The Redirector is the object that manages network connections to other computers that originate from your own computer.
Bytes Received/sec is the rate of bytes coming in to the Redirector from the network. It includes all application data as well as network protocol information (such as packet headers).
Index: 264 Default Scale: 0.0001
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_BULK_COUNT Counter Size: 8 bytes
Bytes Total/sec is the rate the Redirector is processing data bytes. This includes all application and file data in addition to protocol information such as packet headers.
Index: 388 Default Scale: 0.0001
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_BULK_COUNT Counter Size: 8 bytes
Bytes Transmitted/sec is the rate that bytes are leaving the Redirector to the network. It includes all application data as well as network protocol information (such as packet headers and the like).
Index: 276 Default Scale: 0.0001
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_BULK_COUNT Counter Size: 8 bytes
Connects Core counts the number of connections you have to servers running the original MS-Net SMB protocol, including MS-Net itself and XENIX® and Vax's.
Index: 318 Default Scale: 1
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT Counter Size: 4 bytes
Connects LAN Manager 2.0 counts connections to LAN Manager 2.0 servers, including LMX servers.
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Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT Counter Size: 4 bytes
Connects LAN Manager 2.1 counts connections to LAN Manager 2.1 servers, including LMX servers.
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Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT Counter Size: 4 bytes
Connects Windows NT counts the connections to Windows NT computers. Good choice!
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Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT Counter Size: 4 bytes
Current Commands counts the number of requests to the Redirector that are currently queued for service. If this number is much larger than the number of network adapter cards installed in the computer, then the network(s) and/or the server(s) being accessed are seriously bottlenecked.
Index: 392 Default Scale: 1
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT Counter Size: 4 bytes
File Data Operations/sec is the rate the Redirector is processing data operations. One operation includes (hopefully) many bytes. We say hopefully here because each operation has overhead. You can determine the efficiency of this path by dividing the Bytes/sec by this counter to determine the average number of bytes transferred/operation.
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Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER Counter Size: 4 bytes
File Read Operations/sec is the rate that applications are asking the Redirector for data. Each call to a file system or similar application program interface (API) call counts as one operation.
Index: 010 Default Scale: 1
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER Counter Size: 4 bytes
File Write Operations/sec is the rate that applications are sending data to the Redirector. Each call to a file system or similar Application Program Interface (API) call counts as one operation.
Index: 012 Default Scale: 1
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER Counter Size: 4 bytes
Network Errors/sec counts serious unexpected errors that generally indicate the Redirector and one or more Servers are having serious communication difficulties. For example an SMB (Server Message Block) protocol error will generate a Network Error. These result in an entry in the system Event Log, so look there for details.
Index: 312 Default Scale: 1
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER Counter Size: 4 bytes
Packets/sec is the rate the Redirector is processing data packets. One packet includes (hopefully) many bytes. We say hopefully here because each packet has protocol overhead. You can determine the efficiency of this path by dividing the Bytes/sec by this counter to determine the average number of bytes transferred/packet. You can also divide this counter by Operations/sec to determine the average number of packets per operation, another measure of efficiency.
Index: 400 Default Scale: 0.1
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_BULK_COUNT Counter Size: 8 bytes
Packets Received/sec is the rate that the Redirector is receiving packets (also called SMBs or Server Message Blocks). Network transmissions are divided into packets. The average number of bytes received in a packet can be obtained by dividing Bytes Received/sec by this counter. Some packets received may not contain incoming data, for example an acknowledgment to a write made by the Redirector would count as an incoming packet.
Index: 266 Default Scale: 0.1
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_BULK_COUNT Counter Size: 8 bytes
Packets Transmitted/sec is the rate that the Redirector is sending packets (also called SMBs or Server Message Blocks). Network transmissions are divided into packets. The average number of bytes transmitted in a packet can be obtained by dividing Bytes Transmitted/sec by this counter.
Index: 278 Default Scale: 0.1
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_BULK_COUNT Counter Size: 8 bytes
Read Bytes Cache/sec is the rate that applications on your computer are accessing the Cache using the Redirector. Some of these data requests may be satisfied by merely retrieving the data from the system Cache on your own computer if it happened to be used recently and there was room to keep it in the Cache. Requests that miss the Cache will cause a page fault (see Read Bytes Paging/sec).
Index: 272 Default Scale: 0.0001
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_BULK_COUNT Counter Size: 8 bytes
Read Bytes Network/sec is the rate that applications are reading data across the network. For one reason or another the data was not in the system Cache, and these bytes actually came across the network. Dividing this number by Bytes Received/sec will indicate the 'efficiency' of data coming in from the network, since all of these bytes are real application data (see Bytes Received/sec).
Index: 274 Default Scale: 0.0001
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_BULK_COUNT Counter Size: 8 bytes
Read Bytes Non-Paging/sec are those bytes read by the Redirector in response to normal file requests by an application when they are redirected to come from another computer. In addition to file requests, this counter includes other methods of reading across the network such as Named Pipes and Transactions. This counter does not count network protocol information, just application data.
Index: 270 Default Scale: 0.0001
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_BULK_COUNT Counter Size: 8 bytes
Read Bytes Paging/sec is the rate that the Redirector is attempting to read bytes in response to page faults. Page faults are caused by loading of modules (such as programs and libraries), by a miss in the Cache (see Read Bytes Cache/sec), or by files directly mapped into the address space of applications (a high-performance feature of Windows NT).
