Table Of Contents - Compaq 117755-003 - ProSignia - 740 Configuration Manual

Configuration and Tuning of Sybase System 11 for Microsoft Windows NT on Compaq Servers

Table of Contents

Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 1
Planning and Installation..................................................................................................................... 1
Domain Controller, Backup Domain Controller or Server............................................................. 1
System Processor Planning ........................................................................................................... 2
UniProcessor and MultiProcessor Support from Compaq ....................................................... 2
Processor Scalability .............................................................................................................. 2
Memory Planning ......................................................................................................................... 3
Initial Memory....................................................................................................................... 3
Virtual Memory ..................................................................................................................... 4
Disk Subsystem Planning.............................................................................................................. 4
Array Accelerator: Its Function and Benefit in a Sybase SQL Server Environment................. 4
Checkpoints, Housekeeper and Transaction Log Writes............................................ 4
Fault Tolerance Considerations.............................................................................................. 5
1. RAID-based Disk Controllers ............................................................................... 6
2. Windows NT-based RAID.................................................................................... 6
3. Sybase SQL Server Mirroring/Duplexing ............................................................. 6
FAT vs. NTFS ....................................................................................................................... 7
Compaq System Configuration Utility Considerations............................................................ 7
Network Planning......................................................................................................................... 8
Network Characteristics of a Sybase SQL Server Environment............................................... 8
Network Protocols: Packet Sizes ............................................................................................ 8
Multiple Network Protocols ................................................................................................... 9
Performance Monitoring and Tuning................................................................................................... 9
System Processor Utilization, Monitoring and Optimization ......................................................... 9
Optimizing Windows NT & SQL Server Operations .............................................................. 9
Unnecessary Services ............................................................................................................. 10
CPU Performance Monitor Objects and Their Meaning.......................................................... 11
Memory Utilization, Monitoring and Optimization....................................................................... 11
Window NT Paging: Detection and Avoidance ...................................................................... 11
Sybase SQL Server Tuning Parameters .................................................................................. 12
Memory ................................................................................................................... 12
Dbcc Memusage....................................................................................................... 13
Procedure Cache ...................................................................................................... 13
Disk Subsystem Utilization, Monitoring and Optimization ........................................................... 13
Recovery Interval................................................................................................................... 13
Diskperf................................................................................................................................. 14
Disk Performance Monitor Objects and Their Meaning.......................................................... 14
Sybase SQL Server .............................................................................................................................. 15
Runserver Command File and the Windows NT Registry.............................................................. 15
Sybaudit Performance Considerations ........................................................................................... 15
Compaq Insight Manager .................................................................................................................... 15
Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................... 17
Check List of Recommendations................................................................................................... 17
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