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Windows Performance and Problem Troubleshooting Flow PDF

The document provides guidance on troubleshooting Windows performance and problem issues. It includes details to gather such as operating system version, hardware configuration including processor, memory, storage, and network details. It then outlines key performance counters to monitor for each of these areas like processor utilization, memory usage, disk queue length and I/O, and network utilization. Resources are also listed for further reading on performance monitoring and tuning.

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Windows Performance and Problem Troubleshooting Flow PDF

The document provides guidance on troubleshooting Windows performance and problem issues. It includes details to gather such as operating system version, hardware configuration including processor, memory, storage, and network details. It then outlines key performance counters to monitor for each of these areas like processor utilization, memory usage, disk queue length and I/O, and network utilization. Resources are also listed for further reading on performance monitoring and tuning.

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Windows

Windows Performance and


Problem
Problem Troubleshooting
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…made easy
Operating System & Service Pack level
Physical or Virtual
· Processor type / no. / speed
Gather Details · NIC configuration details
· Data storage details: Local, SAN, RAID details <10ms = Good Performance
· Total RAM installed, Pagefile configuration
· x86 or x64 - PAE / 3GB / BIOS settings 10-15ms = Average Performance

15-25ms = Warning Level


Avg. Disk sec /Read
>25ms = Critical Level
Avg. Disk sec /Write
Logical/Physical
Disk Counters Current Disk
No more than 2 per spindle
Queue Length
Storage

I/O Data Operations /sec High operations per second show


Process Counters
IO Other Operations /sec heaviest disk consumers

> 10% Normal

Available Mbytes 5-10% Warning

> 10,000 Normal < 5% Critical


Free System PTE’s
Memory < 8,000 Critical
> 2,500 requires investigation
Pages /Sec Compare with Free Mbytes
and check pagefile size

Pool Paged Bytes Refer to Windows Memory Charts PP with /3GB: 206MB
Pool NonPaged Bytes Ex: 2003 x86 with 4GB RAM, 80% max. PP without: 288MB

NPP with /3GB: 104MB


NPP without: 209MB
%Privileged Time
Physical
< 80% sustained
%User Time
Compare to workload
Processor
Hyper-V Logical Host based CPU Util
Virtualised
Hyper-V Virtual Guest based CPU Util

Handle Count
32bit <500 Delta
64bit <1,000 Delta
Thread Count
Process
Private Bytes
32bit <250MB Delta
64bit <500MB Delta
Working Set

> 1 Queuing,
Network Output Queue Length
check network utilisation

Should be static, check


Current Bandwidth
Auto and Duplex settings
Richard Diver
< 65% of bandwidth
20th April 2011 Bytes Total /Sec
x8 to convert Bits to Bytes
Resources

Microsoft PFE PerfGuide – Start Here


http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/the-microsoft-pfe-
performance-guide-perfguide-start-here.aspx

Disk In Depth
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/disk-in-depth-pfe-
performance-guide.aspx#comment-4135

Clint Huffman: System Committed Memory


http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/perfguide-out-of-
system-committed-memory.aspx

MS Perf team
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/

AD Perf
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc961949.aspx

SQL Perf
http://www.sql-server-performance.com/tips/
sql_server_performance_monitor_coutners_p1.aspx

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