Windows Performance Analysis Field Guide

Table of Contents

Cover image

Title page

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Biography

Foreword

Introduction

Who should read this book?

Chapter 1: Start here

Abstract

Introduction

General slow system performance

Common environmental and hardware-induced performance problems

Conclusion

Chapter 2: Performance monitor

Abstract

Introduction

Basic usage

Performance counters

Data collectors

Tools

Conclusion

Chapter 3: Storage

Abstract

Introduction

Storage hardware and industry terminology

Disk capacity

Understanding and measuring disk performance

Disk performance analysis tools

Common causes, recommendations for poorly performing disks, and best practices

Conclusion

Chapter 4: Process memory

Abstract

Process virtual address space

What you need to ...