Performance of three Intel-based SMB servers running Web, email, and database applications

PERFORMANCE OF FOUR INTEL-BASED SMB
SERVERS RUNNING WEB, EMAIL, AND
DATABASE APPLICATIONS

*Greatest performance improvement was in comparison to the Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based server.

OUR FINDINGS OUR PROCESS
The latest Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1240-based We measured the performance and performance
small-to-medium business (SMB) server delivers per watt of four different Intel processor-based
significantly better performance and performance SMB servers running simultaneous workloads that
per watt than previous-generation Intel processor- exercised three of the functions a typical small
based SMB servers while running typical office business server may have to handle: Web, email,
applications. In our tests, the Intel Xeon processor and database services. Our tests reflect the
E3-1240-based server delivered up to 495 percent priorities of SMB owners: increased efficiency and
better performance than three previous- increased cost savings. Better workload
generation Intel processor-based servers did. This performance results in more accomplished in less
superior performance, for comparatively little time, and better performance per watt results in
increase in cost, makes the new Intel Xeon lower power bills. We wanted to see if the new
processor E3-1240-based server a wise choice for Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based SMB server
any small business seeking an all-in-one SMB could deliver both.
server.

JANUARY 2011
A PRINCIPLED TECHNOLOGIES TEST REPORT
Commissioned by Intel Corp.

PROJECT OVERVIEW
Hardware ages out. As workloads become more demanding, older servers, and older desktop systems
acting as servers, are increasingly unable to run them efficiently. SMB owners find their servers becoming
bottlenecks to productivity, and even liabilities as they start to break down.
Nonetheless, small businesses that are outgrowing their servers still question the performance benefits
of newer servers. Can they continue to use their older desktop systems as servers? Were they to invest in a
new server, how substantial would the performance gains in Web, email, and database applications be; how
substantial would the power savings be; and what would the price differences be?
In our tests, we address these questions by comparing a new Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server
with that of several older Intel processor-based servers. The Intel Core 2 Quad processor Q8400-based server
and Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based server are intended to represent desktop systems acting as
servers.
We tested four one-socket servers with the following processors:
 Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server (3.30 GHz, 8MB L3 cache)
 Intel Xeon processor X3450-based server (2.66 GHz, 8MB L3 cache)
 Intel Core 2 Quad processor Q8400-based server (2.66 GHz, 4MB L2 cache)
 Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based server (2.13 GHz, 2MB L2 cache)
We used WebBench to
simulate Web traffic, Average normalized performance
7.00
Microsoft® Exchange Load Intel Xeon processor
6.00 E3-1240-based server
Generator (LoadGen) to
Normalized performance

5.00 Intel Xeon processor
simulate email activity, and
X3450-based server
4.00
DVD Store Version 2 (DS2) to
Intel Core 2 Quad
3.00
simulate database activity. All processor Q8400-
2.00 based server
servers ran Microsoft Intel Core 2 Duo
1.00 processor E6400-
Windows Server® 2008 R2
based server
Standard Edition with 0.00
Servers
Microsoft Exchange 2010 and
Figure 1: Performance of the Intel processor-based servers across the three benchmarks
Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 R2 relative to the Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based server. Higher numbers are
better.
Enterprise Edition.

Performance of four Intel-based SMB servers running Web, A Principled Technologies test report 2
email, and database applications

WHAT WE FOUND
Figure 1 presents averaged results for the four Intel processor-based servers running the three
workloads relative to the lowest-performing server, the Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based server. While
running the three benchmarks, the Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server delivered the following
performance increases: 33.8 percent better than the Intel Xeon processor X3450-based server, 203.3 percent
better than the Intel Core 2 Quad processor Q8400-based server, and 494.9 percent better than the Intel Core
2 Duo processor E6400-based server.
For each benchmark, we assigned a value of 100 percent to that server’s results and then calculated
the percentage performance improvement. This approach makes each data point a comparative number, with
higher numbers indicating better performance. Finally, we took the percentage performance improvement
over the Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based server for the three benchmarks and averaged them.
We also measured power consumption during the workload run. We took the averaged relative
performance results and divided them by the active power consumption. We normalized those results to
those of the Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based server.
As Figure 2 illustrates, the Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server produced the following
performance-per-watt increase: 61.1 percent better than the Intel Xeon processor X3450-based server, 215.7
percent better than the Intel Core 2 Quad processor Q8400-based server, and 550.3 percent better than the
Intel Core 2 Duo processor
E6400-based server. Normalized performance/watt
7.00
As of February 15, Intel Xeon processor
Normalized performance/watt

6.00 E3-1240-based
2011, the prices for each Intel- server
5.00 Intel Xeon processor
processor based server are as X3450-based server
4.00
follows:
3.00 Intel Core 2 Quad
 Intel Xeon processor processor Q8400-
E3-1240-based server: 2.00 based server
$1,383.60 Intel Core 2 Duo
1.00 processor E6400-
 Intel Xeon processor
based server
X3450-based server: 0.00
Servers
$1,344.09
 Intel Core 2 Quad Figure 2: Normalized performance-per-watt results of the Intel processor-based servers
processor Q8400-based across the three benchmarks relative to the Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based
server. Higher numbers are better.
server: $985.26


 Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based server: $926.86
Figure 3 presents a comparison of price and performance increase of the Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-
based server relative to the other Intel processor-based servers. The Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based
server’s 33.8 percent performance increase over the Intel Xeon processor X3450-based represents a
substantial performance increase for a small increase in price. We present more detailed price listings in
Appendix B.
Price Performance
Comparison
increase increase
Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server vs. Xeon processor X3450-
$39.51 33.8%
based server
Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server vs. Core 2 Quad processor
$398.34 203.3%
Q8400-based server
Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server vs. Core 2 Duo processor
$456.74 494.9%
E6400-based server
Figure 3: Price and performance increase for the Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server relative to the other Intel processor-
based servers.
WHAT WE TESTED
We ran the following three workloads simultaneously, as a typical small business server might.
WebBench
WebBench 5.0 (128-bit US version) is an industry-standard benchmark for Web server software and
hardware. It uses PC clients to send Web requests to a server under test. It generates performance results by
incrementally increasing the number of clients making HTTP 1.0 GET requests to the Web server; the result is a
curve showing the server’s performance under increasing load. The peak of that curve represents the peak
throughput of the server. WebBench reports both the total number of requests per second the server handled
and the server’s total throughput in bytes per second.
We ran the WebBench default ecommerce CGI test suite, which generates both secure and non-secure
static and dynamic HTTP 1.0 GET requests. While running the ecommerce suite, the clients must negotiate to a
secure Web server port using the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. A default WebBench test suite
incrementally increases the number of clients making the HTTP 1.0 GET requests to the Web server. As the
workload increases the number of clients, the Web server’s processor utilization also increases, until the
clients saturate the processor in the Web server with work. Each workload point with a fixed number of clients
is a WebBench “mix.” The ecommerce CGI test suite begins with a mix that involves one client; the next mix
involves four clients; and each subsequent mix increases the number of clients by four. We modified the test


suite so it would run the same number of clients, with 10 engines per client for the entire test. This allowed us
to keep a constant Web load on the server. We used 45 clients on the Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based
server and the Intel Xeon processor X3450-based server, and scaled back to 30 clients on the Intel Core 2 Quad
processor Q8400-based server and the Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based server because these
processors were unable to manage the greater workload. We performed only nine mixes for testing to limit
the amount of time WebBench ran. To avoid any bottlenecks in the network cards, we used a ratio of 15
WebBench clients per NIC and added network adapters to the server hardware configuration as needed.
We ran this workload on the four servers for 45 minutes each.
DVD Store
DVD Store Version 2 is an open-source application with a back-end database component, a front-end
Web application layer, and a driver layer that operates as the middle tier and actually executes the workload.
Because our goal was to isolate and test database server and storage, we did not use the Web
application layer. Instead, we ran the driver application on client machines directly via its command-line
interface.
DS2 models an online DVD store. Simulated customers log in; browse movies by actor, title, or
category; and purchase movies. The workload also creates new customers. Browsing movies involves select
operations, some of which use SQL Server 2008 R2 full-text search and some of which do not. The purchase,
login, and new customer stored procedures involve update and insert statements, as well as select
statements. The workload’s main reporting metric is orders per minute (OPM).
For the client machine, we used a desktop class system running Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard.
The client machine ran a single instance of DS2, which spawned 32 threads on the Intel Xeon E3-1240 and Intel
Xeon processor X3450-based servers, and scaled back to 16 threads on the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 and Intel
Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based servers because these processors were unable to manage the greater
workload, and ran 10 searches per order on all servers. This simulated a realistic business environment. We
used the default DS2 parameters and setup configuration, with the exceptions we note above and in the DVD
Store setup section in the How we tested section of this report.
The DS2 driver application creates an orders-per-minute performance counter on the client machine.
While the DVD Store client application visually outputs OPM at 10-second intervals, we chose to collect this
OPM metric via a performance monitor counter on each client machine at 1-second intervals.
We ran this workload on the four servers for 40 minutes each.


For more details about the DS2 tool, see http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/DVD+Store.
Microsoft Exchange Load Generator
Microsoft Exchange Load Generator (LoadGen) is an industry-standard tool for benchmarking a
Microsoft Exchange 2003, 2007 or 2010 mail server. LoadGen performs tasks to simulate a standard user
generating mail activity. While the workload was ongoing, we measured response time, or the time in
milliseconds necessary for the Exchange mail server to complete a request, using a remote procedure call
(RPC) performance counter. Specifically, we used the RPC Averaged Latency counter, which records the
average time it takes the server to process the last 1,024 packets. In other words, the counter provides data
about the shortest period that client computers wait for a response from the server.
LoadGen measures the impact that various clients (MAPI, OWA, IMAP, POP, and SMTP) have on
Exchange servers. This allows users to test how effectively a server running Exchange responds to email loads.
The simulator uses a client machine to send multiple message requests to the server running Exchange,
resulting in a mail load.
We created a custom workload and adjusted it for 75 that LoadGen distributed across a single storage
group with one mailbox database. We ran the Microsoft Exchange Load Generator benchmark for 30 minutes
on the servers. For the client machine, we used a server running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
for testing the servers.
For more details about LoadGen, see
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=cf464be7-7e52-48cd-b852-ccfc915b29ef.


SYSTEM COMPARISON
Figure 4 shows a side-by-side comparison of the key hardware differences among the four servers.
Appendix A provides detailed configuration information for the servers.
Intel Xeon Intel Xeon Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core 2 Duo
Hardware
processor E3-1240- processor X3450- processor Q8400- processor E6400-
specifications
based server based server based server based server
Intel Xeon E3-1240 Intel Xeon X3450 Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core 2 Duo
CPU
processor processor Q8400 processor E6400 processor
CPU speed (GHz) 3.30 2.66 2.66 2.13
Number of
1 1 1 1
processor packages
Number of cores
per processor 4 4 4 2
package
Number of
hardware threads 2 2 1 1
per core
Memory type PC3-10600E PC3-10600E PC2-5300 PC2-4200
Total memory (GB) 8 8 4 4
Figure 4: System configuration information for the four Intel processor-based servers.

DETAILED FINDINGS
For testing, we staggered the starting times of the benchmarks to allow each server to ramp up slowly.
We began the benchmarks in the following order: WebBench, DVD Store, and LoadGen. Figure 5 shows a
timeline for the benchmark runs. To obtain the final results, we removed the first parts of the WebBench run,
and computed the results based on the 30 minutes of peak performance during the LoadGen run. We
identified the median run based on the LoadGen score.
To make sure each server achieved its optimum results, we allowed each to sit idle for 5 minutes
before starting the workload.


