ASP.NET: Monitor application performance

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 appli

Answer 1

Playing with Windows Performance counters may be challenging to identify which counter you need to watch and then analyze them in a short, medium or long period.

I'm generally use the Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) Tool (very easy to use!) to gather specific and predefined performance counters based on what you need to monitor (IIS web app, SharePoint, Exchange, etc) and then use the PAL wizard to build nice reports:

http://www.codeplex.com/PAL

Give it a try, it's very nice to get an idea of the general performance of your web site.

Of course, if you need to dig inside your application to find memory leak or any performance hit, you could try the Redgate ANTS Performance Profiler:

http://www.red-gate.com/products/ants_performance_profiler/