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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