Figure 5: The timeline we followed when starting the benchmarks for the multiple-benchmark runs on all Intel
processor-based servers. The shaded areas from 00:15 to 00:45 represent the period during which we measured
performance.
Figure 6 presents results for the servers on the three benchmarks relative to the lowest-performing
server, the Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based server. For each benchmark, we assigned a value of 100
percent to that server’s results and then calculated the percentage performance improvement. This approach
makes each data point a comparative number, with higher numbers indicating better performance. Finally, we
took the percentage performance improvement over the Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based server for
the three benchmarks and averaged them. As Figure 6 shows, the Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server
provided better performance than the other servers did, across all workloads.


Average Web,
Percentage
Web requests Email response email, and
Server OPM CPU
per second time database
utilization
scores
Intel Xeon processor E3-
2.97 1.58 13.30 5.95 85.88
1240-based server
Intel Xeon processor
2.54 1.47 9.33 4.45 85.73
X3450-based server
Intel Core 2 Quad
processor Q8400-based 1.99 1.42 2.47 1.96 96.79
server
Intel Core 2 Duo
processor E6400-based 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 99.90
server
Figure 6: Performance for the Intel processor-based servers on the three benchmarks, relative to the Intel Core 2 Duo processor
E6400-based server. With the exception of CPU utilization, higher numbers are better.
WebBench results
A WebBench run reports the total requests per second a server can perform and the total throughput,
in bytes per second, that the server delivered. WebBench reports these results for each mix. To obtain the
results, we averaged the requests per second and throughput from the mixes that ran during the peak
performance of the benchmark run, as Figure 4 illustrates.
Figure 7 shows the WebBench peak results in requests per second and in throughput (bytes per
second) for the servers. Each result is the median of three runs.
Throughput Requests per second
Server Requests per second*
(bytes per second) (raw)
Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based
161,752,123.72 16,572.55 2.97
server
Intel Xeon processor X3450-based
138,421,163.50 14,179.48 2.54
server
Intel Core 2 Quad processor Q8400-
108,265,654.10 11,090.45 1.99
based server
Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-
54,509,923.03 5,580.24 1.00
based server
Figure 7: Median WebBench results for the four Intel processor-based servers. Higher numbers are better.
* Relative to the Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based server


DVD Store results
Figure 8 shows the number of OPM each server achieved during our measurement period of the DVD
Store test on the median run. We determined the scores by taking the OPM value 30 minutes into the test
period.

Server Orders per minute (raw) Orders per minute*
Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server 32,364 13.30
Intel Xeon processor X3450-based server 22,715 9.33
Intel Core 2 Quad processor Q8400-based server 6,022 2.47
Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based server 2,434 1.00
Figure 8: Median DVD Store results for the four Intel processor-based servers. Higher numbers are better.

LoadGen results
LoadGen results show the response time each for each server, which is the time in milliseconds it took
to complete a request. Because the object of the server is to handle as many requests as possible, lower
scores, which show a server able to handle more requests in a given time, are better.
For testing, we used 75 Microsoft Exchange mailboxes; all four servers could handle the load while
performing other tasks. Figure 9 shows the average Exchange 2010 Mail Server RPC average latency for the
four servers. Each result is the median of three runs.

RPC average latency RPC average latency
Server
in milliseconds (raw) in milliseconds*
Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server 2.81 1.58
Intel Xeon processor X3450-based server 3.57 1.47
Intel Core 2 Quad processor Q8400-based server 3.87 1.42
Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based server 6.70 1.00
Figure 9: Median LoadGen results for the four Intel processor-based servers. Lower response time is better.

To simulate the typical activity of a mail server, we created a custom workload using the average with a
custom task distribution. Each of the 75 users had a mailbox of approximately 100 MB and used the average
action profile. Figure 10 shows the configured distribution we used in our custom workload.
Configured Configured
Task name Task name
distribution distribution
BrowseCalendar 12 BrowseContacts 10
Logon 1 CreateContact 0
Logoff 0 BrowseTasks 0
SendMail 17 CreateTask 0
ReadAndProcessMessages 59 EditRules 0


Configured Configured
Task name Task name
distribution distribution
MoveMail 0 DownloadOab 0
DeleteMail 0 EditSmartFolders 0
ExportMail 0 SynchronizeFolders 0
CreateFolder 0 Search 0
PublicFolderPost 0 InitializeMailbox 1
BrowsePublicFolder 0 UserInit 0
PostFreeBusy 0 UserTerm 0
RequestMeeting 0 ModuleInit 0
MakeAppointment 0 ModuleTerm 0
Total 100
Figure 10: Configured distribution for LoadGen tasks.
Figure 11 shows the power results during the median run of the four servers. Lower numbers are
better.

Server Workload power
Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server 140.74
Intel Xeon processor X3450-based server 169.49
Intel Core 2 Quad processor Q8400-based server 146.49
Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based server 153.83
Figure 11: Average workload power results, in watts, for the four Intel processor-based servers during the median run. Lower
numbers are better.
To calculate the power, we average the power we recorded during our workload measurement period.
We allowed the system to sit for 10 minutes after booting to the desktop and then started the test.

HOW WE TESTED
Setting up the new server
We used the BIOS RAID configuration utility to create one RAID 10 volume on the test servers.
Following the operating system installation, we installed all important Windows® updates through January 14,
2011.
Installing Windows Server 2008 R2
1. Insert the installation DVD for Windows Server 2008 R2 into the DVD drive.
2. Choose the language, time and currency, and keyboard input. Click Next.
3. Click Install Now.
4. Choose Windows Server Standard (Full Installation). Click Next.
5. Accept the license terms, and click Next.
6. Click Custom.
7. Click the Disk, and click Drive options (advanced).
8. Click New, Apply, Format, and click Next.
9. After the installation completes, click OK to set the Administrator password.


