Tuning and Sizing Windows 2000 for Maximum Performance (Microsoft Technologies) [Hardcover]

This is a guide to planning capacity and tuning Windows 2000 systems. This will answer such questions as: How do you size a 2000 server? How do you plan server capacity and make sure that it scales as needed? How can performance be optimized? How do you predict and avoid server bottlenecks? The author is the former chief architect for UNIX-NT integration at NCR and author of Sizing and Tuning NT Server.

• Maximize Windows 2000 Server performance and scalability-through a hands-on, step-by-step approach that provides immediate solutions to your performance issues
• Practical "rules of thumb" for identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks
• Specific techniques for optimizing file servers, backup servers, IIS, SQL Server, and Microsoft Exchange
• Covers sizing and optimizing the latest hardware technology
• Exclusive management scripts for tracking performance and availability
• By one of the world's leading Windows 2000 benchmarking and performance experts!
• Specific recommendations for Windows 2000 tuning and sizing: hardware and software
• Practical rules of thumb for tracking and eliminating Windows 2000 bottlenecks
• Exclusive management scripts for tracking performance and availability
• Learn where to start when sizing systems for your Windows 2000 solutions
• Optimizing file servers, IIS 5 Web servers, and backup servers
• Optimizing Microsoft Exchange
• Optimizing SQL Server
• Unlock all of the Windows 2000, back office application, and hardware options to improve your solutions performance!

The complete, hands-on, experience-based guide to configuring Windows 2000 systems for maximum performance!

Squeeze every dime of performance, scalability, and reliability out of the entire Windows 2000 family-and dramatically reduce the cost of enterprise networking! In this book, Windows 2000 performance expert Curt Aubley shows you how. You'll walk through every aspect of optimizing Windows 2000 systems for your unique environment, stress testing it to evaluate performance, and sizing hardware to deliver maximum bang for the buck.

Aubley doesn't just show you how to make your current Windows 2000 based solutions run quickly and cost-effectively, he covers the "whys" you'll need to address any Windows 2000 performance challenge. You'll find specific, detailed recommendations for sizing and tuning of the Windows 2000 operating system, key back office applications, and system hardware, including CPU, memory, disk subsystem, network, and more!

This book contains expert guidance on optimizing the performance and scalability of every key Windows 2000 server application, including: file services, IIS 5 Web services, database servers running SQL Server, messaging servers running Exchange, and the commonly forgotten but crucial backup servers. You'll even find never-before-published information on the performance overhead issues associated with Windows 2000 Server security.

Make the most of your Windows 2000 Server investment, with the one book that shows you how, step by step: Tuning and Sizing Windows 2000 for Maximum Performance.