THY02K
July 18th, 2005, 11:12 PM
Anyone know how to monitor bandwidth utilization between two physical servers (Application and database)? I know how to monitor number of byte the NIC's are sending and receiving, but I need to find out if the connection between the two is underutilized/overutilized. How can I do that?
I found this from here (http://www.sql-server-performance.com/performance_monitor_counters_network.asp):
If you think that you have a network bottleneck, it is easy to check using the Network Segment Object: % Network Utilization counter. This counter provides you with what percentage of the bandwidth is being used by the network connection your server is using. This is not the amount of bandwidth being sent to and from your server, but the total bandwidth being used on the connection the network card is attached to.
This connection could be of many different types, including a shared hub or a switched port running at half-duplex or full-duplex. The connection might be 10Mbp, 100Mbp, or even 1Gbp. Given this, the results you receive from the counter must be interpreted in the light of which type of connection you have. Ideally, you will want a network connection to its own dedicated switch port for maximum performance. [6.5, 7.0, 2000]
But I can't find it under "Network" performance counter category...?
Thanks.
I found this from here (http://www.sql-server-performance.com/performance_monitor_counters_network.asp):
If you think that you have a network bottleneck, it is easy to check using the Network Segment Object: % Network Utilization counter. This counter provides you with what percentage of the bandwidth is being used by the network connection your server is using. This is not the amount of bandwidth being sent to and from your server, but the total bandwidth being used on the connection the network card is attached to.
This connection could be of many different types, including a shared hub or a switched port running at half-duplex or full-duplex. The connection might be 10Mbp, 100Mbp, or even 1Gbp. Given this, the results you receive from the counter must be interpreted in the light of which type of connection you have. Ideally, you will want a network connection to its own dedicated switch port for maximum performance. [6.5, 7.0, 2000]
But I can't find it under "Network" performance counter category...?
Thanks.