10. Enter the administrator password twice, and click OK.
General OS settings
1. Turn off User Account Control:
a. Click Start, type Change User Account Control Settings and press Enter.
b. In the User Account Control Settings window, move the slider on the left down to Never notify.
c. Click OK.
d. Reboot the system.
2. Edit power settings:
a. Click Start, type change power-saving settings and press Enter.
b. Click Change plan settings next to the selected power plan (Balanced).
c. Set Turn off the display to Never.
d. Set Put the computer to sleep to Never.
e. Click Save changes, and close the Power Options window.
3. Turn off Windows Firewall:
a. Click Start, type Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and press Enter.
b. In the center pane under Overview, click Windows Firewall Properties.
c. Under the Domain Profile, Private Profile, and Public Profile tabs, set the Firewall state to Off.
d. Click OK.
4. Set static IP addresses:
a. Right-click the network icon in the quick-launch bar, and choose Open Network and Sharing Center.
b. Click Change adapter settings.
c. Right-click the local area connection, and choose Properties.
d. Click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and click Properties.
e. Select Use the following IP Address, and input the following numbers:
IP Address: 192.168.1.1
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
f. In the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties, click Advanced.
g. In IP addresses, click Add.
h. Input the following numbers:
IP Address: 10.1.5.1
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
i. Click OK.
j. Click OK.
k. Repeat steps c through e for Local Area Connection 2 and Local Area Connection 3 using the
following IP information for each:
Local Area Connection 2:
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Local Area Connection 3:
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
5. Give the computer a name:
a. Click Start, right-click Computer, and click Properties.


b. Click Change Settings.
c. Click Change.
d. Type a name (e.g. new-server) in the Computer name field, and click OK.
e. In the Computer Name/Domain Changes pop-up window, click OK.
f. Click OK.
g. Click Close.
h. In the Microsoft pop-up window, click Restart Now.
Installing Active Directory® and the domain controller
Promote the mail server to domain controller by following these steps:
1. Select StartCommand Prompt.
2. Type dcpromo
3. At the Welcome pop-up window, click Next.
4. At the Operating System Compatibility screen, click Next.
5. At the Choose a Deployment Configuration screen, select the Create a new domain in a new forest
radio button, and click Next.
6. At the Name the Forest Root Domain screen, type a domain name (i.e., test.local), and click Next.
7. At the Set Forest Functional Level screen, choose Windows Server 2003 from the drop-down menu,
and click Next.
8. At the Set Domain Functional Level screen, choose Windows Server 2003 from the drop-down menu,
and click Next.
9. At the Additional Domain Controller Options screen, accept the defaults, and click Next.
10. When the Static IP assignment window pops up, click Yes, the computer will use a dynamically assigned
IP address.
11. When the Active Directory domain Services Installation Wizard window pops up, click Yes.
12. At the Location for Database, Log Files, and SYSVOL screen, click Next.
13. At the Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Password screen, enter and confirm a password,
and click Next.
14. At the Summary screen, review the selections, and click Next.
15. If the installation software prompts you to do so, insert the OS CD, and click OK.
16. At the Completing the Active Directory Installation Wizard screen, click Finish.
17. When the system prompts you to reboot the server, click Restart Now.
18. After the server reboots, log into the system.
Setting up the Application Server
1. Click StartAdministrative ToolsServer Manager.
2. Click Roles on the left side.
3. Click Add Roles.
4. At the Before You Begin screen, click Next.
5. Click the Application Server check box.
6. When the Add features required for Application Server? screen appears, click Add Required Features.
7. Click Next.
8. Click Next.
9. At the Select Role Services page for Application Server, click the Web Server (IIS) Support check box.
10. When the Add features required for Web Server (IIS) Support? screen appears, click Add Required
Features.


11. Click Next.
12. Click Next.
13. At the Select Role Services page for Web Server (IIS), click IIS 6 Management Compatibility, ASP, and
CGI check boxes. Click Next.
14. Click Install.
15. Click Close.
Installing .NET Framework 3.5.1 Features and Internet Information Services
1. Select StartAdministrative ToolsServer Manager.
2. Click Features.
3. Click Add Features.
4. Select .NET Framework 3.5.1 Features.
5. Click Next.
6. Click Install.
7. At the Installation Results screen, click Close.

Installing Microsoft Filter Pack 1.0
1. Download the Microsoft Filter Pack 1.0.
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=60c92a37-719c-4077-b5c6-
cac34f4227cc&displaylang=en)
2. Run FilterPackx64.EXE.
3. Click Next.
4. Click I accept the terms in the License Agreement, and click Next.
5. Click OK once installation is complete.
Installing Exchange Server 2010
1. Click StartAdministrative ToolsServices.
2. Right-click the Net.Tcp Port Sharing service, and click Properties.
3. Change the Net.Tcp Port Sharing startup type to Automatic, and click OK.
4. Insert the Exchange Server 2010 DVD.
5. When the Autoplay window appears, click Run Setup.EXE.
6. The installer should consider steps 1 and 2 complete, and gray them out.
7. Click the link to Step 3: Choose Exchange Language Option.
8. Click Install only languages from the DVD.
9. Click the link to Step 4: Install Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.
10. Click Next to go past the introduction screen.
11. Accept the license agreement, and click Next.
12. Select No for error reporting, and click Next.
13. Select Custom Exchange Server Installation, and click Next.
14. Select Mailbox Role, Client Access Role and Hub Transport Role (Exchange will automatically select
Management Tools as well). Click Next.
15. Leave the organization name at default (First Organization), and click Next.
16. At the question about client computers running Outlook 2003 or Entourage, select Yes, and click Next.
17. Click Next to accept defaults for Configure Client Access server external domain.
18. At the Customer Experience Improvement Program screen, select I don’t wish to join the program at
this time, and click Next.


