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title: "Performance and optimization"
slug: "performance-and-optimization"
abstract: "Introduction to the application performance tuning guidelines and the database optimization and maintenance recommendations."
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# Performance and optimization

The performance and optimization guidelines contain information on:

- **[Performance tuning](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/105/sitecore-experience-manager/application-performance-tuning.html "Application performance tuning")** - how the Sitecore XM application layer behaves at runtime across on-premise, Azure IaaS, and Azure PaaS deployments. It introduces practical guidance for web hosting configuration, startup and warm-up behavior, and caching so teams can reduce cold starts, improve responsiveness, and keep front-end and authoring experiences stable under load.
- **[Database optimization and maintenance](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/105/sitecore-experience-manager/database-optimization-and-maintenance.html "Database optimization and maintenance")** - how to keep Sitecore XM data stores healthy and predictable over time. It provides a high-level path for index and statistics upkeep, queue and publishing-table hygiene, role-aware database considerations, automation patterns, and troubleshooting practices so database performance remains consistent as content volume and traffic grow.