Capturing real-time performance data

- [Instructor] The event logs are useful…when you want to track down something…that's happened in the server's recent history.…But there are things that you're going…to want to monitor to forecast…and prepare for the server's future.…When you bring up a new server,…you probably look at the suggested minimum requirements…and make decisions on how much horsepower you're going…to need for your server.…But over a couple of years the different applications…and server roles begin to grow with every update.…And the number of users accessing the server increases.…

At some point it's reasonable to think…that the hardware that was fine before,…no longer meets the grade.…The best way to see that day coming…is by monitoring the server's performance.…Now you can bring up a snapshot of this at any time…by opening the Task Manager.…One of the easiest ways is to right click on the task bar…and select Task Manager from the list,…and instead of looking just at the list…of applications that are running, select more details.…

From here you can select a performance tab…