Thank you for the suggestions.

I had the client do just that this afternoon. 

Tomcat averaged 15% CPU
Mysql spiked the CPU usage to 100% when hit with long queries.

Would this be an indication of the need for RAM, or the need for a faster CPU?

They are running 360MB of RAM. P3 450

Thanks 

On November 30, 2004 03:20 am, Peter Crowther wrote:
> > From: Chris Cherrett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I have a client who is claiming that my software is slowing
> > down. I cannot determine why this would be.
>
> Profile it - what's slow?  Start Admin Tools>Performance, add:
>
> Processor>%CPU time
> Memory>Pages/sec
> Physical Disk>Avg Disk Queue Length
>
> Are you seeing high CPU use?  If so, a faster CPU is appropriate.
>
> Are you seeing high pages/sec and high disk I/O (queue length regularly
> above 3 for that config would be unpleasant)?  If so, add RAM.
>
> Are you seeing high disk I/O without high pages/sec?  If so, something's
> hammering your disk but your memory's OK... are you using a database?
>
> Are you seeing none of these?  If so, check things like Windows
> authentication - you don't want to be waiting for auth responses.
>
> I know, I know, this is all just general Windows troubleshooting.  But
> we can't give advice on improving performance until we have more
> information on where the bottleneck is.
>
>               - Peter
>
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