The following section focuses on key methods the administrator needs to be aware of when doing performance-tuning. The key area, as already covered is the network, which in traditional two-tier and three-tier environments, is generally treated as a lower priority for tuning. The section focuses mostly on application network tuning with a preference for HTTP and web service calls.
I don't know how many people use the Microsoft Remote
Desktop client. It replaces VNC and offers a secure, remote access to a desktop on a computer anywhere on the network or Internet. The client offers the ability to go into file explorer on the remote site and using the syntax, \\tsclient\...
, to access the local drives on your computer. The feature is very powerful for doing copies, as it removes the need to use FTP, and it offers simple drag/drop capabilities. With scalability, the issue is that the Microsoft protocol usage just does not scale. Even over a megabit network connection...