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Performance settings in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) provide you
with options that will help you optimize your site. There are four
options to choose from:
Tune for less than 100 pages
Tune for 1 to 1000 pages
Tune for greater than 1000 pages
Custom Settings
As a general practice, it is best to select from the first three options.
These options are predefined with settings that match the number of pages
in your site. You can choose custom settings if you want to manage the
settings listed below. This is an option for advanced users.
Performance
In this dialog box, you specify an amount of cache for each type of
information that is frequently used on a Web. By specifying amounts of
cache that are appropriate for the selected Web, you can improve the Web's
response to user activities.
In-memory document cache (CacheMaxDocMeta)
Enter the maximum number of documents whose property information, such as
link maps and Web parameters, you want to keep active in memory. This
number represents the maximum number of documents that can be held in the
cache. For example, if you specify 4096 documents, when the 4097th
document is read, then the cache clears itself and only includes the
4097th document. The cache will then increase in size as documents are
read and clear itself again after the 4096th limit is reached again.
When you use the preset options, this value is set as follows:
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| Tune for less than 100 pages | Predefined for 4096 (documents) |
| Tune for 1 to 1000 pages | Predefined for 4096 (documents) |
| Tune for greater than 1000 pages | Predefined for 16384 (documents) |
Include file cache (CacheMaxInclude)
Enter the number of files that you want to keep available in memory for
inclusion in other files. For example, there might be header, footer, and
copyright files that you want to include in some or all of a Web site's
Web pages. The predefined setting is set for 16. This is the 16 most
commonly used files. If the number is a little low, you will still get
optimization for the currently-being-processed files. If the number is
high, there could be a performance hit as the time to parse the cache
increases.
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| Tune for less than 100 pages | Predefined for 16 (documents) |
| Tune for 1 to 1000 pages | Predefined for 16 (documents) |
| Tune for greater than 1000 pages | Predefined for 16 (documents) |
Image file cache (CacheMaxImage)
Enter the number of image files in memory that the FrontPage Server
Extensions can use to create layered pictures in Web pages. For example,
one file may consist of a background, another of a Navigation button. The
Server Extensions can compose a picture by adding the background to a Web
page and then overlaying the Navigation button image. The picture can be
composed faster if the component files are in a cache. If the number is a
little low, you will still get optimization for the currently-being-
processed files. If the number is high, there could be a performance hit
as the time to parse the cache increases.
|
| Tune for less than 100 pages | Predefined for 16 (documents) |
| Tune for 1 to 1000 pages | Predefined for 16 (documents) |
| Tune for greater than 1000 pages | Predefined for 16 (documents) |
Full-text search index size (TextMemory)
Enter the maximum amount of disk space that can be allotted for storing a
full-text search index. When this amount is reached, no other pages on the
Web site can be indexed (unless you increase this number).
|
| Tune for less than 100 pages | Predefined for 1 MB |
| Tune for 1 to 1000 pages | Predefined for 2 MB |
| Tune for greater than 1000 pages | Predefined for 4 MB |
Max cached document size (CacheMaxIncludeSize)
Enter the maximum size of a document that can be stored in memory. This
size limit applies to include files, image files, and other files that may
be stored in a cache.
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| Tune for less than 100 pages | Predefined for 256K Windows NT and UNIX, 32K Windows 95/98 |
| Tune for 1 to 1000 pages | Predefined for 256K Windows NT and UNIX, 32K Windows 95/98 |
| Tune for greater than 1000 pages | Predefined for 256K Windows NT and UNIX, 32K Windows 95/98 |
These settings are made in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) on a
computer running IIS 4.0 and later on the Server Extensions Tab of the
virtual server's property sheet. For all other Web servers on Windows
platforms, the settings are made in the standalone FrontPage MMC Snap-in,
the Server Extensions Administrator. On UNIX, the settings are applied
globally in /Usr/Local/Frontpage/Version4.0/Frontpage.cnf, or per virtual
server in We
nnn.cnf (where
nnn is the Web server's port
number).
It is also possible to make the performance settings per subweb. Please
refer to the Appendixes of the Server Extensions Resource Kit (SERK) for
additional details. The SERK can be found at
http://office
update.microsoft.com/frontpage/wpp/serk.