tips for boosting network performance<\/a>“, I went to our own SysAdmins yesterday and put them on the spot, asking them what their<\/i> suggestions might be. After they made it very clear that I was asking a slightly silly question, and that there was no conclusive answer to my painfully open-ended question, here’re some of their suggestions:<\/p>\n– Not all cables are created equal; check them often<\/b>: Occasionally a cable will be damaged, or sometimes you’ll just be plain unlucky and get a ‘bad’ cable. Either way, packets get lost.<\/p>\n
– Build in network redundancy:<\/b> There are arguments both for and against deduping the data in your network, but multiple physical paths are always a good idea.<\/p>\n
– Make sure you Subnet properly:<\/b> It shouldn’t need saying, but sometimes it does. To borrow a line from a Slashdot user, “Segment your traffic according to where the load is, not where the politics are”<\/p>\n
– Keep an eye on those broadcast-heavy apps:<\/b> And don’t be afraid to engage in a little traffic-shaping.<\/p>\n
– Look at teaming \/ load-balancing your network cards: <\/b>It just makes sense.<\/p>\n
– Make sure your switches are consistently configured:<\/b> Not only will this make initial setup easier, but reducing network variables will make your life easier when the time comes to troubleshoot.<\/p>\n
– Educate your users:<\/b> This one might be an uphill battle, but it’ll (hopefully) pay off in the end.<\/p>\n
Naturally, you’ll be a staunch supporter of some of these tips, and consign others to the “unimportant” or “well, duh” pile, but I’m hoping you’ll also share some of your own pearls of hard-earned wisdom, because I don’t think #1 Tip is technical; it’s professional – Listen (debate) and Learn. A quick glance at the Slashdot comments thread suggests that for every SysAdmin tip, there is an equal and opposite opinion, and I’d love to hear some of both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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