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Year: 2012
What is Windows Performance Analyzer all about and why should you use it instead of xperfview?
Consider the following trace in xperfview: This should be familiar to you, it’s the DPC storm / storport doorbell that looks like this: So how does this trace look in WPA from the Windows 8 ADK (RP edition)? A little different, but the Dude isn’t closed minded here, so lets give it a whirl: Observe. … Continue reading What is Windows Performance Analyzer all about and why should you use it instead of xperfview?
PAL 2.3.1 released!
Why? VMware template. Awwww yeah, the Dude strike again. If you are running in VMware, we can capture the memory ballooning driver and real processor util in the guest and publish it to a PAL report. This release delivers! http://pal.codeplex.com/
When an Exchange Server doesn’t Exchange…
“Well the high sheriff, told his deputy, won’t you go out and bring my Lazarus?” Why am I quoting the Po Lazarus tune, the opening song of “O Brother Where Art Thou?” when I’m supposed to be talking about the Exchange Server that doesn’t? It’s the Chewbacca defense! This Exchange Server is so hosed I… Continue reading When an Exchange Server doesn’t Exchange…
Ladies and Gentleman (and low lifes), it is with outstanding pleasure tonight that I am able to present to you, the reader, with an xperf trace….
For those who didn’t yet know, the Dude is a fan of old school rap. So one of these days, not much to do, I was chillin with my old school crew and I ran into a slow boot scenario… (Yes, I am in fact listening to Mona Lisa by Slick Rick the Ruler!) So… Continue reading Ladies and Gentleman (and low lifes), it is with outstanding pleasure tonight that I am able to present to you, the reader, with an xperf trace….
Yet another xperf analysis post
Pump up the volume, Pump up the volume… Slow Boot: Yep, that’s slow. Clearly not in CPU usage though…what about disk? Nope (the dude knows nothing about this trace except he (when looking at it the first time) named it ROFLCOPTER)…. So basically the system hangs at boot from 30 second mark through to 350… Continue reading Yet another xperf analysis post
The dude does xperf…
So the Dude (that’s me) has gone over how to collect xperf traces a few times now, but what do we do after we’ve collected a solid .etl file you may ask? Well, that’s what this post is all about. This is how the Dude does it. The Dude you see is listening to Simple… Continue reading The dude does xperf…
PAL 2.3 with Multi-Threading!
PAL (http://pal.codeplex.com/) is a favorite tool of mine, written by Clint Huffman. I’ve written about it a few times but maybe you weren’t aware that the newest release has multi-threading capability? It’s no in your face though really, just an option on the last page, the Execute page: If you assign more than… Continue reading PAL 2.3 with Multi-Threading!
Introducing Windows Server 2012 Free e-book available
I highly recommend giving this a read so you are ready for Windows Server 2012. The dude had a hand in proofing the book and even has a sidebar on page 25 on performance monitoring. Give it a read, rumor has it there may be some floating around at TechEd Orlando and Amsterdam as well…… Continue reading Introducing Windows Server 2012 Free e-book available
The Dude does TechEd 2012 North America and Europe this year.
I’ve got 2 session spots this year: and In North America, I’ll have a guest speaker for AAP303, the very own Clint Huffman has agreed to speak. And I might have a surprise or two for the ADK session as well, we’ll see. Look forward to seeing folks at the sessions and at Ask the… Continue reading The Dude does TechEd 2012 North America and Europe this year.