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Playing with Exchange in a Sandbox

"Looks great! Now prove it works before we deploy it." If you’ve ever planned and pitched an Exchange Server solution, you’ve probably heard something like this. Many a messaging architect has quickly responded that they can and will prove the design—throwing around names like LoadSim, JetStress, IOPS, Heavy Profile and Medusa for good measure. And then they proceed to either not run the tests properly or, worse, not run them at all. There’s a reason why that happens: these tools are not always easy to use!

Designing servers for use in anything but the smallest of Exchange deployments is complicated. Availability and reliability are key in Exchange design. So how can you be sure that the servers you have specified can cope with the load that will be placed on them if you haven’t been able to realistically test them over any period of time? Deploying into production should never be the time at which testing takes place! (more)

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