Windows NT Applications

• Detailed discussion of the tools and techniques for monitoring and benchmarking performance
  
• Expert insight into the internal NT architecture and how to exploit it for more efficient applications
  
• Tips for improving code execution in Web, database, and network applications, with examples to illustrate principles
  
• Case studies that detail issues common to the Windows environment and provide solutions for those issues

Windows NT Applications: Measuring and Optimizing Performance provides valuable information to help you determine the resource requirements of your system, and produce code to better match those requirements. This reference will allow you to:

• Configure the best system to run your code
  
• Isolate and resolve resource bottlenecks common to Windows NT applications
  
• Test and analyze code to optimize performance across the network
  
• Understand the effects of various coding choices and technologies in order to enhance the overall efficiency of your applications
  

Table of contents

Introduction

Part 1: Arm Yourselves!

Introduction to Performance Monitor

Windows NT Kernel Debugger

Windows NT Utilities

Freeware/Shareware Tools

Part 2: Let the Hunt Begin: Finding the Performance Problems

General Resource Consumption

Examining the Application

Part 3: The Specialist: Analysis of Specific Application Scenarios

The Web Server

Monitoring Database Systems

Pushing the Limits

Index