This section describes how to use Performance Monitor and Event Viewer (tools in Windows NT) as well as other tools to monitor the performance of your Web or FTP server. You can use performance monitoring to improve the performance of your Web server and to make your Web sites more accessible to users.
This section contains:
- About Performance Monitoring: Explains how to use the tools provided with Windows NT and IIS to monitor performance on your Web or FTP server.
- Monitoring Counters for IIS as a Whole: Explains the global counters for IIS and how to use them.
- Monitoring Counters for Web Sites: Lists the counters that apply to HTTP communication (Web sites) and describes how to use them to get the most from your Web sites.
- Monitoring Counters for FTP Sites: Defines the counters that apply to FTP and explains how they can be used to optimize your sites.
- Monitoring Counters for Active Server Pages: Lists and describes the counters that help you to maximize your Active Server Pages applications.
- Viewing Current Performance: Provides instruction for using Performance Monitor to view current levels of activity on a Web or FTP server.
- Recording Performance Over Time: Tells how to use Performance Monitor to capture recordings of server activity over time.
This section does not contain information about:
For detailed information about the views and functions available in Performance Monitor, see the Windows NT documentation.
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