Monitoring and Tuning Your Server

Tools

This topic provides a description of the tools mentioned in this section. Some tools passively watch either the server or the network; others provide a way to actually probe and stress-test the server and its network connections. The following tools are provided with Windows 2000 Server, IIS 5.0, or the Resource Kit companion CD:

• The System Monitor
• Performance Counter Check
• The HTTP Monitoring Tool
• NetStat and NetMon
• Process Viewer, Process Explode, Process Monitor, and Event Viewer
• Web Application Stress Tool and WCAT
• Useful Counters for Stress Testing

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