[SCOM 2007] Reducing calls to the Operations Database - Operation Manager Console Tuning

I've very slow performance with the Operation Manager Console and after some searches, I saw that we can change the default configuration of the automatic polling to the Opsmgr DB made by the console.

By default, the HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Operations Manager\3.0\console\CacheParameters\PollingInterval registry key is set to 1 - That means that console will poll every 15 seconds the Operation Manager DB. If you use multiple consoles, that can negatively impact performance. 

For best performance in large environments, you should turn off Polling by setting the key to 0 or increase it to at least level 5. (level 10 is the maximum level value)

Here are the different value
                 0 – Turn off console polling and only refresh when manually pressing F5
                 1 – Console will poll every 15 seconds (default)
                 2 – Console will poll ever 30 seconds
               10 – This is the maximum value – anything above 10 will be treated as 10



NOTE: The CacheParameters key did not exist by default in my environment. HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Operations Manager\3.0\console\CacheParameters\EnableContextMenuTasks
defaults value is 0 in SP1. Re-enabled it by recreating the key could cause performance issues.


Launch console on machine in good shape - I mean in good shape having a lot of free disk space not fragmented + at least 1 Go of free memory. The best should be to exclude the path to the console from the antivirus. The last thing should be to limit the number of open consoles.
Local console cache path is Documents and Settings\<username>\local settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Microsoft.MOM.UI.Console

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