Software Architecture – Web Application optimization without code changes

Objective: Web Application optimization without code changes.
Strategy: Read all the references below and apply them in test lab. After clear understanding of domain, have access to Client machine and apply this checklist on client machine. Make sure to have backup strategy for client environment.
Guideline Points:
1. Log only essential information or completely disable IIS logging
2. Disable IIS ASP debugging in production environments
3. Tune the value of the ASP Threads Per Processor Limit property
4. Tune the value of the ASP Queue Length property
5. Tune the MaxPoolThreads registry entry
6. Disable WCF services tracing
7. Configure ASP.NET MaxConcurrentRequests for IIS 7.0 Integrated mode
8. Enable IIS HTTP compression
For point 1-8 see below reference)
(Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee377050(v=bts.10).aspx )

9. Configuring HTTP Compression in IIS 7
(Reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771003(WS.10).aspx )

10. Configuring Output Caching in IIS 7
(Reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732475(WS.10).aspx )

11. Follow this link:
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/93/optimizing-performance/

12. For web Pages add following tag.

Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h30h475z(v=VS.100).aspx

13. Optimizing WCF Web Service Performance
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee377061(v=bts.10).aspx

14. Few tips related to ASP .Net
http://madskristensen.net/post/Performance-tuning-tricks-for-ASPNET-and-IIS-7-part-1.aspx
http://madskristensen.net/post/Performance-tuning-tricks-for-ASPNET-and-IIS-7-e28093-part-2.aspx

15. Few tips related to ASP .Net
http://wiki.asp.net/page.aspx/31/performance/

16. For better performance, you should remove any HTTP Modules that you are not using.
Reference: http://aspadvice.com/blogs/ssmith/archive/2007/08/03/Real-World-ASP.NET-Performance-Tuning-Experience.aspx

17. Performance Tuning for Active Directory Servers (Important)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463394
[In this white paper, read Active Directory section.]

18. AD performance Tuning
http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2010/02/03/3409281.aspx
http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/2006/04/maximising-active-directory-performance.htm
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123771(EXCHG.65).aspx

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