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Nimbl Storag Exchang 2010 40,0-Mailbox Rsilincy Storag Solution Tstd with: ESRP Storag Vrsion 3.0 Tst dat: July 10, 2012 Ovrviw This documnt provids information on Nimbl Storag's storag solution for Microsoft Exchang Srvr, basd th Microsoft Exchang Solution Rviwd Program (ESRP) Storag program*. For any qustions or commnts rgarding th contnts of this documnt, s Contact for additional information. *Th ESRP Storag program was dvlopd by Microsoft Corporation to provid a common storag tsting framwork for vndors to provid information on its storag solutions for Microsoft Exchang Srvr softwar. For mor dtails on th Microsoft ESRP Storag program, plas click http://tchnt.microsoft.com/n-us/xchang/ff182054.aspx Disclaimr This documnt has bn producd indpndntly of Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Corporation xprssly disclaims rsponsibility for, and maks no warranty, xprss or implid, with rspct to, th accuracy of th contnts of this documnt. Th information containd in this documnt rprsnts th currnt viw of Nimbl Storag on th issus discussd as of th dat of publication. Du to changing markt conditions, it should not b intrprtd to b a commitmnt on th part of Nimbl Storag, and Nimbl Storag cannot guarant th accuracy of any information prsntd aftr th dat of publication. Faturs This documnt dscribs th tsting of a 40,0 mailbox rsilincy (2-copy) databas availability group (DAG) configuration for Exchang Srvr 2010 with a Nimbl Storag CS460G-X2 storag systm. Nimbl Storag has dvlopd an ntirly nw approach to data storag that convrgs primary and backup storag into on array, dramatically cutting costs and complxity. To bttr undrstand why xisting storag systms cannot solv today's IT problms, it hlps to stp back a fw yars and xamin svral ky storag tchnologis that ar still in us today. NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 1

Mting th Nds of th Modrn Datacntr Th growth of virtualization and srvr consolidation has compoundd th nd for storag to simultanously dlivr suprior prformanc, incrasd capacity, and simplifid data protction. Traditional storag architcturs ar unabl to comprhnsivly mt ths dmands. Nimbl s patntd Cach Acclratd Squntial Layout (CASL ) is th first storag architctur dsignd from th ground up to samlssly intgrat SSDs with high-capacity disks, dlivring affordabl prformanc, intgratd backup and disastr rcovry, and pain-fr oprations. Prformanc and Capacity Efficincy Nimbl s CASL architctur coalscs random writs into a singl RAID strip, improving writ prformanc by 10x -1x compard to traditional systms. Hot data is srvd from flash which rsponds to workload changs within millisconds instad of hours or days. Nimbl s variabl block-basd comprssion tchnology dlivrs capacity savings of 30%-75% with no impact on systm prformanc. Combind with highly fficint snapshots, thin provisioning, and zrocopy clons, Nimbl offrs th industry s bst primary storag dnsity, all in a 3U form factor. Instant Backups and Rstors Nimbl liminats th constraints of traditional backup solutions. Thousands of snapshots can b stord with minimal spac consumption, liminating backup windows, allowing for mor frqunt rcovry points, and nabling quick and fficint rplication ovr a WAN. Nimbl intgration simplifis application-consistnt backups for Microsoft, Oracl, and VMwar. Backups and rstors can b compltd in sconds, improving application-lvl rcovry point objctivs and rcovry tim objctivs. Strss-Fr Oprations Nimbl arrays ar asy to purchas, st up, and us. A singl SKU includs all hardwar and softwar faturs; thr ar no xtra-cost options. Th arrays ar dsignd to b managd by an IT gnralist. An intuitiv UI simplifis managmnt and liminats configuration and administration complxitis. Built-in application profils and protction tmplats mak it asy to tun storag systms to optimiz prformanc and data protction for individual workloads. It is asy to kp Nimbl arrays up and running. Firmwar upgrads ar compltly non-disruptiv. Built-in ral-tim monitoring and phon-hom support flag problms bfor failurs occur. Rmot support accss nabls quick triag, troublshooting, and rmdiation without th nd for onsit accss. NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 2

