IS 4506 Tuning and Monitoring

Internet Information Server

Performance Overview

IIS Design Considerations

Monitoring the services

Factors affecting Internet Information Server performance

Internet Information Server performance tuning

IIS Design Considerations

PDC or BDC and IIS Server

IIS with its own Domain (PDC) for security

IIS Server outside the organizational Domain.

Database, SMTP, NNTP, Index, FTP Servers

Hardware requirements

Network Connections - NIC and line speed

Using SSL

Monitoring the Services

Performance Monitor Counters (383 & 390S)

Event Viewer logs and Internet Information Server logs

Site Server - Content Analyzer & Report Writer

Other tools

Netstat - Snapshot (314MS)

Network Monitor (captures frames information)

Factors Affecting Internet Information Server

Bandwidth

Internet connection type

Network connection capacity

Hardware

CPU bottlenecks

RAM bottlenecks

Network adapter card bottlenecks

Hard disk bottlenecks

Factors Affecting Internet Information Server

Network Application Speeds

ISAPI, CGI, and ASP

ODBC logging

Security features - SSL

Internet Information Server Performance Tuning

Restricting bandwidth (Override computer)

Balancing memory against response speed

Limiting connections and setting timeout values

Internet Information Server cache

Maximizing processor share

Increasing CPU Speed