1. 1 Performance optimization & Network Monitoring (Week 15, Tuesday 4/26/2005) © Abdou Illia, Spring 2005

2. 2 Performance Optimization Memory Processor Disk Network Pages/sec < 20 % Processor time < 80%Collisions < 2% % Disk time NIC Hub

3. 3 Using The Performance tool See demonstration in class

4. 4 Using The Network Monitor See demonstration in class

5. 5 Summary Questions You are having problem with one of the hard disks on your computer. You decided to create a counter log so that you can examine the read and write times to the disk. What performance object will you choose in the Add counters dialog box of the Performance snap-in? a) Processor b) Memory c) Paging File d) Physical Disk

6. 6 Summary Questions You are having a lot of paging occurring on your system. You decided to create a counter log so that you can examine the memory usage on your system. Which counter will you choose in the Add counters dialog box of the Performance snap-in? a) Memory / Available MBytes b) Memory / Pages/sec c) Paging File / %Usage d) Physical Disk / %Disk Time

7. 7 Summary Questions In order to monitor the logical drives and volumes on your hard disk, you must: a) Run diskperform b) Run diskperf -yv c) Select the Logical Disk performance object, which is available by default in the Add Counters dialog box d) Run chkdsk /r

8. 8 Summary Questions You are using the Processor / %Processor Time counter to monitor the processor usage on your system. What value is an indication that you need to upgrade your system’s processor(s). a) Consistent values between 40 and 60% b) Consistent values between 60 and 70% c) Consistent values of 80% and more

9. 9 Summary Questions You are monitoring the performance of your Network subsystem. In which of the following cases you should begin to consider that there is a problem in your Network subsystem? (Select one) a) > 2% collisions b) > 10% collisions c) > 30% collisions

10. 10 Summary Questions The Performance console is a built-in MMC console that you can access through the Administrative Tools program group. Which snap-ins are included in the Performance console? (Choose all answers that are correct.) a)Event Viewer b)Services c)System Monitor d)Performance Logs And Alerts The Network Monitor driver, also called the Network Monitor agent, enables Network Monitor to receive frames from a network adapterTF

11. 11 Review For Final LAN Topologies, Access methods What is a Star topology? a Bus topology? a Ring topology? What are the parts of a MAC address? What are the common LAN access methods? Ethernet (CSMA/CD), Token Ring, FDDI. Windows 2000 Family Products/Windows 2000 installation Check you class notes File System Security Check the appropriate lab for questions Check class notes

12. 12 Review For Final Disk Management Check the appropriate lab for questions Check class notes Disk Quotas, Distributed File System Check the appropriate lab for questions Active Directory Check the appropriate lab for questions Check class notes

13. 13 Review For Final GPO Check the appropriate lab for questions Check class notes Managing Printers Check the appropriate lab for questions Check class notes Active Directory Check the appropriate lab for questions Check class notes