Troubleshooting
Problem
IIS compression is a Microsoft technique which is designed to reduce the network traffic between client and server, and therefore potentially speed up the transmission of data (and consume less bandwidth). It is not enabled by default. This technique can be applied to [most customer's environments, but performance results will vary depending on the customer's database, application server and client PC hardware (especially CPU), and the network bandwidth and latency between the client and the application server.
Symptom
Below is a summary of the results from two 'real-life' customer environments:
- Example #1 - desktop PC connected to application server (non-Citrix), located in same building (LAN)
- Reports ran between 2% and 18% faster, after IIS compression was enabled
- Example #2 - Remote (WAN) users connecting to application server (non-Citrix)
- Opening the company list sped up from 74 seconds to 12 seconds
- (This compares with 5 seconds for end-users running on the same LAN as the server).
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Modified date:
08 May 2025
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