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7. ObjectCounterLook For Processor% Processor TimeShould be <= 80% MemoryAvailable MBytes Low Memory, Server Paging Paging File(_Total)% UsageShould be < 70% PhysicalDisk(*)Disk Reads/sec Baseline, watch for unusual variations PhysicalDisk(*)Disk Writes/sec Baseline, watch for unusual variations SystemProcessor Queue Length > 10 threads/proc and CPU > 80% is concern Gather SQL Server Performance Data with PowerShell

8. ObjectCounterLook For Access MethodsForwarded Records/sec Should be < 10 per 100 batch requests/sec Access MethodsPage Splits/sec Should be <20 per 100 batch requests/sec Buffer ManagerBuffer cache hit ratioShould be > 90% Buffer ManagerPage life expectancyShould be >=300 General StatisticsProcesses blockedBaseline, check for changes SQL StatisticsBatch Requests/sec> 1000 is busy system SQL StatisticsSQL Compilations/sec Should be < 10% of batch requests/sec SQL StatisticsSQL Re-Compilations/sec Should be < 10% of compilations/sec Gather SQL Server Performance Data with PowerShell

14. # Initialize Perfcounters $ppt = new-object System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter $ppt.CategoryName = 'Processor' $ppt.CounterName = '% Processor Time' $ppt.InstanceName = '_Total'

15. Gather SQL Server Performance Data with PowerShell Connect to Server Find Instances Initialize Server Counters For Each Instance Initialize Instance Counters While Not EndDate Capture Server Counters For Each Instance Capture Instance Counters

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