Performance and capacity test results and recommendations (SharePoint Server 2010)

Updated: October 25, 2011

This section contains a series of white papers and articles that describe the performance and capacity impact of specific feature sets included in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. These white papers and articles include information about the performance and capacity characteristics of the feature and how it was tested by Microsoft, including:

Test farm characteristics
Test results
Recommendations
Troubleshooting performance and scalability

Note:
The white papers are being updated and republished as articles. If you download a white paper from this page, there may be updated information available when it is republished as an article.

Before reading these white papers and articles, it is important that you understand the key concepts behind capacity management in SharePoint Server 2010. For more information, see Capacity management and sizing for SharePoint Server 2010.

The following table describes the available white papers and articles. If the content is available as a white paper, it is available as a Microsoft Word document from SharePoint Server 2010 performance and capacity test results and recommendations.

Subject	Description
Access Services	Provides guidance on how using Access Services impacts topologies running SharePoint Server 2010. View the article at Estimate performance and capacity requirements for Access Services in SharePoint Server 2010.
Business Connectivity Services	This article provides performance and planning guidance and discusses the impact of using Business Connectivity Services in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. View the article at Estimate performance and capacity requirements for Microsoft Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint Server 2010.
Caches overview	Provides information about how the three SharePoint Server 2010 caches help the product scale and grow to meet the demands of your business application. Download this white paper (SharePointServerCachesPerformance.docx).
Excel Services in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010	Provides planning guidance for Excel Services in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. View the article at Estimate performance and capacity requirements for Excel Services in SharePoint Server 2010.
InfoPath Forms Services	Provides guidance on the footprint that use of InfoPath Forms Services has on topologies running SharePoint Server 2010. View the article at Estimate performance and capacity requirements for InfoPath Forms Services in SharePoint Server 2010.
Large lists	Provides guidance on performance of large document libraries and lists. This document is specific to SharePoint Server 2010, although the throttles and limits that are discussed also apply to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010. View the article at Designing large lists and maximizing list performance (SharePoint Server 2010).
Large-scale document repositories	Provides guidance on performance of large-scale document repositories in regards to SharePoint Server 2010. View the article at Estimate performance and capacity requirements for large scale document repositories in SharePoint Server 2010.
Large-scale document repositories	Provides test results about large-scale SharePoint Server 2010 content databases from a Microsoft test lab. Download the white paper: Scale Test Report for Very Large-Scale Document Repositories (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=229493).
Managed metadata	Provides guidance on how to perform sizing and performance optimization of the managed metadata service in SharePoint Server 2010. View the article at Estimate capacity and performance for enterprise managed metadata in SharePoint Server 2010.
My Sites and social computing	Provides guidance on the footprint that use of My Sites and other social computing features has on topologies running SharePoint Server 2010. Download this white paper (MySitesSocialComputingCapacityPlanningDoc.docx).
Office Web Apps	Provides guidance on the footprint that use of Office Web Apps has on topologies running SharePoint Server 2010. Download this white paper (OfficeWebAppsCapacityPlanningDoc.docx).
PerformancePoint Services	Provides guidance on the footprint that usage of PerformancePoint Services has on topologies running SharePoint Server 2010. View the article at Estimate performance and capacity requirements for PerformancePoint Services.
Scale Test Report for Very Large Scale Document Repositories	This white paper provides guidance on performance and capacity planning for large scale document management solutions. View Scale test report for very large scale document repositories (SharePoint Server 2010) in the TechNet library. Download this white paper.
Search	Discusses capacity planning for different deployments of SharePoint Server 2010 search, including small, medium, and large farms. View the article at Estimate performance and capacity requirements for SharePoint Server 2010 Search.
Visio Services	Provides guidance on the footprint that use of Visio Services has on topologies running SharePoint Server 2010. View the article at Estimate performance and capacity requirements for Visio Services in SharePoint Server 2010.
Web Analytics	Provides guidance on the footprint that use of the Web Analytics service has on topologies running SharePoint Server 2010. View the articles at Capacity requirements for the Web Analytics Shared Service in SharePoint Server 2010.
Web Content Management	Provides guidance on performance and capacity planning for a Web Content Management solution. View the article at Estimate performance and capacity requirements for Web Content Management in SharePoint Server 2010.
Word Automation Services	Provides capacity planning guidance for Word Automation Services in SharePoint Server 2010. View the article at Estimate performance and capacity requirements for Word Automation Services in SharePoint Server 2010.
Workflow	Provides guidance on the footprint that usage of Workflow has on topologies running SharePoint Server 2010. View the article at Estimate performance and capacity planning for workflow in SharePoint Server 2010.

Change History

Date	Description	Reason
October 25, 2011	Added link to Scale Test Report for Very Large-Scale Document Repositories white paper.	Content update
May 26, 2011	Replaced link to "Large lists" white paper with link to updated article.	Content update
September 9, 2010	Reference to PerformancePoint Services white paper replaced with link to updated article.	Content update
June 17, 2010	Added a reference to the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint capacity management article	Content update
June 4, 2010	Added white papers about Web Analytics, large-scale document repositories, and My Sites and other social computing features.	Content update
May 12, 2010	Initial publication

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