Chapter 13. Performance Tuning and Reliability

Maintaining a presence on the web is not only a convenience, but a necessity in today's ever-growing e-commerce market. The creation of Web sites also is more complex than ever. To create a successful Web site, you must ensure that its function-ality is as impressive as its content. Therefore, in addition to creating your Web site, you should also test and monitor both your Web site and your Web server.

This chapter covers the following topics:

• The properties and options on the Performance tab of the Web Site Properties sheet

• The options available when configuring Web applications, and a detailed discussion of the Application Protection options

• Monitoring the performance of Internet Information Services and specific Web sites by using the Performance application in Windows 2000

• Improving the performance of Internet Information Services by editing the registry

• The effects of ASP pages on Internet Information Services

• Software solutions for load testing Web sites and Web servers