SharePoint 2013 - Performance and Scalability

Performance and Scalability Features

SharePoint 2013 boasts major improvements in performance and scalability! Speed, elasticity and enhancements across the board have made SharePoint 2013 the most powerful platform yet. The push for cloud adoption required this release to scale and perform well out of the box. Enjoy massive database I/O enhancements with shredded storage and faster load times thanks to improved caching and IIS compression.

SharePoint 2013 Scalability and Performance Perks:

50% Faster Server Response Times
10x faster Active Directory Import speeds
40% more efficient use of bandwidth
80% less file I/O related SQL IOPS – only write back file changes (shredded storage), SQL low level optimizations

Faster Perceived End-User experience using animations and drag and drop file upload
10K Sites in a Content Database from SharePoint 2010
750K farm Sites (250K in SharePoint 2010)
500 Content Databases in a farm from 300 in SharePoint 2010