=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Performance Management Tip December 5, 2001
Essential tools and advice to keep your network running at optimum performance. More Tips: http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT TIPS - Performance Management Tip: Using and monitoring counters - Performance Management Tip: Disk defragmenting dos and don'ts - Performance Management Tip: Switches and network performance 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Get your backup questions answered! - Our experts are ready for your systems management questions! - Surf searchWindowsManageability.com's performance links! - Case study: Defrag for less hang time ____________________________________________________________________ ********************* SPONSORED BY: VERITAS ************************ The switch is on to VERITAS Backup Exec - the #1 provider of backup and recovery solutions. Switch to VERITAS Backup Exec and save 37% on select Backup Exec Agents and Options. Trust the award-winning performance of Backup Exec to protect your critical data. Microsoft and Novell do! For more information visit http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3666771;5058249;u?http://www.veritas.com/switch ____________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= USING AND MONITORING COUNTERS | by Louis Columbus You know that Windows Performance Monitor has been around for a while. But if you haven't taken the time to understand the function of Performance Monitor, chances are you haven't really gotten into its innards to see how to make it work. And it can be a very useful tool for, as its name implies, monitoring the performance of Windows servers and workstations, whether you're talking about the one you're on, or a remote computer somewhere on your network. This tip, excerpted from InformIT <http://www.informit.com/content/index.asp?product_id={A081C00B-1D8E-43BD-999B-768B072AE6E4}>, tells you how to add performance counters to Performance Monitor, the first step in using Performance Monitor to get Windows performance purring like a kitten. >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://www.searchWindowsManageability.com/tip/1,289483,sid33_gci784640,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DISK DEFRAGMENTING DOS AND DON'TS | by Meredith B. Derby An administrator shares some tips for improving system performance with disk defragmenting. Find out what you should and shouldn't do to make sure that your systems run smoothly >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci783417,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WILL A SWITCH IMPROVE NETWORK PERFORMANCE? | by Olivier Thierry Would using a switch help to improve network speed? Maybe. SearchWindowsManageability expert Olivier Thierry explains some background on hubs, switches, and how they handle packets in your network. >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid33_cid424081_tax288093,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ ************SPONSORED BY: SuperScout Email Filter******************* FACT: ONE IN EVERY 30 EMAILS IS LIKELY TO BE INFECTED WITH A VIRUS It's not enough to rely on anti-virus protection. 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Bocada's co-founders, Liam Scanlon, vice president of product development, and Mark Silverman, President and CEO, will be monitoring our Management Tools forum from 12pm to 4pm EST. They'll answer any and all of your questions about backup. http://searchwindowsmanageability.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]!viewtype=&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND SOLUTIONS EXPERTS | Post your questions now! Got a question about Windows 2000 management tools? Try asking one of searchWindowsManageability's Management Tools and Solutions experts. Post your question through the form on our site. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid33_tax288093,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT LINKS | Get the information you need. A library of performance management links awaits you in searchWindowsManageability's Best Web Links/Performance Management: http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid33_tax287812,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CASE STUDY: DEFRAG FOR LESS HANG TIME | by Meredith B. Derby Tony Conte's recent decision-making process on a third-party defrag utility went smoothly, and his company, Racine, Wis.-based Horizon Retail Construction, Inc. is now reaping the benefits. Horizon's seven Windows servers and 150 workstations are defragmented regularly and performance has improved by 20%, said Conte, Horizon's director of information and business systems. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci783387,00.html __________________________________________________________________ ::::::::::::::::::: SEARCHWIN2000 CONTACTS ::::::::::::::::: TIP MAILBOX, (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us feedback on tips and ideas for new tip content. ____________________________________________________________________ JAN STAFFORD, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your original articles and best practices. ____________________________________________________________________ MEREDITH DERBY, Assistant News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send your press releases and case studies. ____________________________________________________________________ KRISSI DANIELSSON, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send your white papers and Best Web Links. ____________________________________________________________________ ED PARRY, News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your product announcements and poll ideas. ____________________________________________________________________ MIKE KELLY (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. ____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::::::::::::: ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER ::::::::::::::::::::: Created by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com) TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2001, All Rights Reserved. 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