Solution Dscription Th following sction outlins th Exchang 2010 mailbox rsilincy solution that Nimbl Storag implmntd to run th ESRP tsts. Storag: Nimbl Storag CS460G-X2 array Dual Storag Controllrs (2) 10 Gbps Ethrnt ports pr controllr with Jumbo Frams Nimbl Oprating Systm 1.4 48 TB of Usabl Storag Capacity 4.8 TB of Usabl Flash Cach Link to CS460G-X2 Windows Srvr Catalog listing: http://windowssrvrcatalog.com/itm.aspx?iditm=447b71-ac19-bba5-7ba1-9f8b9ff2a1d0&bcatid=1282 NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 3

Th primary copy storag is dscribd in this documnt. Th scondary copy storag is configurd idntically (from th host on down to th spindl including brand, modl, firmwar, drivrs, tc.). Th Exchang DAG storag was configurd as follows: 4 Activ Mailbox Srvrs and 4 Passiv Mailbox Srvrs. 2 Nimbl Storag CS460G-X2 Arrays. 20 Activ s, 2,0 mailboxs pr databas. Nimbl Storag arrays us doubl-parity to protct against driv failur. Th Nimbl Storag CASL fil systm uss a block chcksum to nsur data intgrity. 2 copis of ach databas. Th ESRP-Storag program focuss on storag solution tsting to addrss prformanc and rliability issus with storag dsign. Howvr, storag is not th only factor to tak into considration whn dsigning a scal up Exchang solution. Othr factors which affct th srvr scalability ar: srvr procssor utilization, srvr physical and virtual mmory limitations, rsourc rquirmnts for othr applications, dirctory and ntwork srvic latncis, ntwork infrastructur limitations, rplication and rcovry rquirmnts, and clint usag profils. All ths factors ar byond th scop for ESRP- Storag. Thrfor, th numbr of mailboxs hostd pr srvr as part of th tstd configuration may not ncssarily b viabl for som customr dploymnt. For mor information on idntifying and addrssing prformanc bottlncks in an Exchang systm, plas rfr to Microsoft's Troublshooting Microsoft Exchang Srvr Prformanc, availabl at http://tchnt.microsoft.com/n-us/library/dd335215.aspx. Targtd Customr Profil Th Nimbl Storag solution for a mid to larg-sizd Entrpris Exchang nvironmnt is dsignd to support: 40,0 Mailboxs 8 Srvrs (4 Activ, 4 Passiv) 0.15 IOPS / Mailbox (0.189 IOPS / Mailbox achivd for 26% hadroom) 1,0 MB pr mailbox 24 x 7 background databas maintnanc nabld Providing controllr capacity for rplication and disk rconstruction Prmitting spac for backups and rstors using Nimbl Storag Snapshot Backup tchnology Mailbox Rsilincy (2-Copy) NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 4

Tstd Dploymnt Th following tabls summariz th tsting nvironmnt: Simulatd Exchang Configuration: Numbr of Exchang mailboxs simulatd 40,0 Numbr of Availability Groups (DAGs) 2 Numbr of srvrs/dag 4 Numbr of activ mailboxs/srvr 10,0 Numbr of databass/host 5 (20 Total) Numbr of copis/databas 2 Numbr of mailboxs/databas 2,0 Simulatd profil: s pr scond pr mailbox (IOPS, includ 20% hadroom) 0.15 IOPS / Mailbox (0.189 IOPS / Mailbox achivd for 26% hadroom) LUN siz 2.08 TB Log LUN siz 250 GB Total databas siz for prformanc tsting 41.6 TB % storag capacity usd by Exchang 87% databas** **Storag prformanc charactristics chang basd on th prcntag utilization of th individual disks. Tsts that us a small prcntag of th storag (~25%) may xhibit rducd throughput if th storag capacity utilization is significantly incrasd byond what is tstd in this papr. Storag Hardwar Storag Connctivity (Fibr Channl, SAS, SATA, iscsi SAN iscsi) Storag modl and OS/firmwar rvision CS460G-X2 Nimbl OS 1.4 Storag cach 1 GB NVRAM Cach (Writ), plus 48 GB RAM Cach, plus 4.8 TB Flash Cach (Rad) Numbr of storag controllrs 2 Numbr of storag ports (2) 10 Gbps Ethrnt pr Controllr Maximum bandwidth of storag connctivity to 20 Gbps host Switch typ/modl/firmwar rvision Extrm Summit X670-48x-FB 10 Gigabit Ethrnt Switch HBA modl and firmwar Silicom PE210G2SPI9-XR v:1.4 Jumbo Frams nabld Numbr of HBA s/host 2 Total numbr of disks tstd in solution 12 SATA and 4 Flash Cach drivs pr array Maximum numbr of spindls can b hostd in 12 SATA and 4 Flash Cach drivs pr array th storag NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 5