Index: 268 Default Scale: 0.0001
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_BULK_COUNT Counter Size: 8 bytes
Read Operations Random/sec counts the rate that, on a file-by-file basis, reads are made that are not sequential. If a read is made using a particular file handle, and then is followed by another read that is not immediately the contiguous next byte, this counter is incremented by one.
Index: 290 Default Scale: 0.1
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER Counter Size: 4 bytes
Read Packets/sec is the rate that read packets are being placed on the network. Each time a single packet is sent with a request to read data remotely, this counter is incremented by one.
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Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER Counter Size: 4 bytes
Read Packets Small/sec is the rate that reads less than one-fourth of the server's negotiated buffer size are made by applications. Too many of these could indicate a waste of buffers on the server. This counter is incremented once for each read. It does not count packets.
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Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER Counter Size: 4 bytes
Reads Denied/sec is the rate that the server is unable to accommodate requests for Raw Reads. When a read is much larger than the server's negotiated buffer size, the Redirector requests a Raw Read which, if granted, would permit the transfer of the data without lots of protocol overhead on each packet. To accomplish this the server must lock out other requests, so the request is denied if the server is really busy.
Index: 308 Default Scale: 1
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER Counter Size: 4 bytes
Reads Large/sec is the rate that reads over 2 times the server's negotiated buffer size are made by applications. Too many of these could place a strain on server resources. This counter is incremented once for each read. It does not count packets.
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Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER Counter Size: 4 bytes
Server Disconnects counts the number of times a Server has disconnected your Redirector. See also Server Reconnects.
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Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT Counter Size: 4 bytes
Server Reconnects counts the number of times your Redirector has had to reconnect to a server in order to complete a new active request. You can be disconnected by the Server if you remain inactive for too long. Locally even if all your remote files are closed, the Redirector will keep your connections intact for (nominally) ten minutes. Such inactive connections are called Dormant Connections. Reconnecting is expensive in time.
Index: 316 Default Scale: 1
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT Counter Size: 4 bytes
Server Sessions counts the number of active security objects the Redirector is managing. For example, a Logon to a server followed by a network access to the same server will establish one connection, but two sessions.
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Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT Counter Size: 4 bytes
Server Sessions Hung counts the number of active sessions that are timed out and unable to proceed due to a lack of response from the remote server.
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Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_RAWCOUNT Counter Size: 4 bytes
Write Bytes Cache/sec is the rate that applications on your computer are writing to the Cache using the Redirector. The data may not leave your computer immediately, but may be retained in the Cache for further modification before being written to the network. This saves network traffic. Each write of a byte into the Cache is counted here.
Index: 284 Default Scale: 0.0001
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_BULK_COUNT Counter Size: 8 bytes
Write Bytes Network/sec is the rate that your applications are writing data across the network. Either the system Cache was bypassed, as for Named Pipes or Transactions, or else the Cache wrote the bytes to make room for other data. Dividing this counter by Bytes Transmitted/sec will indicate the 'efficiency' of data written to the network, since all of these bytes are real application data (see Transmitted Bytes/sec).
Index: 286 Default Scale: 0.0001
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_BULK_COUNT Counter Size: 8 bytes
Write Bytes Non-Paging/sec is the rate of the bytes that are written by the Redirector in response to normal file outputs by an application when they are redirected to go to another computer. In addition to file requests this counter includes other methods of writing across the network such as Named Pipes and Transactions. This counter does not count network protocol information, just application data.
Index: 282 Default Scale: 0.0001
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_BULK_COUNT Counter Size: 8 bytes
Write Bytes Paging/sec is the rate that the Redirector is attempting to write bytes changed in the pages being used by applications. The program data changed by modules (such as programs and libraries) that were loaded over the network are 'paged out' when no longer needed. Other output pages come from the Cache (see Write Bytes Cache/sec).
Index: 280 Default Scale: 0.0001
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_BULK_COUNT Counter Size: 8 bytes
Write Operations Random/sec is the rate that, on a file-by-file basis, writes are made that are not sequential. If a write is made using a particular file handle, and then is followed by another write that is not immediately the next contiguous byte, this counter is incremented by one.
Index: 300 Default Scale: 0.1
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER Counter Size: 4 bytes
Write Packets Small/sec is the rate that writes are made by applications that are less than one-fourth of the server's negotiated buffer size. Too many of these could indicate a waste of buffers on the server. This counter is incremented once for each write: it counts writes, not packets!
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Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER Counter Size: 4 bytes
Write Packets/sec is the rate that writes are being sent to the network. Each time a single packet is sent with a request to write remote data, this counter is incremented by one.
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Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER Counter Size: 4 bytes
Writes Denied/sec is the rate that the server is unable to accommodate requests for Raw Writes. When a write is much larger than the server's negotiated buffer size, the Redirector requests a Raw Write which, if granted, would permit the transfer of the data without lots of protocol overhead on each packet. To accomplish this the server must lock out other requests, so the request is denied if the server is really busy.
Index: 310 Default Scale: 1
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER Counter Size: 4 bytes
Writes Large/sec is the rate that writes are made by applications that are over 2 times the server's negotiated buffer size. Too many of these could place a strain on server resources. This counter is incremented once for each write: it counts writes, not packets.
Index: 304 Default Scale: 1
Counter Type: PERF_COUNTER_COUNTER Counter Size: 4 bytes