Identifying Performance Bottlenecks
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa578679.aspx

Threads, DB sessions, and throttling
http://biztalkperformance.members.winisp.net/BlogPages/MaxWorkerThreads.htm

The number of running orchestrations increases and then remains constant after you reach the thread pool limit, and orchestration execution time may increase in BizTalk Server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900455

Configuration Parameters that Affect Adapter Performance
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa561380.aspx

Suspended Messages are Included in the Message Count in Database Throttling Threshold
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa577623.aspx

MSBTS_HostSetting.ProcessMemoryThreshold Property (WMI)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa559112.aspx

How to Configure the DTA Purge and Archive Job
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa558715.aspx