Storag Softwar HBA drivr Intl 10 Gbps PCI v. 2.1.4 HBA QuuTargt Stting N/A HBA QuuDpth Stting 512 Multi-Pathing Nimbl Oprating Systm 1.4, Windows MPIO Host OS VMwar ESXi 5.0 Gust OS Windows 28 R2 SP1 ESE.dll fil vrsion 14.0.639.19 Rplication solution nam/vrsion N/A for Exchang 2010 DAG Solutions Storag Disk Configuration (Mailbox Stor/Log Disks) Disk typ, spd and firmwar rvision SATA 7,2 RPM, Flash Cach Raw capacity pr disk (GB) SATA: 3 TB Flash Cach: 6 GB Numbr of physical disks in tst SATA: 12 Flash Cach: 4 Total raw storag capacity (GB) SATA: 36 TB Flash Cach: 2,4 GB Nimbl nativ 50% comprssion SATA: 48 TB usabl Flash Cach: 4.8 TB usabl Disk slic siz (GB) N/A Numbr of slics pr LUN or numbr of disks pr 12 Disks for both databas and log fils LUN Raid lvl RAID 6 *** Total formattd capacity 36 TB Storag capacity utilization**** 1% (Formattd Capacity / Raw Capacity) 75% (Formattd Capacity / Usabl Capacity) capacity utilization**** 143% ( & Log Siz / Raw Capacity) 97.1% ( & Log Siz / Usabl Capacity) ***Nimbl's CASL fil systm uss a prformanc optimizd RAID6 schm that gratly rducs th rbuild tim of traditional RAID6 implmntations. CASL intlligntly dcids which driv sctors to rbuild (for xampl only populatd data blocks ar rbuilt and not mpty driv spac). As a rsult a lightly loadd array can rbuild a whol 1TB driv in about 4 hours, and a 2TB driv in about 7 hours. If th driv is not full th rbuild tim would b proportionally shortr. So a half full driv 2TB driv would only tak 3.5 hours to rbuild on a lightly loadd systm. Whn th storag array is vry busy, rbuild tims can tak longr to rduc prformanc latncy for activ applications. **** Nimbl Storag arrays us ral-tim comprssion algorithms that provid 50% capacity savings ovr raw disk sizs. Thus, usabl capacity is 50% largr than th raw capacity of th storag and rprsnts a mor ralistic xpctation for sizing than raw capacity. NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 6

Bst Practics Exchang srvr is a disk-intnsiv application. Basd on th tsting run using th ESRP framwork, w would rcommnd th following to improv th storag prformanc. For Exchang 2010 bst practics on storag dsign, plas visit http://tchnt.microsoft.com/nus/library/dd346703.aspx Nimbl Storag provids an auto-tuning storag solution that lvrags flash cach and gratly rducs th amount of ffort to siz and layout Exchang mailstors. Cor Storag 1. This solution architctur was dsignd to show th maximum Exchang prformanc capability of a Nimbl Storag array. Environmnts smallr than 40,0 mailboxs routinly shar Nimbl arrays with othr applications such as SQL Srvr and SharPoint. 2. Sparat Exchang and Log volums sinc thy hav diffrnt prformanc charactristics and will tun diffrntly. Us th Nimbl OS prformanc policis for Exchang and Exchang Logs whn crating th rspctiv volums. 3. Nimbl Storag arrays automatically provision storag from a pool of high-dnsity disks protctd by doubl-parity and ar intlligntly acclratd using NVRAM, DRAM and Flash SSD Cach. Nimbl's CASL Fil Systm lvrags ths storag tchnologis nativly to automatically provid scal-out prformanc dramatically highr than traditional tird storag architcturs. Thrfor, you do not nd to spnd xtnsiv tim provisioning storag such that lgacy storag architcturs rquir, Nimbl dos this for you. 4. Plas consult th "Nimbl Storag Bst Practics Guid for Exchang 2010" for currnt implmntation bst practics. Backup stratgy Nimbl Storag provids th first convrgd storag platform that combins primary storag and backup storag in th sam architctur. Virtually all ntrpris storag systms provid th ability to tak snapshots, or point-in-tim copis of data. Snapshots provid a vry fast and fficint way to rcovr from usr rrors and application crashs. Howvr, ntrpriss ar usually limitd to kping at most a fw days worth of snapshots on disk, bcaus storing multipl snapshots can consum larg amounts of xpnsiv and limitd primary storag capacity. This mandats backing up primary data to a sparat disk-basd backup systm frquntly in ordr to stor 60-90 days worth of backups. CASL nabls instant, application-consistnt backups on th sam array with vry fficint (up to 20x) backup capacity optimization. It capturs comprssd, incrmntal snapshots of th primary data on low-cost drivs at pr-configurd intrvals. Ths backups ar both xtrmly fast (on th ordr of millisconds) and non-disruptiv, bcaus thy do not impact application or storag prformanc. It thrfor bcoms fasibl for ntrpriss to captur frqunt backups spacd just minuts apart NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 7

