SPEC is a non-profit organization that puts together benchmarks on a variety of products and services. Currently they have a number of test areas:
Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
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Messaging Records Management
Messaging Records Management (MRM) can be used to define polices for retention on specific folders. You can also target an MRM policy to a specific group. There is a 10 minute video that explains MRM on the Exchange Team Blog:
2 Load Evaluators Attached to 1 Server
I ran into a situation today where I had two load evaluators assigned to the same server. No amount of reconfiguration through the CMC would get things back to normal. To solve this problem I ended up checking and ultimately repairing the Citrix data store.
Front End Exchange Server Circular Logging
Essentially if you do not have any user mailboxes stores or public folder stores on an Exchange server that is operating as a front end server, then you can safely enable circular logging. This will reduce the disk space requirements for the front end server.
Backup Exec Global Exclusions
This is a nice way to add exclusions to all of your Backup Exec jobs for common folders that are frequently locked, temporary files, or otherwise have a valid reason for exclusion from your backup sets.
Network Stored PST Files
Officially Microsoft does not support the storage of PST files on file shares whether they are on a LAN or WAN. They have a knowledge base article specifically regarding this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297019 but there is also a good commentary on the subject on the Microsoft Enterprise Platforms Windows Server Performance Team blog Network Stored PST files … don’t do it!
Running VirtualCenter in a Virtual Machine
Running VirtualCenter in a virtual machine is fully supported by VMware to the same degree as if it were installed on a physical server. There are several reasons why deploying VirtualCenter in a virtual machine would be advantageous:
WSUS 3 Released
Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 delivers new features including an MMC-based user interface with advanced filtering and reporting, improved performance and operational reliability, flexible deployment options to improve branch office support, and more content access through the Microsoft Update Catalog site.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/wsus/default.mspx
Missing Outlook Contacts
If the user cannot access their local contacts when attempting to send an email message the problem may be that their Outlook Address Book account has been removed.
VMware ESX SSH No Matching Cipher Found Error
Error Message
No matching cipher found: client aes256-cbc,aes128-cbc server 3des-cbc