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‎How to see what programs are consuming Windows server resources

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Chrisd at 16:01, 26 May 2015

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‎Storage configuration

Jonc: /* Storage configuration */

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‎Storage configuration

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‎Windows 2008

Jonc: /* Storage configuration */

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‎Storage configuration

Alex.long at 17:04, 17 December 2012

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Alex.long: /* Storage configuration */

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‎Storage configuration

Alex.long at 16:53, 17 December 2012

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 ====Disk Space====
-If you are running into disk space issues on your Windows VPS, the best way to determine what is consuming your disk space is to download a program named WinDirStat and execute it. Once you download WinDirStat ( http://windirstat.info/index.html ) and complete installation, you will execute the program which will look like the following:
+*If you are running into disk space issues on your Windows VPS, the best way to determine what is consuming your disk space is to download a program named WinDirStat and execute it. Once you download WinDirStat ( http://windirstat.info/index.html ) and complete installation, you will execute the program which will look like the following:
 [[File:Windirstat1.PNG|600px]]
-Unless otherwise requested, your VPS will typically only have a C:\ drive that contains the site files (\home folder), MySQL, MSSQL, etc. Make sure the appropriate drive is selected, and select "OK"
+*Unless otherwise requested, your VPS will typically only have a C:\ drive that contains the site files (\home folder), MySQL, MSSQL, etc. Make sure the appropriate drive is selected, and select "OK"
-Once WinDirStat completes the analysis of the hard drive, you will see something similar to the image below:
+*Once WinDirStat completes the analysis of the hard drive, you will see something similar to the image below:
 [[File:Windirstat.PNG|600px]]
-You will not typically want to remove anything that resides in the "Windows" or "<Files>" directory as these contain essential Windows operating systems files. Removal of these will result in disastrous problems for your server. If you are in doubt about the removal of anything, you can submit a ticket at https://support.hostek.com for guidance.
+*You will not typically want to remove anything that resides in the "Windows" or "<Files>" directory as these contain essential Windows operating systems files. Removal of these will result in disastrous problems for your server. If you are in doubt about the removal of anything, you can submit a ticket at https://support.hostek.com for guidance.
 ====CPU/RAM====
-If you are concerned about the possibility of high memory (RAM) or high CPU usage, the easiest way to determine what is consuming resources is to launch the Windows Task Manager. In order to launch the task manager, right-click the Windows taskbar and select "Task Manager". From there, you can select the Performance tab to see overall CPU/RAM usage as well as network traffic speed. Select the "Detail" tab to view more specific information on usage. You can then click the "CPU" or "RAM" columns to sort by highest CPU or RAM consumption.
+*If you are concerned about the possibility of high memory (RAM) or high CPU usage, the easiest way to determine what is consuming resources is to launch the Windows Task Manager. In order to launch the task manager, right-click the Windows taskbar and select "Task Manager". From there, you can select the Performance tab to see the overall CPU/RAM usage as well as network traffic speed. Select the "Detail" tab to view more specific information on usage. You can then click the "CPU" or "RAM" columns to sort by highest CPU or RAM consumption.
-*Note: If you do not see the CPU or RAM columns as shown in the image below, right clock any column and choose "Select Columns". At this time, you will be able to check the box next to each item you wish to monitor.
+*Note: If you do not see the CPU or RAM columns as shown in the image below, right-click any column and choose "Select Columns". At this time, you will be able to check the box next to each item you wish to monitor.
 [[File:Cpuram.PNG|600px]]
 ==Storage configuration==

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 [[File:Windirstat.PNG|600px]]
-You will not typically want to remove anything that resides in the "Windows" or "<Files>" directory as these contain essential Windows operating systems files. Removal of these will result in disastrous problems for your server. If you are in doubt about the removal of anything, you can submit a ticket at https://support.hostek.com
+You will not typically want to remove anything that resides in the "Windows" or "<Files>" directory as these contain essential Windows operating systems files. Removal of these will result in disastrous problems for your server. If you are in doubt about the removal of anything, you can submit a ticket at https://support.hostek.com for guidance.
 ==Storage configuration==

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	*Traffic usage between 1000-3000GB+, large requirements (with ColdFusion), Virtual Dedicated can handle 200 websites.		*Traffic usage between 1000-3000GB+, large requirements (with ColdFusion), Virtual Dedicated can handle 200 websites.