(instad of th typical daily backup), nabling much finr rcovry point objctivs (RPOs) and improving data protction. Th Nimbl approach significantly rducs costs by liminating th nd for a sparat backup tir. It also liminats th complxity and administrativ ovrhad of managing massiv data copis btwn tirs. Finally, it nabls much fastr rstors, with rcovry tim objctivs (RTOs) masurd in sconds instad of hours in th vnt of application corruption or usr rror, furthr improving application availability. Contact for additional information Nimbl Storag, Inc. 2740 Zankr Rd. San Jos, CA 95134 Main: 408-432-96 Support: 877-3NIMBLE (877-364-6253) Fax: 408-899-5158 info@nimblstorag.com Sals To larn mor about Nimbl Storag s brakthrough tchnology or to schdul a brifing, plas contact our tchnical sals tam: Sals: 877-3NIMBLE (877-364-6253) sals@nimblstorag.com Tst Rsult Summary This sction provids a high lvl summary of th tst data from ESRP and th link to th dtaild html rports which ar gnratd by ESRP tsting framwork. Plas click on th undrlind hadings blow to viw th html rport for ach tst. Rliability A numbr of tsts in th framwork ar to chck Rliability tsts runs for 24 hours. Th goal is to vrify th storag can handl high IO load for a long priod of tim. Both log and databas fils will b analyzd for intgrity aftr th strss tst to nsur no databas/log corruption. Th following list provids an ovrviw: (click on th undrlind word will show th html rport aftr th rliability tsts run) Thr wr no rrors rportd in any of th Evnt Logs collctd for th rliability tsts. Thr wr no rrors rportd during th databas and log chcksum procss. NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 8

Storag Prformanc Rsults Th Primary Storag prformanc tsting is dsignd to xrcis th storag with maximum sustainabl Exchang typ of IO for 2 hours. Th tst is to show how long it taks for th storag to rspond to an IO undr load. Th data blow is th sum of all of th logical disk s and avrag of all th logical disks latncy in th 2 hours tst duration. Each srvr is listd sparatly and th aggrgat numbrs across all srvrs is listd as wll. Individual Srvr Mtrics: Th sum of s across Storag Groups and th avrag latncy across all Storag Groups on a pr srvr basis. Host 1 Disks Transfrs/sc 1870.818 Disks /sc 1,183.098 Disks /sc 687.722 Disk Rad Latncy (ms) 9.1046 Disk Writ Latncy (ms) 7.391 Transaction Log Log Disks /sc 395.668 Log Disk Writ Latncy (ms) 2.4864 Host 2 Disks Transfrs/sc 1,980.273 Disks /sc 1,250.345 Disks /sc 729.929 Disk Rad Latncy (ms) 8.8402 Disk Writ Latncy (ms) 7.3298 Transaction Log Log Disks /sc 406.623 Log Disk Writ Latncy (ms) 2.4374 Host 3 Disks Transfrs/sc 1,773.79 Disks /sc 1,124.194 Disks /sc 649.596 Disk Rad Latncy (ms) 9.4152 Disk Writ Latncy (ms) 7.3904 Transaction Log Log Disks /sc 390.111 Log Disk Writ Latncy (ms) 2.4518 NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 9

