GhengisXP
12-06-2002, 02:36 PM
Too many people let this little gem of a tool go unused. Let me tell you right now that this is THE best performance monitoring tool around.
You must be using Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP in order to use the Performance Monitor. If you're still using a Windows 9X based system, God help you.
The following are some generic counters you should be looking at. These are not application or service specific.
Processor: % Processor Time (should be less that 75% most of the time)
System: Processor Queue Length (should be less than 2 most of the time per CPU)
Processor: Interrupts/Sec ( a drastic increase here indicates a device failure)
Failure to satisfy any of the above indicates that your processor could be your bottleneck.
Memory: Available Bytes (should be above 4 MB)
Memory: Commited Bytes (Should be less than the amounts of Physical Ram)
Memory: Pages/Sec (should be less than 5 most of the time)
Failure to satisfy any of the above indicates that your Memory be your bottleneck. Add more RAM
PhysicalDisk: % Disk Time (Should never be 100% for long periods of time)
PhysicalDisk: Disk Queue Length (Should be less than 2 most of the time)
Same two counters for Logical Disk
Failure to satisfy two indicates that your Disk Subsystem could be a bottleneck. Get a fast Drive, better controler, or go for a better RAID setup.
There are a whole lot of other coutners that cn be useful and even more so for specific applications and services. I suggest you check these out.
You must be using Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP in order to use the Performance Monitor. If you're still using a Windows 9X based system, God help you.
The following are some generic counters you should be looking at. These are not application or service specific.
Processor: % Processor Time (should be less that 75% most of the time)
System: Processor Queue Length (should be less than 2 most of the time per CPU)
Processor: Interrupts/Sec ( a drastic increase here indicates a device failure)
Failure to satisfy any of the above indicates that your processor could be your bottleneck.
Memory: Available Bytes (should be above 4 MB)
Memory: Commited Bytes (Should be less than the amounts of Physical Ram)
Memory: Pages/Sec (should be less than 5 most of the time)
Failure to satisfy any of the above indicates that your Memory be your bottleneck. Add more RAM
PhysicalDisk: % Disk Time (Should never be 100% for long periods of time)
PhysicalDisk: Disk Queue Length (Should be less than 2 most of the time)
Same two counters for Logical Disk
Failure to satisfy two indicates that your Disk Subsystem could be a bottleneck. Get a fast Drive, better controler, or go for a better RAID setup.
There are a whole lot of other coutners that cn be useful and even more so for specific applications and services. I suggest you check these out.