Best Practices
The following are best practices from this chapter:
Begin capacity analysis and performance optimization sooner rather than later.
Create performance baselines in which to gauge the changing requirements and performance levels of Exchange Server 2003.
Establish SLAs and other policies that reflect the business expectations of the messaging environment.
Monitor only those counters that are pertinent to the server's configuration.
Always monitor the four common contributors to bottlenecks: memory, disk subsystem, processor, and network.
Run performance and stress tests in a lab environment prior to implementing in a production environment.
Establish regular maintenance routines, including those for offline maintenance tasks.
Set an alert ...
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