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| ENABLE HTTP COMPRESSION ON EACH WIN2K SERVER |
| One way Windows administrators can serve more users with the same amount |
| of bandwidth is to use file compression. This tip describes a method |
| that compresses the files that are served from the Web browser. |
| Almost all modern Web servers support HTTP 1.1 protocol, which has HTTP |
| compression built in. The server must support HTTP 1.1 in order to profit |
| from the compression. To verify that IE is configured to use HTTP 1.1, |
| open IE's Tools menu and select Internet Options. On the Advanced tab, |
| make sure Use HTTP 1.1 is selected. |
| On the server side, HTTP compression is handled per server, which means |
| you have to enable it on every server separately. To do so, follow these |
| 1. In the Internet Services Manager console, right-click the Computer |
| icon and select Properties. |
| 2. On the Internet Information Services tab, select WWW Services under |
| Master Properties and click Edit. |
| 3. On the dialog box that appears, select the Service tab. |
| 4. Select Compress Static Files and specify the Temporary Files folder. |
| (Note: You can limit the size of the temporary folder if you like.) |
| 5. If you want to compress dynamic files (e.g., .asp, .dll, .exe), |
| select Compress Application Files. |
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