Question

I have an ASP.NET application which will be running in a web server (Windows Server 2003) for serving my intranet users. Now i would like to monitor the performance of the application: like memory management, unclosed db connection, etc… The ultimate aim is to make the application work optimized. What are the things i should do for this? Are there any free tools available?

Answer 1

ASP.NET includes performance counters that you can track with the Windows Performance Monitor (Perfmon.exe). You can launch this from the Administrative Tools in Windows Server 2003.

You may want to check out these articles which can guide you to choose the most appropriate performance counters:

• Stack Overflow: What are the best ASP.NET performance counters to monitor?
• MSDN: ASP.NET Performance Monitoring, and When to Alert Administrators
• MSDN: Monitoring ASP.NET Application Performance
• Microsoft TechNet: Overview of ASP.NET Performance Monitoring