From: "Rich" 

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   Not for file system as NTFS is the default.  For others, the OS =
defaults are for a mix of applications and tuning made for file server =
performance may not be appropriate for terminal services.  Microsoft =
documents the performance tuning suggestions it makes.  See =
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/core/fnee_exa_=
sfsu.asp for an example.

   Maybe you want to point out similar recomendations in redhat's =
configuration guide at =
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/.

Rich

  "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message =
news:3ebd80ab$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  Rich wrote:
  >    Do you think that redhat is picking a bad default and that there =
are=20
  > no reasons they selected this?
  > =20

  Is MS also picking bad defaults?

  "As the benchmark document clearly states on page 7: "For the File=20
  server performance testing using Windows Server 2003, we performed a=20
  series of operating system and testbed client tunings as specified by=20
  documentation provided from Microsoft.""

  Adam

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   Not for
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NTFS is the=20
default.  For others, the OS defaults are for a mix of applications = and=20
tuning made for file server performance may not be appropriate for = terminal=20
services.  Microsoft documents the performance tuning suggestions = it=20
makes.  See http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/core/f=
nee_exa_sfsu.asp">http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en=
-us/core/fnee_exa_sfsu.asp=20
for an example.
 
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want to point =
out similar=20
recomendations in redhat's configuration guide at http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-gu=
ide/">http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guid=
e/.
 
Rich
 

  "Adam Flinton" <adam{at}NOSPAM_softfab.com>">mailto:adam{at}NOSPAM_softfab.com">adam{at}NOSPAM_softfab.com>
= wrote in=20
  message news:3ebd80ab$1{at}w3.nls.net...Rich=20
  wrote:>    Do you think that
redhat is picking a =
bad=20
  default and that there are > no reasons they selected=20
  this?>  Is MS also picking bad =
defaults?"As the=20
  benchmark document clearly states on page 7: "For the File server=20
  performance testing using Windows Server 2003, we performed a =
series of=20
  operating system and testbed client tunings as specified by =
documentation=20
  provided from
Microsoft.""Adam

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