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In June 2008, Microsoft Corporation conducted the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 AIF benchmark to
measure the performance and scalability characteristics of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 in a
simulated distribution scenario. This benchmark exercised core Accounts Receivables scenario
involving sales order creation thru Application Integration Framework (AIF) and invoicing of sales
orders thru batch jobs. It also exercised core General Ledger scenario involving journal creation thru
AIF and posting of journals thru batch jobs. The scenarios generated load on Application Object Server
(AOS)in this benchmark, each Application Object Server (AOS) instance was hosted on a separate
server. In a Microsoft Dynamics AX system, the Application Object Server (AOS) processes business
logic in communication with clients and the database; the database server provides data to the AOS.
The Application Object Server (AOS) servers were divided into two groups: one for running AIF batch
jobs and another group for running invoicing batch jobs. The benchmark showcased 420,000+ sales
lines invoiced in an hour with all the Application Object Server (AOS) and SQL server usage around
80%. The second scenario of the benchmark showcased ~590,000 journal lines posted in an hour.
The AIF Sales Order scenario showcases the application integration framework capabilities with
invoicing running simultaneously.
Results Summary
The benchmark was conducted around two core
scenarios:
Scenario 1: Sales Orders
Description: Scenario to showcase ability to
create sales orders thru application integration
framework and with invoicing running in
batches. The starting point for this benchmark
is the messages in AifGatewayQueue and flow
from external adapter (MSMQ/BizTalk
Server/File Server) has been kept outside of
this benchmark
Goal: Provide a good sizing data point for
customers/partners for the Application Object
Server (AOS) and database servers, with
representative functionality.
Scenario 2: General Ledger Journal
Description: Scenario to showcase ability to
create sales orders thru application integration
framework and with invoicing running in
batches. The starting point for this benchmark
is the messages in AifGatewayQueue and flow
from external adapter (MSMQ/BizTalk
Server/File Server) has been kept outside of
this benchmark
Goal: Provide a good sizing data point for
customers/partners for the Application Object
Server
Count
Server
CPU%
82.6%
82.3%
82.8%
Database Server
(OLTP)
83.1%
80.4%
80.9%
81.3%
79.9%
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Server Type
Server
Count
Server
CPU%
91.9%
91.8%
96.1%
92.2%
64.5%
71.0%
68.8%
Database Server
(OLTP)
67.8%
25 Line Items
2 Lines Receive Standard Discounts
25% Orders Receive Order discounts
Credit Limit Checking @ Line Level
Markup Freight @ Order Level
[Miscellaneous Charges]
Detailed Sales Tax [1 Tax Code]
Invoice Order
Detailed Tax and Chart of Accounts
Update
Commission Calculation
Credit Limit Checking @ Invoicing
GL Journal
creation thru
Application
Integration
Framework;
Posting thru
Application
Object Server
(AOS) Batch
jobs
Transaction Detail
10 Line Journals
Each line includes offset account
2 lines include intercompany
accounts
Single voucher used for each
document
Benchmark Architecture
In AX 2009, AIF Inbound Processing service
utilizes the new batch framework and its ability to
create runtime tasks for parallel processing of
messages from the AIF gateway Queue. New
batch framework supports the following that are
utilized by AIF:
1. Batch jobs that create new run time batch
tasks.
2.
3.
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Additional Notes:
All runs had a minimum steady state of 1
hour.
Ramp up durations were between 5 and 15
Scenarios were considered successful when
deviations between runs were within 3% in
terms of response time and system utilization.
Benchmark Methodology
A standalone program was used to create the
documents in MSMQ and the
AIFGateWayReceiveService was run to move the
messages from MSMQ into Application Object
Server (AOS) system. The benchmark run was
kicked off at this point.
Measurements were recorded on all servers and
were measured when the concurrency reached
steady state. Steady state was maintained for a
minimum of 60 minutes with repeat runs within
acceptable deviation of throughput and response
times.
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Disclaimer
These benchmark results were returned in a
controlled lab environment, with Microsoft
Dynamics AX 2009 as the running applications
(No other applications running on these servers).
The benchmark was executed on optimized
hardware, using the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
SYS layer without reporting activity during
execution. This benchmark is accurate only for the
listed hardware, non-customized version of
Microsoft Dynamics AX, transaction mix, data
composition, and indexes. Microsoft Dynamics is
publishing a Benchmark Toolkit for Microsoft
Dynamics AX in October 2009 on CustomerSource
and PartnerSource. Any customer or partner
running benchmarks on their own system should
expect varying results based on their hardware,
customizations, transaction mix, data
composition, and indexes. Transaction mix and
data composition will have an effect on sizing and
hardware requirements.
Inherently, Microsoft believes that the Dynamics
AX 2009 Stack and application is built to scale and
changes to the code base need to go thru
localized performance testing.
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