Perf-tun-srv-R2.docx

Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008 R2October 19, 2012AbstractThis guide describes important tuning parameters and settings that you can adjust to improve the performance and energy efficiency of the Windows?Server??2008 R2 operating system. This guide describes each setting and its potential effect to help you make an informed decision about its relevance to your system, workload, and performance goals.This paper is for information technology (IT) professionals and system administrators who need to tune the performance of a server that is running Windows Server?2008 R2.This information applies to the Windows Server?2008 R2 operating system.References and resources discussed here are listed at the end of this guide.The current version of this guide is maintained on the Web at: /library/windows/hardware/gg463392.aspxPerformance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008 R2Feedback: Please tell us whether this paper was useful to you. Submit comments at:/fwlink/?LinkId=102585/fwlink/?LinkId=102585Disclaimer: This document is provided “as-is”. Information and views expressed in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references, may change without notice. 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. ? 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Document HistoryDateChangeOctober 19, 2012Updated Server Core Installation Option, Correct Memory Sizing for Child Partitions, and Correct Memory Sizing for Root Partition.September 7, 2012Further updates to the Performance Tuning guidance for the TPC-E Workload sectionMay 13, 2011“Performance Tuning for Web Servers” – Updated guidance to reflect that Http.sys manages conn