Capital 'S'? I'm curious, but also somewhat afraid to know why. On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> wrote:
> It aint Mularkey, when people complain your systems are slow and you > don’t have the tools/counters to show them they are full of Shite… > > > > BTW: Look at PAL from Codeplex it’s a good tool to run your Performance > Logs through. > > > > Z > > > > Edward E. Ziots > > CISSP, Network +, Security + > > Network Engineer > > Lifespan Organization > > Email:[email protected] <email%[email protected]> > > Cell:401-639-3505 > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, February 03, 2011 9:08 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Processor Queue Length counter > > > > Nice one, thanks for that, I am slowly starting to get my head around this > testing and baselining mularkey :-) > > On 3 February 2011 13:58, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> wrote: > > James, > > > > From the following M$ Kbase > > > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc768048.aspx > > > > - *System : Processor Queue Length. *Oddly enough, this processor > counter shows up under the System object, but not without good reason. > There > is only 1 queue for tasks that need to go to the processor, even if there > is > more than one CPU. Thus, counter provides a measure of the instantaneous > size of the queue for all processors at the moment that the measurement was > taken. The resulting value is a measure of how many threads are in the > Ready > state waiting to be processed. When dealing with queues, if the value > exceeds 2 for a sustained period, you are definitely having a problem with > the resource in question. > > So I would say that a constant value of 40 to 50 would be an issue. Here > are some guidelines that are utilized in our RAP ( rapid Assessment > Programs) for SQL from Microsoft Premier Engineers. > > System > > Processor Queue Length > > < 4 per CPU > > For standard servers with long Quantums > <= 4 per CPU Excellent > < 8 per CPU Good > < 12 per CPU Fair > > > > So with your 16 CPU ( assuming a QUAD, Quad Core Server, the value you are > looking to be under is 64, which you are. So this might defintely be oks > here. > > > > Z > > > > > > Edward E. Ziots > > CISSP, Network +, Security + > > Network Engineer > > Lifespan Organization > > Email:[email protected] <email%[email protected]> > > Cell:401-639-3505 > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, February 03, 2011 8:44 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Processor Queue Length counter > > > > If I have a server with 16 CPUs, and I am measuring the Processor Queue > Length counter to check performance, do I need to divide the total queue > length by 16 to get a true indication of the level it is at, or is it > accurate? I am using Citrix EdgeSight 5.3 to measure this, if it makes any > difference. My Processor Queue Length is regularly up to 40 or 50. > > TIA, > > > > JRR > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' 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