Server Installation and Maintenance
Maintaining the Server
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Lightspeed G-Series Guide
Performance Tuning a Lightspeed Server
The following settings are made at the factory to ensure best performance of your
Lightspeed Server. The settings are supplied here in the event they have been changed
and you need to restore them to factory original settings. (For details, consult your
System Administrator or a Telestream Field Sales Engineer).
1.
In Performance Options, set Windows Performance options:
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Navigate
to
Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced system settings >
Settings > Advanced.
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Select Background services for Vantage transcoding nodes and SQL nodes.
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Select Programs for editorial systems and Vantage client applications that are not
running other Vantage services.
2.
In Performance Options, Data Execution Prevention tab:
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Select Turn on (select) Data Execution Prevention (DEP) for essential Windows
programs and services only.
3.
Set User Account Control (UAC) (in Start > Control Panel > User Accounts > Change
User Account Control Settings) as low as safely possible, considering your exposure
to Internet viruses and malware.
4.
Set Power Options to High Performance with Sleep disabled:
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Navigate to Start > Control Panel > Power Options.
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Select the High Performance plan.
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Set Sleep mode to Never (never sleep).
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Select Change advanced power settings, and set all critical functions so that they are
always ON (this usually means setting them to Never turn OFF).
5.
Disable (turn OFF) any real-time software applications and processes, such as the
following, that could adversely affect disk I/O performance or use excessive CPU:
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Real-time virus scanning of media files as they are being captured
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Automatic software updates that can preempt real-time services
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Real-time file indexing
6.
Disable all unnecessary Windows services in the Start > Control Panel >
Administrative Tools > Services (consult your System Administrator).
7.
Turn OFF all firewalls (including third party firewalls) and packet filtering:
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Set Start > Control Panel > Windows Firewall > Turn off Windows Firewall.
If you use firewalls, open them for applications installed on the Lightspeed Server.
8.
You may increase network throughput by increasing buffer size within your
network adapter. Set your Network Adapter’s transmit and receive buffers to 1024:
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Start > Control Panel > Network and Sharing > Change Adapter Settings > Local
Area Connection > Properties
9.
Disable any screen savers in Start > Control Panel > Display > Screen Savers.
10.
Disable disk indexing in Start > Computer. Right-click each disk and uncheck
Allow
files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties
.
