This guide describes important tuning parameters and settings that can result in improved performance for the Windows Server 2008 operating system. Each setting and its potential effect are described to help you make an informed judgment about its relevance to your system, workload, and performance goals.
This information applies to the Windows Server 2008 operating system.
What's New:
Updated the Power Guidelines, Network Subsystem Tuning, File Server Tuning, and Virtualization Server Tuning sections for Windows Server 2008 SP2.
Included in this paper:
Performance Tuning for Server Hardware
Performance Tuning for Networking Subsystem
Performance Tuning for Storage Subsystem
Performance Tuning for Web Servers
Performance Tuning for File Servers
Performance Tuning for Active Directory Servers
Performance Tuning for Terminal Server
Performance Tuning for Terminal Server Gateway
Performance Tuning for Virtualization Servers
Performance Tuning for File Server Workload (NetBench)
Performance Tuning for Network Workload (NTttcp)
Performance Tuning for Terminal Server Knowledge Worker Workload
Performance Tuning for SAP Sales and Distribution Two-Tier Workload
