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| Monitor system performance locally and remotely, part 1 |
| In a perfect world, your system never slows down, never runs out of disk space, never runs low on |
| memory; but the world isn't perfect. Sometimes trying to track down a performance problem can be |
| a real challenge, particularly if you don't have much experience with it. |
| Windows 2000, like Windows NT and Windows XP, includes a Performance tool you can use to |
| track a broad range of performance items. You can monitor performance on the local computer, and |
| you can also monitor performance of other systems on the network at the same time. |
| Open the Administrative Tools and click Performance to open the console. |
| The System Monitor node lets you specify the objects and counters you want to monitor. Click the |
| + sign in the toolbar to open the Add Counters dialog box. You can add counters from the local |
| computer or select or enter a different computer in the Select Counters From Computer combo |
| Select the object you want to monitor from the Performance Object. |
| Select the counter from the list (or choose All Counters to monitor all for the selected object), and |
| then select instances as needed. For example, if you're monitoring CPU usage on a dual-CPU |
| system, you can monitor either processor or both, depending on your instance selection. |
| As soon as you click Add, the Performance console begins collecting and graphing the data. |
| Knowing what to monitor is more than half of the battle. The Performance console provides a lot of |
| objects and counters, but it isn't always easy to understand what a counter's function is by looking |
| at its name. Fortunately, you can click the Explain button in the Add Counters dialog box to display |
| an explanation of the selected counter's purpose. |
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