This book is intended to assist those searching for guidance in OPENVMS performance management and application design. A variety of performance related topics are discussed and guidelines are given, with examples on how to relieve specific problems. In this way, the reader can evaluate each technique and decide if it is applicable to their environment or not. Includes tuning tips on RDBMs (Oracle, Ingres, and Rdb) and making changes to SYSGEN parameters Details specific application tuning (ALL-IN-1, PATHWORKS, X-WINDOWS, and TCP/IP) Covers tuning methodologies