Host 4 Disks Transfrs/sc 1,942.416 Disks /sc 1,227.406 Disks /sc 715.011 Disk Rad Latncy (ms) 8.9576 Disk Writ Latncy (ms) 7.3338 Transaction Log Log Disks /sc 399.703 Log Disk Writ Latncy (ms) 2.4732 Aggrgat Prformanc across all srvrs Mtrics: Th sum of s across srvrs in solution and th avrag latncy across all all srvrs in solution. Disks Transfrs/sc 7,567.297 Disks /sc 4,785.043 Disks /sc 2,782.258 Disk Rad Latncy (ms) 9.0794 Disk Writ Latncy (ms) 7.36125 Transaction Log Log Disks /sc 1,592.105 Log Disk Writ Latncy (ms) 2.4622 Backup/Rcovry Prformanc Thr ar two tsts rports in this sction. Th first on is to masur th squntial rad rat of th databas fils, and th scond is to masur th rcovry/rplay prformanc (playing transaction logs in to th databas). Rad-only Prformanc Th tst is to masur th maximum rat at which databass could b backd up via VSS. Th following tabl shows th avrag rat for a singl databas fil. Host 1 MB rad/sc pr databas 73.55 MB rad/sc total pr srvr 367.75 Host 2 MB rad/sc pr databas 73.578 MB rad/sc total pr srvr 367.89 NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 10

Host 3 MB rad/sc pr databas 70.138 MB rad/sc total pr srvr 350.69 Host 4 MB rad/sc pr databas 73.904 MB rad/sc total pr srvr 369.52 Transaction Log Rcovry/Rplay Prformanc Th tst is to masur th maximum rat at which th log fils can b playd against th databass. Th following tabl shows th avrag rat for 5 log fils playd in a singl storag group. Each log fil is 1 MB in siz. Host 1 tim to play on Log fil (sc) 1.116265 Host 2 tim to play on Log fil (sc) 1.19856 Host 3 tim to play on Log fil (sc) 1.207068 Host 4 tim to play on Log fil (sc) 1.227281 Conclusion This rport dmonstrats Nimbl Storag's ability to mt th prformanc nds of a 40,0 mailbox Exchang 2010 implmntation at 0.15 IOPS and 1,024 MB pr mailbox. Nimbl's CASL fil systm provids tru fficincy by combining high-dnsity storag with flash SSD to nabl groundbraking prformanc within a small rack form factor. Th Nimbl storag architctur also provids additional spac for highly-fficint rdirct on writ snapshots to provid fast full backups of Exchang using Microsoft VSS and Nimbl Protction Managr. This documnt is dvlopd by Nimbl Storag, and rviwd by Microsoft Exchang Product tam. Th tst rsults/data prsntd in this documnt is basd on th tsts introducd in th ESRP tst framwork. Customr should not quot th data dirctly for his/hr pr-dploymnt vrification. It is NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 11

still ncssary to go through th xrciss to validat th storag dsign for a spcific customr nvironmnt. ESRP program is not dsignd to b a bnchmarking program; tsts ar not dsignd to gtting th maximum throughput for a giving solution. Rathr, it is focusd on producing rcommndations from vndors for Exchang application. So th data prsntd in this documnt should not b usd for dirct comparisons among th solutions. Nimbl Storag provids complt sizing information for Exchang Srvr dploymnts through its systms nginrs. Contact your local Nimbl Storag sals offic for additional information. NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 12

