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Resource Management
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214 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Administration
The purpose of nearly every server is to provide some form of centralized service
for its users. Servers provide a cost-effective means of sharing resources, and,
as such, they are critical pieces of infrastructure in almost every organization
that uses them. Although they sit away from view and quietly perform their services,
you can appreciate their importance simply by looking at users??™ reactions when one
or more servers suddenly becomes unavailable or responds very slowly. As Windows
administrators, it is our job not only to ensure that the servers reliable, but also to extract
the most performance out of our systems, in addition to tracking capacity and predicting
growth. The only way to accomplish these objectives successfully is to perform reliability
and performance monitoring on servers on a regular basis. This is especially true for
application servers that increase in use over time.
Baseline performance metrics must be assessed at regular intervals so that when performance
issues do arise, you can quickly and easily compare the current performance
profile with previously recorded profiles to determine what, if anything, is happening
out of the ordinary. Being able to monitor your system performance is one thing, but
being able to manage that performance effectively is something else.
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