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Clint Huffman's Windows Performance Blog
My blog has moved
It took awhile, but I was able get a new blog created using my email name “ClintH” versus...
Date: 06/23/2009
Do not use Task Manager in Hyper-V for Processor Measurements
I’m doing another blog post about the processor utilization in a Hyper-V environment because it...
Date: 05/11/2009
Windows Prefers Wired Connections
Awhile ago someone asked me about how to make their laptop prefer their wired internet connection...
Date: 04/19/2009
Determining the Maximum Sizes of Kernel Memory Pools
While onsite with customers, I have found several more cases where the Windows Server 2003 32-bit is...
Date: 03/26/2009
Helpful PowerShell One-Liners
While doing a BizTalk Health check this week, the customer and I thought it would be cool to try to...
Date: 03/24/2009
Microsoft BizTalk Server Explained in Simple Terms
At TechEd 2008, I manned the Microsoft BizTalk Server booth. Nearly every question I got was, “I’ve...
Date: 03/18/2009
Bling.ps1 (a functional proof of concept for PAL v2.0)
Work on PAL v2.0 (PowerShell version) is coming along nicely. While working on it, I created a...
Date: 12/31/2008
Another RunAs Radio Show
A few weeks ago, I did another show on the internet radio talk show called Run As Radio at...
Date: 12/31/2008
I survived an internet radio talk show
About a month ago, I was on Run As Radio (www.runasradio.com) doing a session on the PAL tool. This...
Date: 12/18/2008
BizTalk Admin Console Fails with DTC Failures
Relevant Environment Information: Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 (32-bit) Microsoft Windows Server...
Date: 12/15/2008
Use the Hyper-V Counters for CPU Measurement
As a reminder to everyone, use the perf counter “\Hyper-V Hypervisor Logical...
Date: 10/13/2008
The Need for a Performance Analysis of Logs Tool
Introduction Performance analysis of log files (*.blg files) in Microsoft Windows has primarily been...
Date: 09/21/2008
How to use the PAL Tool for BizTalk Performance Analysis
Sorry, I haven't blogged much in the past few months. I've been heads down on several exciting...
Date: 09/02/2008
BizTalk Artifact Duration Aggregations
I’m working on another BizTalk performance gig and created a few custom HAT queries for...
Date: 05/07/2008
Identifying What Installed Microsoft DLL, EXE, or SYS Files
We [Microsoft] tend to have quite a few diamonds in the rough. One of those is our DLL Help...
Date: 04/14/2008
Free System Page Table Entries (PTEs)
Introduction The purpose of this article is to provide prescriptive guidance on how to troubleshoot...
Date: 04/07/2008
I'm speaking at TechEd 2008 This Year!
I'm proud to announce that I will be speaking at TechEd 2008 this year in Orlando, Florida. It will...
Date: 03/21/2008
Some Cool Perf Analysis Tool I Recently Discovered
While troubleshooting disk latency ghosts (see my previous blog entry on AMD Opteron processors), i...
Date: 03/21/2008
Warning: Perf Counter Data might be Inaccurate on some AMD Processor Computers
I've been gathering performance counter data all week on a server and found a really long disk...
Date: 03/21/2008
Microsoft BizTalk Database Tips for Microsoft SQL Server DBA's
I recently had a Microsoft SQL Server expert ask me about some tips regarding Microsoft BizTalk...
Date: 03/20/2008
Quick Network Performance Checks
Here are a few quick network checks I do when I go on-site with customers. First, I do a ping to...
Date: 03/06/2008
Taking Advantage of HTTP Cache-Control in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2003
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) has some great output cache settings, but what...
Date: 02/25/2008
BizTalk Server Database Optimization article
A few months ago, I tech reviewed a very well done article on BizTalk performance. It is called...
Date: 12/10/2007
Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications has been published
I'm a contributor for the book "Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications" and it...
Date: 12/10/2007
TrustedInstaller.exe is slain by Vista SP1!
<rhetorical question>Having performance on your Vista laptop and a disk queue length of about...
Date: 12/06/2007
An Optimal Network Load Balancing (NLB) Configuration
When I go on-site with customers who are using Microsoft Network Load Balancing (NLB), most of the...
Date: 10/08/2007