		+	==How to see what programs are consuming Windows server resources==
		+
		+	====Disk Space====
		+
		+	If you are running into disk space issues on your Windows VPS, the best way to determine what is consuming your disk space is to download a program named WinDirStat and execute it. Once you download WinDirStat ( http://windirstat.info/index.html ) and complete installation, you will execute the program which will look like the following:
		+
		+	[[File:Windirstat1.PNG\|600px]]
		+
		+	Unless otherwise requested, your VPS will typically only have a C:\ drive that contains the site files (\home folder), MySQL, MSSQL, etc. Make sure the appropriate drive is selected, and select "OK"
		+
		+	Once WinDirStat completes the analysis of the hard drive, you will see something similar to the image below:
		+
		+	[[File:Windirstat.PNG\|600px]]
		+
		+	You will not typically want to remove anything that resides in the "Windows" or "<Files>" directory as these contain essential Windows operating systems files. Removal of these will result in disastrous problems for your server. If you are in doubt about the removal of anything, you can submit a ticket at https://support.hostek.com

	==Storage configuration==		==Storage configuration==

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 ==Storage configuration==
-Disks in our storage arrays are configured at RAID 50.  Several factors must be considered when choosing a RAID level.  Besides the obvious of read and write performance, one must consider usable disk space, fault tolerance, rebuild time in the event of disk failure, and degraded performance in the event of disk failure <sub>(degraded performance refers to the performance of the storage array while a rebuild is taking place after a disk failure)</sub>.  We feel RAID 50 gives us the best mix of these.
+Disks in our storage arrays are performance optimized - data writes are done to RAID10, and incrementally data pages are converted to RAID 5 or RAID 6. Several factors must be considered when choosing a RAID level.  Besides the obvious of read and write performance, one must consider usable disk space, fault tolerance, rebuild time in the event of disk failure, and degraded performance in the event of disk failure <sub>(degraded performance refers to the performance of the storage array while a rebuild is taking place after a disk failure)</sub>.
 ===Determining Disk I/O===

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 #Schedule the task to run for 24hrs approximately.
 #Browse to the directory where the data log was created, email or send the file to our support team.
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 #Add the two counters Physical Disk Average Disk Bytes Read and Physical Disk Average Disk Bytes Write, click OK.
 #Right click on the Data Collector Set you created and click start. Let run for 24hrs approximately then right click and click stop.
 #Browse to the directory where the data log was created, email or send the file to our support team.
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	Disks in our storage arrays are configured at RAID 50. Several factors must be considered when choosing a RAID level. Besides the obvious of read and write performance, one must consider usable disk space, fault tolerance, rebuild time in the event of disk failure, and degraded performance in the event of disk failure <sub>(degraded performance refers to the performance of the storage array while a rebuild is taking place after a disk failure)</sub>. We feel RAID 50 gives us the best mix of these.		Disks in our storage arrays are configured at RAID 50. Several factors must be considered when choosing a RAID level. Besides the obvious of read and write performance, one must consider usable disk space, fault tolerance, rebuild time in the event of disk failure, and degraded performance in the event of disk failure <sub>(degraded performance refers to the performance of the storage array while a rebuild is taking place after a disk failure)</sub>. We feel RAID 50 gives us the best mix of these.

		+	===Determining Disk I/O===
		+	It may be necessary to determine the average disk I/O when researching a solution for your infrastructure:

		+	====Windows 2008====
		+	The Average Reads and Writes per second of the disk for 24hrs. Here's how to get this:

		+
		+	#Open the server, click Start, type Perfmon in the search, click search glass to go.
		+	#In Perfmon expand Data Collector Sets, User Defined, right click and create a new named set.
		+	#Select the set you created, in the right panel click to select the "System Monitor Log" and right click to select properties.
		+	#Add the two counters Physical Disk Average Disk Bytes Read and Physical Disk Average Disk Bytes Write, click OK.
		+	#Right click on the Data Collector Set you created and click start. Let run for 24hrs approximately then right click and click stop.
		+	#Browse to the directory where the data log was created, email or send the file to our support team.

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 ==== For Linux ====
 *Ensure compatibility by checking with the vendor before hand, our Linux servers by default are installed with 64bit CentOS, with Cpanel(easy apache).
 ==Domain limits==

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 *Traffic usage between 1000-3000GB+, large requirements (no ColdFusion), Enterprise VPS can handle 250 websites.
 *Traffic usage between 1000-3000GB+, large requirements (with ColdFusion), Virtual Dedicated can handle 200 websites.
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