Project Server 2010 performance counters
Applies to: Project Server 2010
Topic Last Modified: 2011-03-14
To help you determine when you have to scale up or scale out your Microsoft Project Server farm, use performance counters to monitor the health of the system. Use the information in the following tables to determine which performance counters to monitor, and to which process the performance counters should be applied:
Web servers
Database servers
Project Application Server performance counters
Web servers
The following table shows performance counters and processes to monitor for Web servers in your Project Server farm.
| Performance counter | Apply to object | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Processor Time |
Total |
Shows the percentage of elapsed time that this thread used the processor to execute instructions. |
Memory Utilization |
Application Pool |
Shows the average utilization of system memory for the application pool. You must specify the correct application pool to monitor. The basic guideline is to determine peak memory utilization for a given Web application, and assign that number plus 10MB to the associated application pool. |
Database servers
The following table shows performance counters and processes to monitor for database servers in your farm.
| Performance counter | Apply to object | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Average disk queue length |
Hard disk that contains SharedServices.mdf |
Average values larger than 1.5 per spindle indicate that the write times for that hard disk are insufficient. |
Processor time |
SQL Server process |
Average values larger than 80 percent indicate that processor capacity on the database server is insufficient. |
Processor time |
Total |
Shows the percentage of elapsed time that this thread used the processor to execute instructions. |
Memory utilization |
Total |
Shows the average utilization of system memory. |
Project Application Server performance counters
The following table shows performance counters and processes to monitor for your Application Server.
| Performance counter | Apply to object |
|---|---|
% Sql Retries / Day |
ProjectServer:QueueGeneral |
Active Job Processing Threads |
ProjectServer:QueueGeneral |
Active Job Processing Threads |
ProjectServer:QueueGeneral |
Average Unprocessed Jobs / Day |
ProjectServer:QueueGeneral |
Current Unprocessed Jobs |
ProjectServer:QueueGeneral |
New Jobs / Minute |
ProjectServer:QueueGeneral |
Sql Calls / Hour/Day |
ProjectServer:QueueGeneral |
Sql Calls / Minute |
ProjectServer:QueueGeneral |
Sql Retries / Minute |
ProjectServer:QueueGeneral |
% Jobs Failed / Day |
ProjectServer:QueueJobs |
% Jobs Failed / Hour |
ProjectServer:QueueJobs |
% Jobs Retried / Day |
ProjectServer:QueueJobs |
% Jobs Retried / Hour |
ProjectServer:QueueJobs |
Average Processing Time / Day |
ProjectServer:QueueJobs |
Average Processing Time / Minute |
ProjectServer:QueueJobs |
Average Wait Time / Day |
ProjectServer:QueueJobs |
Average Wait Time / Minute |
ProjectServer:QueueJobs |
Jobs Failed / Minute |
ProjectServer:QueueJobs |
Jobs Processed / Hour/Day |
ProjectServer:QueueJobs |
Jobs Processed / Minute |
ProjectServer:QueueJobs |
Jobs Retried / Minute |
ProjectServer:QueueJobs |
Average time taken for Project Open |
ProjectServer:Winproj |
Percentage of incremental save to full save |
ProjectServer:Winproj |
Winproj full open count in the last hour |
ProjectServer:Winproj |
Winproj full save count in the last hour |
ProjectServer:Winproj |
Winproj incremental open count in the last hour |
ProjectServer:Winproj |
Winproj incremental save count in the last hour |
ProjectServer:Winproj |