1. Monitoring Processes
The first tab on the Task Manager, in the
detailed view, is the Processes tab. It provides a list of running
processes, or image names, on the server. It also measures the
performance in simple data format. This information includes CPU
percent used and memory allocated to each process.
You can sort the processes by clicking the
CPU or Memory column header. The processes are then sorted in order of
usage. This way, you can tell which one is using the most of these
resources and is slowing down performance of your server. You can
terminate a process by selecting the process and clicking the End Task
button.
The new heat map concept translates well in
the CPU & Memory Utilization columns of the Processes tab, where
darker orange colors indicate higher utilizations.
The Processes tab also comes with a few new features (all shown in Figure 1):
• Sorted classifications (designating
processes as either Apps [generally safe to end task], Background
processes, and Windows processes [generally not safe to end task]).
• Grouping (where processes are grouped under their parent process).
• Friendly names.
• You are just a right-click away from Search Online, which brings you to a Bing search results page on any item in question.
Figure 1. The Windows Task Manager, in the More Details view.
