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Chapter 8 | Optimizing your FileMaker Server deployment 76

Monitoring FileMaker Server

Monitoring the server is important for recognizing and preventing problems.

1 When users report a problem, such as a system crash or very slow performance, you need

good monitoring tools to determine what caused the problem.

1 By analyzing future hardware needs, taking baseline readings when monitoring a situation, or

gaining a better understanding of the server’s health, you can prevent future problems.

Monitoring performance in Windows

To monitor FileMaker Server in Windows, you can use a tool called Performance Monitor, also

known as perfmon. With the perfmon tool, you can examine how applications that are running

affect your computer's performance, including the memory used, disk access time, and log

statistics on different processes. While some log information shows obvious bottlenecks or stress

points, much of the information might require more detailed analysis. With a little experience, you

can recognize common stress points.

Note To use perfmon, you must have local Administrators group or equivalent privileges in

Windows. For more information about using perfmon, see Windows Help and Support.

There are five logs that can help you monitor performance in Windows:

1 Processor. Logs the processor activity and idle times. Select % Processor Time as the

primary indicator of processor activity and to display the average percentage of busy time. To

view the time the processor is idle, select % Idle Time.

1 Network Interface Counter (NIC). Captures bytes sent and received over each network

adapter, the length of the output packet queue (in packets), and the errors for inbound and

outbound packets.

1 Memory. Records the amount of physical memory immediately available for allocation to a

process or for system use. The log also records the Cache Bytes for Memory\System Cache,

cache faults, page faults, the number of read operations, and the pages written to disk.

1 Process. Logs statistics on processes, including time, reading and writing rate, page faults,

thread count, virtual address space, and the current size, in bytes, of the memory that this

process has allocated.

1 Disk. Captures the disk read time, the disk write time, the percentage of time the disk was idle,

the number of outstanding requests, and the split input and output to the disk.

Note The Windows Event Viewer contains the Application log and the System log, which are

useful for understanding how the server is

performing. These can provide insight into activity at

the user, system, and service level.

Reviewing the performance logs

By default the performance logs show you real time statistics of specific counters. To display the

performance logs, open Administrative Tools > Performance Monitor, then navigate to

Monitoring Tools > Performance Monitor.

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