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Windows Performance Analysis Field Guide
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Windows Performance Analysis Field Guide

by Clint Huffman
August 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
380 pages
10h 16m
English
Syngress
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Chapter 10

Processor

Abstract

This chapter introduces processor performance analysis and several tools that help identify root cause.

Keywords

Windows

Windows Server

Processor

Performance

Analyzer

Xperf

Introduction

A system's performance is often related to the number of processors and their clock speed, but more often than not, other resources such as disk are more often the most overwhelmed resource. This is the reason why the processor chapter is after the storage, memory, and network chapters.

When the processors are overwhelmed, it is most often due to one or more threads that are executing code. This means that any changes to make it more efficient will require changes to code. Looking at call stacks can be difficult and often leads to debugging deeper ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780124167018