Contents Listing

Preface

1. Perspectives on Performance Management
Windows 2000 Evolution
Tools of the Trade
Performance and Productivity
Performance Management
Problems of Scale
Performance Tools

2. Measurement Methodology
Performance Monitoring API
Performance Data Logging
Performance Monitoring Overhead
A Performance Monitoring Starter Set

3. Processor Performance
Windows 2000 Design Goals
The Thread Execution Scheduler
Thread Scheduling Tuning

4. Optimizing Application Performance
Background
The Application Tuning Case Study
Intel Processor Hardware Performance

5. Multiprocessing
Multiprocessing Basics
Cache Coherence
Pentium Pro Hardware Counters
Optimization and SMP Configuration Tuning
Configuring Server Applications for Multiprocessing
Partitioning Multiprocessors

6. Memory Management and Paging
Virtual Memory
Page Replacement
Memory Capacity Planning

7. File Cache Performance and Tuning
File Cache Sizing
Cache Performance Counters
Universal Caching
How the Windows 2000 File Cache Works
Cache Tuning

8. Disk Subsystem Performance
The I/O Subsystem
Disk Architecture
I/O Buses
Disk Interfaces
System Monitor Counters
Workload Studies

9. Filesystem Performance
Storage Management
Filesystems
Defragmentation
System Monitor Counters
Comparing Filesystem Performance
Selecting a Filesystem

10. Disk Array Performance
Disk Striping
Enter RAID
RAID Disk Organizations
RAID and Windows 2000
Benchmark Testing
Selecting a RAID Configuration

11. Introduction to Networking Technology
Networking Basics
Bandwidth and Latency
Media Access Layer
Internet Protocol Layer
Host-to-Host Connections

12. Internet Information Server Performance
Web Server Architecture
Sources of Information
Web Server Benchmarks
Performance Management
Load Balancing and Server Clustering

Bibliography

Index