Appndix A - Tst Rsults This sction provids rprsntativ tst rsults from on of th four srvrs undr tst: Host 1 (ESRP). It is also rprsntativ of ach srvr's tst rsults, which ar virtually idntical. 24-Hour Strss Tst Rsults Background Maintnanc Prformanc MSExchang ==> Instancs Maintnanc IO /sc Instanc19.1 29.185 261946.778 Instanc19.2 29.243 261948.038 Instanc19.3 28.861 261962.350 Instanc19.4 29.320 261964.419 Instanc19.5 29.195 261947.527 Maintnanc IO Log Rplication Prformanc MSExchang ==> Instancs Log /sc Log Instanc19.1 1.841 232357.146 Instanc19.2 1.830 232510.462 Instanc19.3 1.830 232475.571 Instanc19.4 1.835 232357.612 Instanc19.5 1.830 232482.044 Total Prformanc MSExchang ==> Instancs Latncy Latncy /sc /sc Log Latncy Log Latncy Log /sc Log /sc Log Log Instanc19.1 9.148 9.202 305.160 165.842 56825.489 34383.842 18.413 3.054 1.841 77.162 232357.146 5706.057 Instanc19.2 9.159 9.7 304.6 165.131 56983.522 34386.147 17.610 3.096 1.830 76.398 232510.462 5725.687 Instanc19.3 10.115 8.763 305.527 165.534 56452.729 34348.585 17.817 3.093 1.830 77.358 232475.571 5659.817 Instanc19.4 9.129 8.610 304.613 165.441 57060.0 34379.318 17.193 3.046 1.835 76.907 232357.612 5706.602 Instanc19.5 9.144 8.357 303.055 164.496 57017.263 34386.834 16.451 3.122 1.830 76.107 232482.044 5748.024 Host Systm Prformanc Countr Minimum Maximum % Procssor Tim 15.965 4.672 27.907 Availabl M 13652.273 13627.0 13705.0 Fr Systm Pag Tabl Entris 33555606.059 33555554.0 33555612.0 Transition Pags RPurposd/sc 0.0 0.0 0.0 Pool Nonpagd 65795745.942 65306624.0 66297856.0 Pool Pagd 169144139.807 166268928.0 169517056.0 Pag Fault Stalls/sc 0.0 0.0 0.0 NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 13

2-Hour Strss Tst Rsults Tst Summary Ovrall Tst Pass Rsult Machin Nam ESRP Tst Dscription Tst Start Tim 7/9/2012 9:25:37 AM Tst End Tim 7/9/2012 12:01:37 PM Collction Start 7/9/2012 9:27:32 AM Tim Collction End 7/9/2012 11:27:24 AM Tim Jtstrss Vrsion 14.01.0225.017 ESE Vrsion 14..0639.019 Oprating Systm Windows Srvr 28 R2 Entrpris Srvic Pack 1 (6.1.7601.65536) Prformanc Log C:\Program Fils\Exchang Jtstrss\40,0 Mailboxs\Prformanc_2012_7_9_9_25_49.blg Sizing and Throughput Achivd Transactional pr Scond 1870.818 Targt Transactional pr Scond 15 Initial Siz (byts) 107374395392 Final Siz (byts) 10743017963520 Fils (Count) 5 Jtstrss Systm Paramtrs Thrad Count 6 (pr databas) Minimum Cach 160.0 MB Maximum Cach 1280.0 MB Insrt Oprations 40% Dlt Oprations 20% Rplac Oprations 5% Rad Oprations 35% Lazy Commits 70% Run Background Maintnanc Tru Numbr of Copis pr 2 Configuration Instanc2832.1 Log path: C:\ESRP\log01 : C:\ESRP\db01\Jtstrss11.db Instanc2832.2 Log path: C:\ESRP\log02 : C:\ESRP\db02\Jtstrss21.db Instanc2832.3 Log path: C:\ESRP\log03 NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 14

: C:\ESRP\db03\Jtstrss31.db Instanc2832.4 Log path: C:\ESRP\log04 : C:\ESRP\db04\Jtstrss41.db Instanc2832.5 Log path: C:\ESRP\log05 : C:\ESRP\db05\Jtstrss51.db Transactional Prformanc MSExchang ==> Instancs Instanc2832. 1 Instanc2832. 2 Instanc2832. 3 Instanc2832. 4 Instanc2832. 5 Latncy Latncy /s c /s c 9.096 7.628 237.727 138.403 34338.31 7 9.058 7.479 233.681 135.737 34343.22 0 9.087 7.376 236.889 137.739 34441.04 7 9.153 7.260 237.645 137.938 34350.90 0 9.129 7.212 237.156 137.905 34294.25 6 36040.18 8 36014.04 6 36010.08 4 36021.80 5 36030.52 4 Log Latnc y Background Maintnanc Prformanc MSExchang Maintnanc ==> Instancs IO /sc Log Latnc y Log /s c Log /s c Log Log 0.0 2.454 0.0 79.638 0.0 5366.38 0 0.0 2.502 0.0 78.614 0.0 5391.56 5 0.0 2.503 0.0 78.902 0.0 5354.96 6 0.0 2.455 0.0 79.437 0.0 5343.60 2 0.0 2.518 0.0 79.077 0.0 5408.99 4 Instanc2832.1 30.365 261904.999 Instanc2832.2 30.372 261980.119 Instanc2832.3 30.376 261945.756 Instanc2832.4 30.339 261975.970 Instanc2832.5 30.358 261937.334 Maintnanc IO Log Rplication Prformanc MSExchang ==> Instancs Log /sc Log Instanc2832.1 1.766 232539.777 Instanc2832.2 1.751 232540.443 Instanc2832.3 1.746 232565.237 Instanc2832.4 1.753 232561.864 Instanc2832.5 1.770 232550.598 NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 15