19. If a warning about a lack of SMTP appears after the check finishes, ignore it.
20. Click Install to start the installation process.
21. Once installation is complete, click Finish. Exchange should automatically open the Exchange
Management Console.
Configuring Exchange Server 2010 roles
1. If Exchange does not automatically open the Exchange Management Console, click StartAll
ProgramsMicrosoft Exchange Server 2010Exchange Management Console.
2. In the left pane, expand Microsoft Exchange On-Premises, expand Organization Configuration, and
select Hub Transport.
3. In the Actions pane on the far right, select New Send Connector.
4. Name the send connector SMTP, select the intended use as Internet, and click Next.
5. In the Address space window, click Add.
6. In the SMTP Address Space window, type * as the address, ensure that the installer has checked
Include all subdomains, and click OK.
7. Click Next.
8. On the Network settings page, select Use domain name system (DNS) “MX” records to route mail
automatically, and click Next.
9. Accept the defaults in the Source Server window, and click Next.
10. At the New Connector page, click New to create the connector.
11. Click Finish to close the New SMTP Send Connector wizard.
Configuring the Exchange Server 2010 Mailbox role
Creating a new user
1. Click StartAdministrative ToolsActive Directory Users and Computers.
2. In the Active Directory Users and Computers window, select the server in the left pane, and open Users
in the right pane.
3. Right-click a blank area in the Users folder, and select NewUser.
4. In the New Object - User window, complete the name fields as you wish (we used first name: test, last
name: tester, logon name: tester), and select Next.
5. Enter a secure password (we used Password1), and check Password never expires.
6. In the pop-up information window, click OK.
7. Click Next and click Finish to close the New Object - User window.
8. Double-click the new user to bring up the Properties window.
9. Under the Member Of tab, click Add.
10. In the Enter the object names to select dialog box, type Domain Admins; Enterprise
Admins; Organization Management select Check Names to verify, and click OK.
11. Click OK to close the User Properties window and close the Active Directory Users and Computers
window.
Configuring the Mailbox role
1. Click StartAll ProgramsMicrosoft Exchange Server 2010Exchange Management Console.
2. In the left pane of the Exchange Management Console window, expand Microsoft Exchange On-
Premises, and select Recipient Configuration; in the right pane, select New Mailbox.
3. In the New Mailbox window, select User Mailbox, and click Next.
4. In the User Type page, select Existing users, and click Add.
5. Select the new account you created earlier, and click OK to add it to selection box.


6. Click Next.
7. In the Mailbox Settings page, type tester in the Alias textbox, check the box next to Specify the
mailbox database rather than using a database automatically selected, and select Browse in the
Mailbox database selection spot.
8. In the Select Mailbox database window, select Mailbox Database, and click OK.
9. Click Next.
10. Click New.
11. Click Finish.
12. In the left windowpane, expand Organization Configuration and click Mailbox so Database
Management tab is visible.
13. Right-click Mailbox Database, and select Properties.
14. Select the Maintenance tab.
15. Check the Enable circular logging box.
16. Check the box beside This database can be overwritten by a restore.
17. Click Customize next to Maintenance interval.
18. Remove all blue from the boxes so the system will not perform maintenance, and click OK.
19. Click OK.
20. Click OK to any warnings about circular logging being applied after the database is remounted.
21. Click Move Database Path on the far right panel.
22. Change the Database file and Log folder path locations to C:Loadgen[filename] and C:Loadgen
respectively, and click Move.
23. Click Yes if the application prompts you to dismount.
24. Click Finish.
25. In the Database Management tab, right-click Public Folder Database, and select Properties.
26. Check the Enable circular logging box.
27. Check the This database can be overwritten by a restore box.
28. Click Customize next to Maintenance interval.
29. Remove all blue from the boxes so the system will not perform maintenance, and click OK.
30. Click OK.
31. Click OK to any warnings about circular logging being applied after the database is remounted.
32. Click Move Database on the far right panel.
33. Change the Database file and Log folder path locations to C:LoadgenPublic Folder
Database[filename] and C:LoadgenPublic Folder Database respectively, and click Move.
34. Click Yes if the application prompts you to dismount.
35. Click Finish.
Installing and configuring the Web server (WebBench)
Deploying WebBench data
WebBench includes data that must reside on the server and that the Web server must use. We used
the following procedure to load that data, and set the Web server to use it:
1. Copy the file wbtree.exe from the WebBench CD to the wwwroot directory on the server under test.
(The wbtree.exe file is on the WebBench CD at wb50workload. The wwwroot directory is located at
C:inetpubwwwroot.)
2. On the server, execute the wbtree.exe file. This program copies the WebBench workload to the server.


3. In the wwwroot folder on the server, create a new folder with the name CGI-BIN
4. Copy the files simcgi.exe and simisapi.dll to the CGI-BIN folder.
5. Click StartProgramsAdministrative ToolsComputer Management to open the management
console.
6. Go to Services and ApplicationInternet Information Services (IIS) Manager[server name].
7. Under IIS double-click ISAPI and CGI Restrictions.
8. Click Add.
9. Enter the path for the simccgi.exe, and click the check box saying Allow extension path to execute.
10. Click OK.
Configuring Internet Information Services (IIS)
We configured the Windows Internet Information Services Web server as follows:
1. Open Computer Management.
2. Go to Services and ApplicationsInternet Information Services (IIS) Manager[server name].
3. Under IIS, double-click MIME Types.
4. Under the Actions pane, click Add.
5. In the Extension field, type *
6. In the MIME Type field, type application/octet-stream and click OK.
7. Click the server name on the left side of the window.
8. Under IIS, double-click ISAPI and CGI Restrictions.
9. Click Edit Feature Settings.
10. Click the check boxes beside Allow unspecified CGI module and Allow unspecified ISAPI modules.
11. Click OK.
12. Click the server name on the left side of the window.
13. Under IIS, double-click Logging.
14. Click Disable.
Installing certificate services
Because WebBench includes tests that involve security, we installed Windows Certificate Services as
follows:
2. Under IIS, double-click Server Certificates.
3. Click Create Self-Signed Certificate.
4. Name it Performance and click OK.
5. In the left side of the window, expand [server name], expand Sites, and select Default Web Site.
6. Under the Actions pane, click Bindings...
7. Click the https entry, and click Edit.
8. Set the SSL Certificate to Performance, and click OK.
9. Click Add.
10. Set the type to http, and set the IP address to 192.168.1.1
11. Set the Port to 81, and click OK.
12. Click Add.
13. Set the type to https, and set the IP address to 192.168.1.1
14. Set the Port to 444


