Microsoft Exam Questions

What should you identify?

You have a server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2012 R2.
You discover that the performance of Server1 is poor.
The results of a performance report generated on Server1 are shown in the following table.

You need to identify the cause of the performance issue.
What should you identify?

A.
Insufficient processors

B.
Excessive paging

C.
Driver malfunction

D.
Insufficient RAM

Explanation:
Processor: %DPC Time. Much like the other values, this counter shows the amount of time that the processor
spends servicing DPC requests. DPC requests are more often than not associated with the network interface.
Processor: % Interrupt Time. This is the percentageof time that the processor is spending on handling
Interrupts. Generally, if this value exceeds 50% ofthe processor time you may have a hardware issue. Some
components on the computer can force this issue andnot really be a problem. For example a programmable I/
O card like an old disk controller card, can take up to 40% of the CPU time. A NIC on a busy IIS server can
likewise generate a large percentage of processor activity.
Processor: % User Time. The value of this counter helps to determine the kind of processing that is affecting
the system. Of course the resulting value is the total amount of non-idle time that was spent on User mode
operations. This generally means application code.
Processor: %Privilege Time. This is the amount of time the processor was busy with Kernel mode operations. If
the processor is very busy and this mode is high, it is usually an indication of some type of NT service having
difficulty, although user mode programs can make calls to the Kernel mode NT components to occasionally
cause this type of performance issue.
Memory: Pages/sac This value is often confused withPage Faults/sec. The Pages/sec counter is a
combination of Pages Input/sec and Pages Output/seccounters. Recall that Page Faults/sec is a combination
of hard page faults and soft page faults. This counter, however, is a general indicator of how often the system is
using the hard drive to store or retrieve memory associated data.
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