SK0-003 · Question #361
Several reports are logged stating that an application server is performing slowly. During the investigation, the administrator notices that the hard drives on the server appear to have a high level…
The correct answer is A. Page File B. Disk Utilization. To diagnose slow application performance linked to high hard drive activity, an administrator should monitor disk utilization and page file activity. These metrics directly reflect how storage resources are being used and if memory paging is contributing to the bottleneck.
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Several reports are logged stating that an application server is performing slowly. During the investigation, the administrator notices that the hard drives on the server appear to have a high level of activity. Which items should the administrator monitor using performance monitoring tools? (Select TWO).
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- APage File
- BDisk Utilization
- CSystem Temperature
- DProcessor Utilization
- ENetwork Utilization
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(57 responses)- A70% (40)
- C18% (10)
- D9% (5)
- E4% (2)
Why each option
To diagnose slow application performance linked to high hard drive activity, an administrator should monitor disk utilization and page file activity. These metrics directly reflect how storage resources are being used and if memory paging is contributing to the bottleneck.
High page file activity indicates that the system is frequently moving data between RAM and disk, often due to insufficient physical memory, which can lead to excessive disk I/O and slow performance.
Disk Utilization directly measures the percentage of time the disk is busy servicing read or write requests, providing a clear indicator of a storage bottleneck and high hard drive activity.
System Temperature relates to hardware overheating, not directly to hard drive activity causing performance slowness, although it can be an indirect effect of an overloaded system.
Processor Utilization measures CPU usage, which is a different component than the hard drives and would not be the primary metric to monitor given the observation of high hard drive activity.
Network Utilization measures data traffic over the network interface, which is unrelated to the observed high hard drive activity on the server.
Concept tested: Server performance monitoring for disk bottlenecks
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/performance-monitor/get-started-with-performance-monitor
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