NT 4.0 Server Service tuning.

When tuning the Server Service in Control Panel / Network /Services / Server / Properties, you can choose among:

- Minimize Memory Used
- Balance
- Maximize Throughput for File Sharing
- Maximize Throughput for Network Applications

If you do not use the Server Service for file and print sharing, or only by a few clients, set it to Minimize Memory Used or Balance. If you have too little memory allocated, you may experience not enough server memory/storage to process this request, server refused connection, or similar messages.

If you have Maximize Throughput for Network Applications enabled, the following applications will benefit:

- RAS Server
- Services for Macintosh
- DHCP Server
- WINS Server
- Internet Information Server
- DNS Server (Windows NT 4.0 only)
- Microsoft File and Print Services for NetWare (also has a memory size setting)
- Microsoft Directory Service Manager for NetWare
- Microsoft Site Server
- Other application servers, like SAP R/3 server and Oracle SQL server (uses Sockets) or Lotus Notes server (uses NETBIOS)

The following applications will also benefit if clients do not connect using Named Pipes:

- Microsoft SNA Server (IPX and TCP sockets available in versions 2.1x)
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft Systems Management Server
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- Microsoft Transaction Server
- Microsoft Message Que Server

The following will suffer if Maximize Throughput for Network Applications is enabled:

- Windows NT File and Print Services for Microsoft Network Clients
- Windows NT Primary Domain Controllers
- Windows NT Backup Domain Controllers in Resource Domains

Lastly, if you are experiencing excess (and seemingly unnecessary) Pagefile activity, you may want to experiment with editing the registry at:

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

and setting LargeSystemCache (type REG_DWORD) to zero. An entry of zero favors the process working set and a non-zero entry favors the system cache.


 

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