1. Optimize Memory Usage
Heap Manager
- Minimizes VM fragmentation by increasing the amount of free space required before the heap manager frees up memory (default is 0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
Value Name: HeapDeCommitFreeBlockThreshold
Radix: Decimal
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 262144 (0x00040000 in hex)
Virtual Address Space
- 3GB allocates 3 GB of virtual address space to user mode. The number after userva is the amount of memory in megabytes (MB) that will be allocated to each process.
Edit the Boot.ini File.
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Enterprise" /fastdetect /3gb /userva=3030
2. Align I/O with Storage Track Boundaries (All SAN attached drives)
- Prevent a possible 20% performance hit due to track skipping
C:\>Diskpar –s drivenumber
Respond to both warnings by typing y
Please specify starting offset (in sectors): 128
Please specify partition length: [Pressing Enter will default to the max length]
3. Optimize NTBAckup
- optimize the data throughput.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Ntbackup\BackupEngineIf BackupEngine is missing, run ntbackup once.
Logical Disk Buffer Size = 64
Max Buffer Size = 1024
Max Num Tape Buffers = 16
4. Improve Refresh time of mailbox configuration
- Mailbox limits are permissions will take effect faster (default is 2 hours)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeIS\ParametersSystem
Value name: Reread Logon Quotas Interval
Dta Type: REG_DWORD
Radix: Decimal
Value data: 1200 (20 Minutes)
Value name: Mailbox Cache Age Limit
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Radix: Decimal
Value data: 1200 (20 Minutes)
5. Move TEMP/TMP folders to RAID 1 partition
- Exchange uses TMP folders for mailbox moves
6. Increase ESE Buffer Size
- To optimize Virtual Memory useage by ESE, EXBPA recommends that servers with more that 2 GB of memory set the following:
Start the Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) Edit utility.
Under Configuration Container, expand CN=Configuration, DC=example, DC=com.
Expand CN=Services, expand CN=Microsoft Exchange, expand CN=OrganizationName, expand CN=Administrative Groups, expand CN=First Administrative, expand CN=Servers, and then expand CN=servername.
Under CN=servername, right-click CN=InformationStore, and then click Properties.
In the Select which properties to view list, click Both.
In the Select a property to view list, click msExchESEParamCacheSizeMax
In the Edit Attribute box, type 311296 (1.2 GB)
7. Increase Transaction Log Buffers
- Increasing the size will provide better performance when multiple transactions are occuring (ideal for corporate environments). EXBPA recommends that if this value be changed to 9000.
Under Configuration Container, expand CN=Configuration, DC=example, DC=com.
Expand CN=Services, expand CN=Microsoft Exchange, expand CN=OrganizationName, expand CN=Administrative Groups, expand CN=First Administrative, expand CN=Servers, and then expand CN=servername.
Under CN=servername, right-click CN=InformationStore, right-click CN=
In the Select a property to view list, click msExchESEParamLogBuffers
In the Edit Attribute box, type 9000
