Performance Monitoring Tools
In this second post we are diving into what tools you can use to capture the important performance metrics you need to gather for baselining your environment. Be sure to read part one first.
Performance Monitor
First let’s start with what comes native to Windows Server platform, whether you are on an Azure SQL Virtual Machine or your standard SQL Server instance install on premises you have a native tool, called Performance Monitor (affectionately known to most as PerfMon). This reliable tool allows you to easily monitor performance metrics through a Graphical User Interface (GUI), by selecting performance counters for the operating system as well as installed applications such as SQL Server. It groups these metrics for ease use by category and application specific counters. It is one of the tools best used for collecting those baseline statistics for your system.
Check out the full part 2 article on the Idera Community Site.
https://community.idera.com/database-tools/blog/b/community_blog/posts/identifying-performance-problems-part-2
Additional Series Links
https://community.idera.com/database-tools/blog/b/community_blog/posts/identifying-performance-problems-part-1
https://community.idera.com/database-tools/blog/b/community_blog/posts/identifying-performance-problems-part-3
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About Monica Rathbun
Monica Rathbun lives in Virginia, is a Microsoft MVP for Data Platform and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert. She has nearly two decades of experience working with a wide variety of database platforms with a focus on SQL Server and the Microsoft Data Platform. She is a frequent speaker at IT industry conferences on topics including performance tuning and configuration management. She is the Leader of the Hampton Roads SQL Server User Group. She is passionate about SQL Server and the SQL Server community, doing anything she can to give back. Monica can always be found on Twitter (@sqlespresso) handing out helpful tips. You can find Monica blogging at sqlespresso.com