15. Set the SSL Certificate to Microsoft Exchange, and click OK.
16. If a warning pops up, click Yes.
17. Click Close.
18. Under IIS, double-click SSL settings.
19. Uncheck the Require SSL check box.
20. In the Actions pane, click Apply.
Creating SSL Communication
We enabled SSL communication as follows:
2. Expand the Default Web site.
3. Expand wbtree.
4. Click Wbssl.
5. Double-click SSL Settings.
6. Check Require SSL.
7. In the Actions pane, click Apply.
We then set the following operating system tuning parameters for optimum WebBench performance.
When creating the following parameters, ensure that they are DWORD files, with decimal coding (rather than
hexadecimal):
 HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesInetinfoParametersMaxCachesFileSize to 1048576
 HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesHTTPParametersUriMaxUriBytes to 1048576
 HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlFileSystemNtfsDisableLastAccess to 1
 HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesTcpipParametersMaxHashTableSize to 65535
Installing and configuring SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
Installing SQL Server 2008 R2 on the server
1. Insert the DVD.
2. At the AutoPlay menu, click Run SETUP.EXE.
3. Click Installation in the left pane.
4. Click New installation or add features to an existing installation.
5. At the Setup Support Rules screen, wait for the check to complete. If there are no failures or relevant
warnings, click OK.
6. Select the Specify a free edition radio button, and choose Evaluation from the drop down menu. Click
Next.
7. Click the checkbox next to I accept the license terms. Click Next.
8. Click Install to install the setup support files.
9. If there are no failures displayed, click Next. You may see a Computer domain controller warning and a
Windows Firewall warning. For now, ignore these.
10. At the Setup Role screen, choose SQL Server Feature Installation, and click Next.
11. At the Feature Selection screen, select Database Engine Services, Full-Text Search, Client Tools
Connectivity, Client Tools Backwards Compatibility, Management Tools –Basic, and Management Tools
– Complete. Click Next.
12. At the Installation Rules screen, click Next once the check completes.


13. At the Instance configuration screen, leave the default selection of default instance, and click Next.
14. At the Disk space requirements screen, click Next.
15. At the Server configuration screen, choose NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM in the Account Name column for
both SQL Server Agent and SQL Server Database Engine. Click Next.
16. At the Database Engine Configuration screen, select Mixed Mode.
17. Enter and confirm a password for the system administrator account.
18. Click Add Current user. This may take several seconds.
19. Click Next.
20. At the Error Reporting screen, click Next.
21. At the Installation Configuration rules screen, check that there are no failures or relevant warnings, and
click Next.
22. At the Ready to Install screen, click Install.
23. After installation completes, click Close.
Configuring SQL Server
1. Create a SQL Server login for the ds2user (use the following steps or see the Configuring the database
server (DVD Store) section for the specific script to use):
a. Click StartAll ProgramsMicrosoft SQL Server 2008 R2SQL Server Management Studio.
b. In the Connect to Server window, enter the Server name, and click Connect.
c. In the left hand pane, expand [server name], expand Security, right-click Logins, and click New
Login.
d. In the Login – New window, type ds2user for the Login name.
e. Select the SQL Server authentication radio button, and leave the password fields blank. If you
receive a warning, click Yes.
f. Uncheck the box next to Enforce password policy.
g. For Default language, select English from the dropdown menu.
h. Click OK.
2. Click StartAll ProgramsMicrosoft SQL Server 2008 R2Configuration ToolsSQL Server
Configuration Manager.
3. Expand the SQL Server Network Configuration node, and select Protocols for MSSQLSERVER.
4. In the right pane, right-click TCP/IP, and choose Enable. At the warning, click OK.
5. In the left pane, click SQL Server Services.
6. In the right pane, right-click SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER), and click Restart.
7. Click StartAdministrative ToolsLocal Security Policy.
8. In the left pane, expand Local Policies, and click User Rights Assignment.
9. In the right pane, double-click Perform volume maintenance tasks.
10. In the window that opens, click Add User or Group under the Local Security Setting tab.
11. Type System as the object name to select, click Check Names to verify, and choose SYSTEM in the
Multiple Names Found window.
12. Click OK.
13. Click OK.
14. Place the DVD Store backup file you prepared in the default location for SQL Server: C:Program
FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL10.MSSQLSERVERMSSQLBackup.
15. Run Windows Updates one more time and get all critical updates through 1-14-2011.


Installing and configuring the Exchange 2010 mail test client (LoadGen)
To create the mail client, you must install several software components. Before following these
instructions, make sure to statically assign an IP address for the client, and to then plug that port into the
system under test. This allows the client to join the Active Directory domain. We followed this process for each
installation:
Installing Windows Server 2008 R2
1. Insert the installation DVD for Windows Server 2008 R2 into the DVD drive.
2. Choose the language, time and currency, and keyboard input. Click Next.
3. Click Install Now.
4. Choose Windows Server Standard (Full Installation). Click Next.
5. Accept the license terms, and click Next.
6. Click Custom.
7. Click the Disk, and click Drive options (advanced).
8. Click New, Apply, Format, and click Next.
9. After the installation completes, click OK to set the Administrator password.
10. Enter the administrator password twice, and click OK.
11. Click Start, type change power-saving settings and press Enter.
12. Click Change plan settings.
13. Change the Turn off the display drop-down menu to Never.
14. Click Save changes, and close the Power Options, Screen Saver Settings, and Personalization windows.
Joining the domain
1. Select StartControl PanelNetwork ConnectionsLocal Area Connection.
2. Click Properties.
3. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and click Properties.
4. Select the Use the following DNS server addresses radio button, and enter the IP of the DNS server in
the Preferred DNS server field. Click OK.
5. Right-click My Computer, and select Properties.
6. Under the Computer Name tab, click Change.
7. In the Computer Name Changes window, under the Member of section, select the Domain radial box,
and type the appropriate domain name.
8. Select OK to start joining the domain.
9. When the window appears asking for a person qualified on the domain, type Tester as the username
and Password1 as the password.
10. At the welcome pop-up window and the window warning that you must reset the computer for the
changes to take effect, click OK.
11. At the System Properties window, click OK.
12. When a pop-up appears asking if you want to restart now, click Yes to restart your computer.
Installing Internet Information Services
1. Click StartAdministrative ToolsServer Manager.
2. Click Roles on the left-side window pane.
3. Click Add Roles.


