Performance Tuning Microsoft Networks, the new book that teaches you how to make a Microsoft network run like a rocket, answers these questions quickly in this condensed book. Internal Microsoft secrets, such as registry modifications, are revealed in addition to some of the better known methods. There is no other book that covers all of the secret techniques listed in this book. The author, being Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, and HP certified, used inside connections to obtain and test proprietary tuning secrets. This book is the most current one published (updated Jan 99) and includes information on the latest technologies such as Ultra SCSI, Serial Storage Architecture (SSA), and server clustering.
This list is only a small sample of what is covered:
Which hardware NT runs the fastest on.
The 3 software elements that must be in place for effective use of multiple processors.
How to tune NT depending on how it is being used.
How to use NT tools to determine bottlenecks.
Disk techniques affecting performance and fault tolerance.
Virtual Memory
Secret Registry modifications
Performance boost priorites - what that setting really does.
Tuning your systems to reduce congestion on the network.
TCP/IP modifications.
Explanation of TCP/IP name resolution.
Tracing a WINS resolution using Network Monitor (Appendix D).
Brief comparison of differences in the Intel Processors (Appendix E).
Browser modifications.
Synchronization and how to tune it to your needs.
