Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2012 April 12, 2013 Abstract
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    Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2012
April 12, 2013 Abstract This guide describes important tuning parameters and settings that you can adjust to improve the performance and energy efficiency of the Windows Server 2012 operating system. It describes each setting and its potential effect to help you make an informed decision about its relevance to your system, workload, and performance goals. The guide is for information technology (IT) professionals and system administrators who need to tune the performance of a server that is running Windows Server 2012. For the most current version of this guide, see Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2012. Disclaimer: This document is provided “as-is”. Information and views expressed in this document, including URL and other Internet website references, may change without notice. Some information relates to pre-released product which may be substantially modified before it’s commercially released. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the information provided here. You bear the risk of using it. Some examples depicted herein are provided for illustration only and are fictitious. No real association or connection is intended or should be inferred. This document does not provide you with any legal rights to any intellectual property in any Microsoft product. You may copy and use this document for your internal, reference purposes. © 2013 Microsoft. All rights reserved. 
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ContentsContents 2 Introduction 3 In This Guide 4 Choosing and Tuning Server Hardware 5 Choosing Server Hardware: Performance Considerations 5 Choosing Server Hardware: Power Considerations 8 Processor Terminology 10 Power and Performance Tuning 10 Calculating Server Energy Efficiency 10 Measuring System Energy Consumption 11 Diagnosing Energy Efficiency Issues 12 Using Power Plans in Windows Server 12 Tuning Processor Power Management Parameters 13 Performance Tuning for the Networking Subsystem 17 Choosing a Network Adapter 18 Offload Capabilities 18 Receive-Side Scaling (RSS) 18 Receive-Segment Coalescing (RSC) 21 Network Adapter Resources 22 Message-Signaled Interrupts (MSI/MSI-X) 23 Interrupt Moderation 23 Tuning the Network Adapter 24 Enabling Offload Features 24 Increasing Network Adapter Resources 25 Workload Specific Tuning 25 System Management Interrupts 26 Tuning TCP 26 Network-Related Performance Counters 27 Performance Tools for Network Workloads 29 Tuning for NTttcp 29 TCP/IP Window Size 30 Server Performance Advisor 3.0 30 Performance Tuning for the Storage Subsystem 32 Choosing Storage 32 Estimating the Amount of Data to Be Stored 33 Choosing a Storage Solution 34 Hardware Array Capabilities 36 Choosing the Right Resiliency Scheme 42 Selecting a Stripe Unit Size 48 Determining the Volume Layout 48 Choosing and Designing Storage Tiers 49 Storage Spaces 49 Storage Spaces Configuration Options 49 Deployment Elements: A New Unit of Scale 50 Storage-Related Parameters and Performance Counters 52 I/O Priorities 52 Logical Disks and Physical Disks 52 Processor Information 55 Power Protection and Advanced Performance Option 55 Block Alignment (DISKPART) 56 Solid-State Drives 57 Trim and Unmap Capabilities 58 Response Times 58 Queue Lengths 60 Performance Tuning for Web Servers 62 Selecting the Proper Hardware for Performance 62 Operating System Practices 62 Tuning IIS 8.0 62 Kernel-Mode Tunings 63 Cache Management Settings 64 Request and Connection Management Settings 65 User-Mode Settings 65 User-Mode Cache Behavior Settings 65 Compression Behavior Settings 66 Tuning the Default Document List 67 Central Binary Logging 68 Application and Site Tunings 68 Managing IIS 8.0 Modules 69 Classic ASP Settings 69 ASP.NET Concurrency Setting 70 Worker Process and Recycling Options 71 Secure Sockets Layer Tuning Parameters 71 ISAPI 72 Managed Code Tuning Guidelines 72 Other Issues that Affect IIS Performance 72 NTFS File System Setting 73 Networking Subsystem Performance Settings for IIS 73 Performance Tuning for File Servers 74 Selecting the Proper Hardware for Performance 74 Server Message Block Model 74 SMB Model