How to measure memory usage for a Live ASP.NET MVC web application?

Question

So right off the bat, not sure if this question is better suited for another StackExchange site.

I\'ve got an ASP.NET MVC 3 web application running on Windows Server

Answer 1

Perfmon's counters are still a good technique (and free!).

PAL (Performance Analysis of Logs), a free tool, has an ASP.NET perfmon counter template for general health (in addition to generating reports of counter log files based on thresholds).

Check out:

• .NET Debugging Demos Lab 7: Memory Leak

• .NET Memory Leak Case Study: The Event Handlers That Made The Memory Baloon

• Tracking down managed memory leaks (how to find a GC leak)

• Determine if your .NET Application has a Memory Leak

Commercial tools like MemProfiler, RedGate's memory profiling tool and JetBrains Profiler are all very good (and all have free trials).