Total Prformanc MSExchang ==> Instancs Instanc28 32.1 Instanc28 32.2 Instanc28 32.3 Instanc28 32.4 Instanc28 32.5 Databa s Latnc y Databa s Latnc y Databa s /s c 9.096 7.628 268.09 3 9.058 7.479 264.05 2 9.087 7.376 267.26 5 9.153 7.260 267.98 3 9.129 7.212 267.51 4 / sc 138.40 3 135.73 7 137.73 9 137.93 8 137.90 5 60113.5 62 60526.2 30 60298.0 88 60120.5 46 60127.8 73 36040.1 88 36014.0 46 36010.0 84 36021.8 05 36030.5 24 Log Avra g Latn cy (msc ) 10.22 1 10.23 2 Log Avra g Latn cy (msc ) Log /s c Log / sc Log 2.454 1.766 79.638 232539. 777 2.502 1.751 78.614 232540. 443 8.961 2.503 1.746 78.902 232565. 237 8.934 2.455 1.753 79.437 232561. 864 9.318 2.518 1.770 79.077 232550. 598 Log 5366.3 80 5391.5 65 5354.9 66 5343.6 02 5408.9 94 Host Systm Prformanc Countr Minimum Maximum % Procssor Tim 13.463 6.464 19.159 Availabl M 13761.086 13742.0 13819.0 Fr Systm Pag Tabl Entris 33555607.347 33555578.0 33555610.0 Transition Pags RPurposd/sc 0.0 0.0 0.0 Pool Nonpagd 38016797.395 36417536.0 38662144.0 Pool Pagd 90319801.453 90275840.0 90382336.0 Pag Fault Stalls/sc 0.0 0.0 0.0 Backup Tst Rsults Backup Statistics - All Instanc Siz (M) Elapsd Backup Tim M Transfrrd/sc Instanc2832.1 2049060.09 07:54:23 71.99 Instanc2832.2 2049052.09 07:56:21 71.69 Instanc2832.3 2049052.09 07:36:14 74.85 Instanc2832.4 2049068.09 07:38:40 74.46 Instanc2832.5 2049068.09 07:36:46 74.76 Jtstrss Systm Paramtrs Thrad Count 6 (pr databas) Minimum Cach 160.0 MB Maximum Cach 1280.0 MB Insrt Oprations 40% Dlt Oprations 20% Rplac Oprations 5% Rad Oprations 35% Lazy Commits 70% NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 16

Configuration Instanc2832.1 Log path: C:\ESRP\log01 : C:\ESRP\db01\Jtstrss11.db Instanc2832.2 Log path: C:\ESRP\log02 : C:\ESRP\db02\Jtstrss21.db Instanc2832.3 Log path: C:\ESRP\log03 : C:\ESRP\db03\Jtstrss31.db Instanc2832.4 Log path: C:\ESRP\log04 : C:\ESRP\db04\Jtstrss41.db Instanc2832.5 Log path: C:\ESRP\log05 : C:\ESRP\db05\Jtstrss51.db Transactional Prformanc MSExchang ==> Instancs Instanc2832. 1 Instanc2832. 2 Instanc2832. 3 Instanc2832. 4 Instanc2832. 5 Latncy Latncy /s c /s c 5.224 0.0 287.535 0.0 262144. 0 5.301 0.0 286.015 0.0 262144. 0 5.041 0.0 299.333 0.0 262144. 0 5.086 0.0 297.628 0.0 262144. 0 5.020 0.0 298.927 0.0 262144. 0 Log Latncy Log Latncy Log /s c Log /s c Log Log 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Host Systm Prformanc Countr Minimum Maximum % Procssor Tim 23.497 9.355 30.844 Availabl M 15036.433 15030.0 15039.0 Fr Systm Pag Tabl Entris 33555584.315 335555.0 33555612.0 Transition Pags RPurposd/sc 0.0 0.0 0.0 Pool Nonpagd 589333.636 512160.0 50548736.0 Pool Pagd 93679633.228 91615232.0 94687232.0 Pag Fault Stalls/sc 0.0 0.0 0.0 NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 17