4. Click the Application Server check box.
5. When the Add features required for Application Server? screen appears, click Add Required Features.
6. Click Next.
7. Click Next.
8. At the Select Role Services page for Application Server, click the Web Server (IIS) Support check box.
9. Click Next.
10. Click Next.
11. At the Select Role Services page for Web Server (IIS), click IIS 6 Management Compatibility, ASP, and
CGI check boxes; and click Next.
12. Click Install.
13. Click Close.
Installing Load Generator
Download and install Load Generator using all defaults.
Preparing Load Generator
1. Log into the MailClient using the tester account.
2. Select StartAll ProgramsMicrosoft ExchangeExchange Load Generator 2010.
3. When the Load Generator window appears, select Start a new test.
4. Select Create a new test configuration, and click Continue.
5. Change total length of simulation to 30 minutes.
6. Verify that tester is the account name.
7. In the Specify test settings window, type Password1 as the Directory Access Password and Mailbox
Account Master Password, and click Continue with recipient management.
8. Make 75 users in each Mailbox Database, and click Continue.
9. To accept defaults for Advanced recipient settings, click Continue.
10. In the Specify test user groups window, select the plus sign to add a user group.
11. Change the Client Type to Outlook 2007 Cached, the Action Profile to Average, and the Mailbox size to
100MB.
12. Check the PreTestLogon check box, and click Continue.
13. Leave defaults in Remote configurations, and click Continue.
14. Click Save the configuration file as, and name it averagecfg.xml
15. After saving the configuration file, check the Initialize public store as well checkbox and click Start the
initialization phase (recommended before running the test).
Backing up the mail database
On the test server, once you have set up LoadGen and created its initial mail database, you need to
back up the database so you can have clean copies for each test.
1. Select StartAll ProgramsMicrosoft Exchange Server 2010Exchange Management Console in the
mail server.
2. In the left pane, expand Organization Configuration and Mailbox.
3. In the right pane, right-click Mailbox Database, and select Dismount Database from the menu.
4. At the Do you want to continue? pop-up message, click Yes.
5. Right-click Public Folder Database, and select Dismount Database from the menu.


6. At the Do you want to continue? pop-up message, click Yes. The red arrow appears when you have
dismounted the Public Folder Store.
7. Using Windows Explorer, create two new folders: C:backupmailstore and
C:backuppublicstore
8. With Windows Explorer, copy all database and public folder files from F: to C:backup. This process
may take several minutes.
9. Close Windows Explorer.
10. In Exchange Management Console, right-click Mailbox Database, and select Mount Database from the
menu.
11. Right-click the Public Folder Database, and select Mount Database from the menu.
12. Close Exchange System Manager.
Measuring power
To record each solution’s power consumption during each test, we used an Extech Instruments
(www.extech.com) 380803 Power Analyzer/Datalogger. We connected the power cord from the server under
test to the Power Analyzer’s output load power outlet. We then plugged the power cord from the Power
Analyzer’s input voltage connection into a power outlet.
We used the Power Analyzer’s Data Acquisition Software (version 2.11) to capture all recordings. We
installed the software on a separate Intel processor-based PC, which we connected to the Power Analyzer via
an RS-232 cable. We captured power consumption at one-second intervals.
We then recorded the power usage (in watts) for each system during the testing at 1-second intervals.
To compute the average power usage, we averaged the power usage during the time the system was
producing its peak performance results. See Figure 11 for the results of these measurements.


APPENDIX A – TEST SYSTEM CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
Figure 12 provides detailed configuration information about each of the four servers, which we list in
order of newest to oldest.
Intel Xeon processor Intel Xeon processor Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core 2 Duo
Servers E3-1240-based X3450-based processor Q8400- processor E6400-
server server based server based server
Power supplies
Total number 1 1 1 1
Wattage of
460 1,000 350 600
each (W)
Cooling fans
Total number 2 3 2 2
First fan
Dimensions
4.75” x 4.75” 4.75” x 4.75” 4.75” x 4.75” 4.75” x 4.75”
(h x w)
Voltage (V) 12 12 12 12
Amps (A) 1.6 3.3 1.6 0.8
Second fan
Dimensions
3” x 3” 4.75” x 4.75” 3” x 3” 4.75” x 4.75”
(h x w)
Voltage (V) 12 12 12 12
Amps (A) 0.4 1.6 1.5 0.8
Third fan
Dimensions
N/A 3” x 3” N/A N/A
(h x w)
Voltage (V) N/A 12 N/A N/A
Amps (A) N/A 0.4 N/A N/A
General processor setup
Number of
processor 1 1 1 1
packages
Number of
cores per
4 4 4 2
processor
package
Number of
hardware
2 2 1 1
threads per
core


System power
management Balanced Balanced Balanced Balanced
policy
CPU
Vendor Intel Intel Intel Intel
Xeon processor E3- Intel Xeon processor Core 2 Quad Core 2 Duo processor
Name
1240 X3450 processor Q8400 E6400
Stepping D2 B1 R0 B2
Socket type LGA 1155 LGA 1156 LGA 775 LGA 775
Core frequency
3.30 2.66 2.66 2.13
(GHz)
32 KB + 32 KB (per 32 KB + 32 KB (per 32 KB + 32 KB (per 32 KB + 32 KB (per
L1 cache
core) core) core) core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 256 KB (per core) 4 MB (shared) 2 MB (shared)
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB N/A N/A
Platform
Vendor and
Intel S1200BTL1 Intel S3420GP Intel S3200SH Intel S3000AH
model number
Motherboard
Intel C200 Intel 3400 Intel 3200/3210 Intel 3000
chipset
Intel Corp. Intel Corp. Intel Corp. Intel Corp.
BIOS name and S1200BT.86B.01.00.0 S3420GP.86B.01.00.0 S3200X38.86B.00.00. S3000.86B.02.00.005
version 012 047 0051 4
(11/21/2010) (11/16/2010) (05/11/2010) (06/11/2009)
Intel Rapid Storage Intel Matrix Storage Intel Matrix Storage Intel Matrix Storage
BIOS settings
Technology Technology Technology Technology
Memory module(s)
Total RAM in
8 8 4 4
system (GB)
Number of
types of
1 1 1 1
memory
modules
Vendor and Hynix Hynix Kingston Kingston
model number HMT125U7BFR8C-H9 HMT125U7BFR8C-H9 KVR667D2E5/1G KVR533D2E4/2G
Type PC3-10600E PC3-10600E PC2-5300 PC2-4200

1
Intel® Server Board S1200BT (Beartooth Pass) – Overview
http://www.intel.com/products/server/motherboards/S1200BT/S1200BT-overview.htm.


