Visual Basic® .NET Unleashed

Performance Considerations

The help topic “Developing High-Performance ASP.NET Applications” (available at ms-help://MS.VSCC/MS.MSDNVS/cpguide/html/cpcondevelopinghigh-performanceaspnetapplications.htm) provides options that are worth exploring. I won't repeat that information in its entirety, but the list that follows is provided for quick reference.

• Disable the session state unless you are using it. Add the enableSessionState= "false" attribute to the page directive to disable the session state.

• You can store session information in a variety of in-process and out-of-process providers. An example of an in-process provider is the Session object; an example of an out-of-process provider is SQL Server. Choose your session information provider accordingly. ...