1. Chapter 1 Perspectives on Performance Management

   1. Windows 2000 Evolution

   2. Tools of the Trade

   3. Performance and Productivity

   4. Performance Management

   5. Problems of Scale

   6. Performance Tools

2. Chapter 2 Measurement Methodology

   1. Performance Monitoring on Windows

   2. Performance Monitoring API

   3. Performance Data Logging

   4. Performance Monitoring Overhead

   5. A Performance Monitoring Starter Set

3. Chapter 3 Processor Performance

   1. Windows 2000 Design Goals

   2. The Thread Execution Scheduler

   3. Thread Scheduling Tuning

4. Chapter 4 Optimizing Application Performance

   1. Background

   2. The Application Tuning Case Study

   3. Intel Processor Hardware Performance

5. Chapter 5 Multiprocessing

   1. Multiprocessing Basics

   2. Cache Coherence

   3. Pentium Pro Hardware Counters

   4. Optimization and SMP Configuration Tuning

   5. Configuring Server Applications for Multiprocessing

   6. Partitioning Multiprocessors

6. Chapter 6 Memory Management and Paging

   1. Virtual Memory

   2. Page Replacement

   3. Memory Capacity Planning

7. Chapter 7 File Cache Performance and Tuning

   1. File Cache Sizing

   2. Cache Performance Counters

   3. Universal Caching

   4. How the Windows 2000 File Cache Works

   5. Cache Tuning

8. Chapter 8 Disk Subsystem Performance

   1. The I/O Subsystem

   2. Disk Architecture

   3. I/O Buses

   4. Disk Interfaces

   5. System Monitor Counters

   6. Workload Studies

9. Chapter 9 Filesystem Performance

   1. Storage Management

   2. Filesystems

   3. Defragmentation

   4. System Monitor Counters

   5. Comparing Filesystem Performance

   6. Selecting a Filesystem

10. Chapter 10 Disk Array Performance

    1. Disk Striping

    2. Enter RAID

    3. RAID Disk Organizations

    4. RAID and Windows 2000

    5. Benchmark Testing

    6. Selecting a RAID Configuration

11. Chapter 11 Introduction to Networking Technology

    1. Networking Basics

    2. Bandwidth and Latency

    3. Media Access Layer

    4. Internet Protocol Layer

    5. Host-to-Host Connections

12. Chapter 12 Internet Information Server Performance

    1. Web Server Architecture

    2. Sources of Information

    3. Web Server Benchmarks

    4. Performance Management

    5. Load Balancing and Server Clustering

13. Chapter IV Bibliography

    1. Performance Management

    2. Measurement Methodology

    3. Processor Performance

    4. Optimizing Application Performance

    5. Multiprocessing

    6. Memory Management and Paging

    7. File Cache Performance and Tuning

    8. Disk Subsystem Performance

    9. Filesystem Performance

    10. Disk Array Performance

    11. Networking Technology

    12. Internet Information Server Performance

1. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The animal on the cover of Windows 2000 Performance Guide is a stickleback fish. Sticklebacks are small, elongated fish that reach a maximum length of about six inches and are characterized by a row of spines on the back and a soft-rayed dorsal fin. They have no scales, but are instead protected by hard armor plates on the sides of their bodies. An extremely common fish, sticklebacks live in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They can live in either fresh or salt water, and some species inhabit both. During the springtime breeding season, the male stickleback becomes bright red in color. Using mucus secretions from his own kidneys as glue, he builds a nest of plants and coaxes a female (or females) to lay her eggs there, following behind her to fertilize them. When the nest is full, the male becomes the sole guardian of the eggs and young, defending the nest from any intruders.

There are about 12 species of stickleback fish. One of the most common is the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), which inhabits both fresh and salt water almost everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere. The sea (or 15-spined) stickleback (Spinachia spinachia) is found off the coasts of Europe. Other species include the four-spined, nine-spined, and brook sticklebacks. Emily Quill was the production editor and copyeditor for Windows 2000 Performance Guide. Sue Willing, Colleen Gorman, Matt Hutchinson, and Mary Anne Mayo provided quality control. Tom Dinse wrote the index. Derek DiMatteo and Philip Dangler provided production assistance.

Ellie Volckhausen designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. Emma Colby produced the cover layout with Quark™XPress 4.1 using Adobe's ITC Garamond font.

David Futato designed the interior layout. Neil Walls converted the files from Microsoft Word to FrameMaker 5.5.6 using tools created by Mike Sierra. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia FreeHand 9 and Adobe Photoshop 6. The tip and warning icons were drawn by Christopher Bing. This colophon was written by Emily Quill.