Speed (MHz) 1,333 1,333 667 533
Speed in the
system
currently 1,333 1,333 667 533
running @
(MHz)
Timing/latency
(tCL-tRCD-iRP- 9-9-9-24 9-9-9-24 5-5-5-15 4-4-4-12
tRASmin)
Size (MB) 2,048 2,048 1,024 2,048
Number of
4 4 4 2
RAM modules
Chip
Double-sided Double-sided Double-sided Double-sided
organization
Channel Triple Triple Dual Dual
Hard disk
Vendor and Hitachi Hitachi Hitachi Hitachi
model number HDP725050GLA360 HDP725050GLA360 HDP725050GLA360 HDP725050GLA360
Number of
4 4 4 4
disks in system
Size (GB) 500 500 500 500
Buffer size
16 16 16 16
(MB)
RPM 7,200 7,200 7,200 7,200
Type SATA SATA SATA SATA
Intel Intel Intel
ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R Intel ICH7R/DH SATA
Controller
/DO SATA RAID /DO SATA RAID /DO SATA RAID RAID Controller
Controller Controller Controller
Intel Intel Intel Intel
Controller
8.6.2.1012 8.6.2.1012 8.6.2.1012 8.6.2.1012
driver
(4/08/2009) (4/08/2009) (4/08/2009) (4/8/2009)
Operating system
Windows Server Windows Server Windows Server Windows Server
Name
2008 R2 Standard 2008 R2 Standard 2008 R2 Standard 2008 R2 Standard
Build number 7600 7600 7600 7600
Service Pack N/A N/A N/A N/A
File system NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS
Kernel ACPI x64-Based PC ACPI x64-Based PC ACPI x64-Based PC ACPI x64-Based PC


Language English English English English
Microsoft
DirectX® 11 11 11 11
version
Graphics
Vendor and
Matrox® G200e Matrox G200e Matrox G200e ATI ES1000
model number
Type Integrated Integrated Integrated Integrated
Resolution 1,024 x 768 1,024 x 768 1,024 x 768 1024 x 768
Microsoft Matrox Graphics Matrox Graphics Microsoft
Driver 6.1.7600.16385 2.0.9.0 2.0.9.0 6.1.7600.16385
(6/21/2006) (8/12/2010) (8/12/2010) (6/21/2006)
Network card/subsystem
Network adapter 1
Vendor and Intel 82574L Gigabit Intel 82574L Gigabit Intel PRO/1000 MT Intel PRO/1000 MT
model number Network Adapter Network Adapter Network Adapter Network Adapter
Type Integrated Integrated Integrated Integrated
Intel Intel
Intel 8.3.15.0 Intel 8.3.15.0
Driver 11.7.32.0 11.7.32.0
(9/23/2008) (09/23/2008)
(9/29/2010) (7/8/2010)
Network adapter 2
Intel 82579LM Intel 82578DM
Vendor and Intel PRO/1000 PT Intel PRO/1000 PM
Gigabit Network Gigabit Network
model number Server Adapter Network Adapter
Adapter Adapter
Type Integrated Integrated PCIe Integrated
Intel Intel Intel
Intel 9.3.41.0
Driver 11.8.81.0 11.6.92.0 9.13.41.0
(03/26/2010)
(10/28/2010) (4/12/2010) (3/26/2010)
Network adapter 3
Vendor and Intel PRO/1000 PT Intel PRO/1000 Intel PRO/1000 PT Intel PRO/1000 PT
model number Server Adapter PT Server Adapter Server Adapter Server Adapter
Type PCIe PCIe PCIe PCIe
Intel Intel Intel Intel
Driver 9.13.41.0 9.13.41.0 9.13.41.0 9.13.41.0
(3/26/2010) (3/26/2010) (3/26/2010) (3/26/2010)
Network adapter 4
Vendor and Intel PRO/1000 PT Intel PRO/1000
N/A N/A
model number Server Adapter PT Server Adapter
Type PCIe PCIe N/A N/A


Intel Intel
Driver 9.13.41.0 9.13.41.0 N/A N/A
(3/26/2010) (3/26/2010)
USB ports
Number of
6 6 4 2
ports
Type of ports
(USB 1.1, USB 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
2.0)
Figure 12: Detailed system configuration information for the four Intel processor-based servers.


APPENDIX B – TEST SYSTEM CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
Figure 13 provides the price information for the Intel processor-based servers as of February 15, 2011.
Prices do not include shipping costs or tax.
Intel Xeon Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core 2 Duo
Intel Xeon processor
Servers processor E3-1240- processor Q8400- processor E6400-
X3450-based server
based server based server based server
Price as of February 15, 2011
Motherboard $215.001 $175.004 $199.994 $330.002
Processor $265.001 $265.494 $168.234 $70.002
Drives $240.002 $240.002 $240.002 $240.002
Memory $363.123 $363.123 $76.564 $74.124
Case $125.002 $125.002 $125.002 $125.002
NICs5 $175.484 $175.484 $175.484 $87.744
Total price $1,383.60 $1,344.09 $985.26 $926.86
Figure 13: Price information for the for Intel processor-based servers.

Notes
1
Obtained from Intel.
2
Price from www.serversupply.com.
3
Price from www.upgradebay.com.
4
Price from www.amazon.com.
5
For the Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6400-based server, we used a single PCIe NIC, which accounts for the lower price.


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