Testing

Hardware Configuration:

	Web Front End 1	Web Front End 2	Application Server	Database Server
Server Model	Dell PowerEdge 1850	Dell PowerEdge 1850	Dell PowerEdge 1850	Dell PowerEdge 6800
Processors	2 Intel Xeon Irwindale 2.8GHz	2 Intel Xeon Irwindale 3.0GHz	2 Intel Xeon Irwindale 3.0GHz	(4) Intel Xeon 7140M 3.4GHz
RAM	8GB	8GB	10GB	64GB
HardDrive	73GB 10K SCSI	73GB 10K SCSI	73GB 10K SCSI	73GB 15K SCSI

Software Configuration:

	Web Front End 1	Web Front End 2	Application Server	Database Server
Operating System	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Software	SharePoint 2010, Social Sites 2010 v1.2 (aka Skyvera Social)	SharePoint 2010, Social Sites 2010 v1.2 (aka Skyvera Social)	SharePoint 2010, Social Sites 2010 v1.2 (aka Skyvera Social)	SQL Server 2008 R2
UAC	Disabled		Disabled	Disabled
Firewall	Disabled		Disabled	Disabled

Methodology:

A series of test were performed for both the SP and AS page to determine the maximum VSTS load while maintaining the Green Zone constraints.

We performed tests for the following SharePoint configurations: 1x0x1 (1 WFE and AS, 1 DB), 1x1x1, and 2x1x1. The 1x1x1 and 2x1x1 environments were configured in a SharePoint farm environment with the web components enabled for the WFEs and the application services disabled, while the WFEs have all application services enabled and the web components disabled.

Before performing the simulated "production" load a number of tests were performed to add content to the activity stream. After determining the maximum VSTS load an additional test was performed to gather the results used in this guide.