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Real Test Case

General Test Information

This is a real test case using the server to monitor some Windows computers over a fast network.
In a typical network environment there are computers with different software configurations, consequently
different response times which may interfere in performance.

Tested Computer Enviroment

Server Computer Configuration:

	Pentium IV Processor @ 2.8GHz
	512MB DDR System Memory
	40GB Disk space
	100Mbps Network Connection
	Running Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2

Monitored Computers:

	Windows XP Computers
			Total number: 32
			Total items: 1752
			100Mbps Network Connection
			Refresh Rate: 1000ms
	Windows 2000 Computers
			Total number: 7
			Total items: 345
			100Mbps Network Connection
			Refresh Rate: 1000ms

Final Server Configuration

Server Window - Test Configuration

Test Results

In this Real Test Case, the described system configuration was monitored during 1 hour of operation and the following resources were monitored during this time.

XR PerfMon Tools Server Processor Usage

Processor usage was monitored on every second and the average processor load was 30%.

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Server Processor Usage

XR PerfMon Tools Server Memory Usage

Memory usage was monitored on every second and the average memory use was 8MB.

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Server Memory Usage

XR PerfMon Tools Server Network Usage

Network usage was monitored on every second and the average network use was 3% for data in RX channel and 1% for data in TX channel. These values were calculated based on a 100Mbps ethernet link.

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Server Network Usage

XRatel PerfMon Tools server sucessfully monitored nearly 2000 PERFMON items every second with low resources usage. This situation can be easily reproduced by tuning the server profile and scanning only useful items.