Measuring and Monitoring Performance

It's difficult to improve the performance of your server unless you have a way of measuring it. This section covers several techniques for measuring the performance of your server. You'll learn how to use several tools, including Performance Monitor and Task Manager, to gain insight into bottlenecks. You'll also discover how to monitor your performance over the long run to prevent problems from occurring.

Realize that performance-monitoring tools themselves can affect the results of any performance testing. Try to run your performance tests from the console and not through a remote Windows session. If you do run the tests from a remote terminal, make sure to keep the performance-monitoring window minimized ...

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