Plan SharePoint Application for Optimum Performance

 Ten points to consider for performance out of many other.

1. Distribute user data across multiple content databases
2. Limit navigation depth
3. Defragment database indexes
4. Minimize page size, for internet facing sites or Lazy Loading
5. Isolate search indexing
6. Configure SQL parameters i.e. connection pool, indexes, so on
7. Separate user and database traffic i.e. seprate networks
8. Configure IIS compression
9. Take advantage of caching
10. Manage page customizations

Refrences:

• Blog
• CIO Magazine