single or fewer servers and better managing resources used by these services, costs are greatly reduced and management of the environment becomes much easier. The ProLiant Essentials Workload Management Pack from the new HP, featuring Resource Partitioning Manager (RPM), enables system administrators to set processor affinity and allocate memory usage on a per process basis to maximize system performance. This paper explains how to set up and configure RPM partitions for use with Microsoft Exchange 2000 and supporting applications and to ensure a consolidation scenario that can be easily deployed and managed in the enterprise. Please direct comments regarding this communication to the ISS Technology Communications Group at this Internet address: [email protected] TC020602TB 1