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I view LoadSim and ESP as precise and focused tools that serve not only for
stressing a server, but also for providing you with insight data about a
benchmark environment and defining a baseline for your computing infra-
structure. Both of these tools can determine the capacity and vertical scal-
ability of the solution (i.e., how much it can handle). However, they do not
properly address the other components that are stressed by high activity and
are used by Exchange 2003, such as the Active Directory services. ADtest
and JetStress have proven their usefulness in testing respectively ...