Soft Rcovry Tst Rsults Soft-Rcovry Statistics - All Instanc Log fils rplayd Elapsd sconds Instanc1196.1 5 531.6801339 Instanc1196.2 503 561.382586 Instanc1196.3 515 582.8638238 Instanc1196.4 512 556.8741781 Instanc1196.5 5 591.3502387 Configuration Instanc1196.1 Log path: C:\ESRP\log01 : C:\ESRP\db01\Jtstrss11.db Instanc1196.2 Log path: C:\ESRP\log02 : C:\ESRP\db02\Jtstrss21.db Instanc1196.3 Log path: C:\ESRP\log03 : C:\ESRP\db03\Jtstrss31.db Instanc1196.4 Log path: C:\ESRP\log04 : C:\ESRP\db04\Jtstrss41.db Instanc1196.5 Log path: C:\ESRP\log05 : C:\ESRP\db05\Jtstrss51.db Transactional Prformanc MSExchang ==> Instancs Instanc11 96.1 Instanc11 96.2 Instanc11 96.3 Instanc11 96.4 Instanc11 96.5 Databa s Latnc y Databa s Latnc y Databa s /s c 20.647 11.040 905.01 6 20.992 11.661 871.80 9 19.335 10.588 878.77 5 21.158 11.141 880.34 2 19.810 11.335 867.08 9 /s c 5.597 36555.4 38 5.350 36487.3 79 5.301 36537.7 78 5.456 36616.1 63 5.044 36514.6 32768.0 32768.0 32768.0 32768.0 32768.0 Log Avra g Latn cy (msc ) Log Avra g Latn cy (msc ) Log /s c Log Log /s c 5.420 0.0 8.385 0.0 232523.0 85 6.039 0.0 8.025 0.0 232414.1 43 6.190 0.0 7.941 0.0 232543.3 36 6.162 0.0 8.184 0.0 232479.4 92 6.361 0.0 7.556 0.0 232541.8 76 Log Avra g 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 18

Background Maintnanc Prformanc MSExchang Maintnanc ==> Instancs IO /sc Instanc1196.1 29.084 261954.338 Instanc1196.2 29.175 261901.393 Instanc1196.3 29.273 261988.699 Instanc1196.4 29.119 262049.379 Instanc1196.5 29.311 261953.987 Total Prformanc MSExchang ==> Instancs Instanc11 96.1 Instanc11 96.2 Instanc11 96.3 Instanc11 96.4 Instanc11 96.5 Databa s Latnc y Databa s Latnc y Databa s /s c 20.647 11.040 934.10 0 20.992 11.661 9.98 4 19.335 10.588 908.04 8 21.158 11.141 909.46 1 19.810 11.335 896.40 0 /s c 5.597 43573.3 57 5.350 43786.6 66 5.301 43805.6 37 5.456 43834.1 15 5.044 43886.0 88 32768.0 32768.0 32768.0 32768.0 32768.0 Log Avra g Latn cy (msc ) Maintnanc IO Log Avra g Latn cy (msc ) Log /s c Log Log /s c 5.420 0.0 8.385 0.0 232523.0 85 6.039 0.0 8.025 0.0 232414.1 43 6.190 0.0 7.941 0.0 232543.3 36 6.162 0.0 8.184 0.0 232479.4 92 6.361 0.0 7.556 0.0 232541.8 76 Host Systm Prformanc Countr Minimum Maximum % Procssor Tim 24.904 7.490 58.716 Availabl M 13703.252 13685.0 14729.0 Fr Systm Pag Tabl Entris 33555382.020 33555050.0 33555612.0 Transition Pags RPurposd/sc 0.0 0.0 0.0 Pool Nonpagd 53817622.639 50110464.0 54554624.0 Pool Pagd 126198456.599 126017536.0 128983040.0 Pag Fault Stalls/sc 0.0 0.0 0.0 Log Avra g 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 NIMBLE STORAGE: EXCHANGE 2010 STORAGE SOLUTION 19

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