“What counters are important when troubleshooting SQL Server with Windows’ Perfmon (Performance Monitor)?”
As a database administrator architect, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten that question from Windows administrators and new database administrators, and it’s a pretty daunting question to answer. When a SQL instance is installed on a server, there may be more than a thousand new performance counters added to Perfmon and to the Performance Monitor section of the Reliability and Performance Monitor in Windows 2008, so where does one start?
A web host is a service provider that places your web site on a computer which is connected to the internet. This then gives people who surf the internet a way to access your website. The computer that the web hosting company uses is typically just like the computer you have at home, the only difference being that it is set up to serve up web sites and is therefore called a “server”.
A web host will typically have a fast connection to the Internet and they may host thousands of web sites on many servers. The web host essentially rents out space to you so that you can get your website up on the world wide web.
Choosing a host for your web-site is no small decision. Once committed to one, it will become very difficult to move your business elsewhere – not to mention the damage that can be done to your business if you make the wrong choice. This makes it very important to “get it right the first time”. Find out as much as you can about your prospective host before making any decisions.
When evaluating your host, you will obviously be considering price. But price is, of course, not the only important factor. You will also need to take into consideration:
Perhaps you are wondering what dedicated servers are for, and whether you need one. Or perhaps you already know you need a dedicated server, but are stuck when it comes to choosing a host.
Whichever way, here are a few guidelines that may help you in making your decisions:
If shared hosting is no longer working for you, but you do not require the capacity of a dedicated server, Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting could be right for your company. With similar execution to a dedicated server, VPS is an amazing alternative and is perfectly capable of handling all of your web hosting needs.
VPS is a method of dividing a physical server into multiple servers with each having the appearance and capabilities of running on its own dedicated machine. Each virtual server can run its own full-fledged operating system, and each server can be independently rebooted.