SharePoint Performance Tuning References

Thanks to Roger Lamb please find references to improve SharePoint’s and Project Server performance:

• Case Study: Using Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server to implement a large-scale content storage scenario with rapid search availability (TechNet)
• White paper: Database Maintenance for Microsoft® SharePoint® Products and Technologies  (TechNet)
• White paper: Scaling SharePoint 2007 - Storage Architecture (Knowledgelake)
• Physical storage recommendations (Office SharePoint Server) (TechNet)
• How to defragment Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 databases and SharePoint Server 2007 databases (KB)
• White paper: Planning and Monitoring SQL Server Storage for Office SharePoint Server: Performance Recommendations and Best Practices (TechNet)
• Configuring Caching, IIS Compression, and Other Performance Options for SharePoint (Video)

Development specific tips:

• MVP Andrew Connell (AC): Building High Performance Solutions On Microsoft Office Server 2007 (Presentation ppt)

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