Windows Server 2019 Administration Fundamentals - Second Edition

Understanding the performance monitoring methodology

In the previous section, we learned that the responsibility of performance monitoring is to maintain the server in a healthy state. But if there is no clear plan for its implementation, then the results obtained from performance monitoring will be based on multiple assumptions. Viewed from a business perspective, that means that the wrong data results in the wrong business decisions. Simply put, performance monitoring must be based on facts and not assumptions. To prevent that from happening, an approach known as a performance monitoring methodology comes into play.

In this regard, the methodology helps to conduct research. At that stage, a questionnaire is drawn up that helps us to understand ...