Overview 74 SMB Configuration Considerations 74 Tuning Parameters for SMB File Servers 75 SMB Server Tuning Example 78 Services for NFS Model 78 Services for NFS Model Overview 78 Tuning Parameters for NFS File Servers 79 General Tuning Parameters for Client Computers 81 File Client Tuning Example 86 Performance Tuning for a File Server Workload (FSCT) 88 Registry Tuning Parameters for Servers 88 Registry Tuning Parameters for Client Computers 89 Performance Counters for SMB 3.0 90 Performance Tuning for File Server Workload (SPECsfs2008) 91 Registry-Tuning Parameters for NFS File Servers 91 Performance Tuning for Active Directory Servers 92 Considerations for Read-Heavy Scenarios 92 Considerations for Write-Heavy Scenarios 93 Using Indexing to Improve Query Performance 93 Optimizing Trust Paths 93 Active Directory Performance Counters 94 Performance Tuning for Remote Desktop Session Host (Formerly Terminal Server) 95 Selecting the Proper Hardware for Performance 95 CPU Configuration 95 Processor Architecture 95 Memory Configuration 96 Disk 96
Network 97 Tuning Applications for Remote Desktop Session Host 97 Remote Desktop Session Host Tuning Parameters 98 Page file 98 Antivirus and Antispyware 98 Task Scheduler 99 Desktop Notification Icons 99 RemoteFX data compression 99 Device redirection 99 Client Experience Settings 100 Desktop Size 102 Windows System Resource Manager 102 Performance Tuning for Remote Desktop Virtualization Host 103 General Considerations 103 Storage 103 Memory 103 CPU 103 Virtual GPU 104 RemoteFX GPU Processing Power 105 Performance Optimizations 108 Dynamic Memory 108 Tiered Storage 108 CSV Cache 108 Pooled Virtual Desktops 109 Performance Tuning for Remote Desktop Gateway 111 Monitoring and Data Collection 113 Performance Tuning Remote Desktop Services Workload for Knowledge Workers 114 Recommended Tunings on the Server 115 Monitoring and Data Collection 117 Performance Tuning for Virtualization Servers 119 Terminology 119 Hyper-V Architecture 120 Server Configuration 121 Hardware Selection 122 Server Core Installation Option 123 Dedicated Server Role 123 Guest Operating Systems 123 CPU Statistics 123 Processor Performance 124 Virtual Machine Integration Services 124 Enlightened Guests 124 Virtual Processors 125 Background Activity 125 Weights and Reserves 126 Tuning NUMA Node Preference 126 Memory Performance 126 Enlightened Guests 127 Correct Memory Sizing for Child Partitions 127 Correct Memory Sizing for Root Partition 128 Storage I/O Performance 128 Virtual Controllers 128 Virtual Disks 129 Block Size Considerations 131 Sector Size Implications 131 Block Fragmentation 133 Pass-through Disks 134 Advanced Storage Features 134 NUMA I/O 135 Offloaded Data Transfer Integration 135 Unmap Integration 136 Network I/O Performance 136 Hyper-V-specific Network Adapter 137 Install Multiple Hyper-V-specific Network Adapters on Multiprocessor virtual machines 137 Offload Hardware 137 Network Switch Topology 137 VLAN Performance 138 Dynamic VMQ 138 MAC Spoofing Guidance 140 Single Root I/O Virtualization 140 Live Migration 140 Performance Tuning for SAP Sales and Distribution 142 Operating System Tunings on the Server 142 Tunings on the Database Server 143 Tunings on SAP Application Server 144 Monitoring and Data Collection 146 Performance Tuning for OLTP Workloads 148 Server Under Test Tunings 148 SQL Server Tunings for OLTP Workloads 149 Disk Storage Tunings 151 TPC-E Database Size and Layout 152 Client Systems Tunings 152 Monitoring and Data Collection 153 Root Counters 154 Resources 156 Directory: download download -> Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008 May 20, 2009 Abstract download -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations download -> Bbc archives: Beyond the programme download download -> Occupational health and safety download -> Dynatest 3031 lwd light Weight Deflectometer download -> Forth coming competitive exams download -> English Olympiad Tasks: 10 th form Аудіювання, 10 клас. Текст download -> Brush High School Morning Announcements Friday, September 05, 2014 all school download -> Year 9 The Arts — Music download -> Years 7 and 8 standard elaborations — Australian Curriculum: Music draft Download 0.61 Mb. Share with your friends:
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