Chapter 23. Tuning and Optimization Techniques

In this Chapter

Understanding of Capacity Analysis

Leveraging Capacity-Analysis Tools

Identifying and Analyzing Core Analysis and Monitoring Elements

Optimizing Performance by Server Roles

BEST PRACTICES

Establishing Policy and Metric Baselines

Use the /3GB /USERVA=3000 Parameters

Use the Performance Snap-in to Set an Alert for Event ID 9582

Performance tuning and optimization is frequently overlooked by administrators in an era where hardware has become relatively inexpensive and the processing power of systems in many cases far exceeds the utilization demands of an organization. However in cost-cutting efforts, organizations are consolidating servers, sometimes consolidating five to 10 servers into a single server. In other cases, organizations are fine-tuning servers to optimize the performance of the systems in an effort to minimize server operation inefficiencies that frequently lead to premature server failures.

This chapter focuses on tips, tricks, and best practices to tune and optimize a Windows Server 2003 system and the Windows 2003 networking environment.