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INTRODUCTION 5
PURPOSEOFTHISGUIDE 5
RELEVANTPRODUCTS 5
SOLUTIONARCHITECTURE 6
DESIGNPHILOSOPHY 6
SERVERCONFIGURATION 7
BASICSERVERREQUIREMENTS 7
RECOMMENDEDSERVERHARDWARE 7
SERVERREDUNDANCY 8
HOTBACKUPDATABASES 8
CLUSTERING 8
LOADBALANCING 8
SERVERANDOBJECTDIRECTORYOPTIMISATION 9
ENDPOINTTOSERVERCOMMUNICATION‐NETWORKLOADESTIMATION 9
ESTIMATINGTHESIZEOFTHEOBJECTDIRECTORY 9
TYPICALGROWTHOF5000USER/MACHINEOBJECTDIRECTORY 10
VIRTUALSERVERS 10
GLOBALDEPLOYMENTS 11
OPTIMISATIONACTIONS 11
OPTIMISATIONACTIONSOVERVIEW 12
NAMEINDEXING(DBCFG.INI) 13
WARNINGS 13
DBCFG.INI 13
GROUPSIZES 14
TCP/IPKEEPALIVETIMEREDUCTION 15
LASTACCESSTIMESTAMP(NTFSDISABLELASTACCESSUPDATE) 15
WINDOWSSERVERASAFILESERVER 15
OBJECTDIRECTORYBACKUPTOOLSETUP 16
ANTI‐VIRUSSCANNER 16
WINDOWSPERFORMANCE 17
MANAGINGAUDITS 17
FILECACHEONRAIDHARDDRIVECONTROLLER 17
CONNECTIONSPEED 17
OBJECTDIRECTORYPHYSICALLOCATION 18
OBJECTDIRECTORYACCESS 18
SEARCHINGFOROBJECTS 18
CLEARINGDELETEDOBJECTS 18
SBSERVER.INI 18