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I’m sure you must be knowing that Sitecore 8.0 Technical Preview has been released! What? You don’t know? No worries, there are lot of posts already shared by Sitecore fans on the web. Just do a quick search! Your this fan has also wrote a post on Sitecore 8.0 Basics As you might have noticed in that post, I mentioned that Sitecore 8.0 got new set of performance counters. And will share with you. And this post is result of that promise!
If you are not aware about Performance counters, then I strongly recommend that you must read about it. I heard a line in one of the session about performance counter and I liked it the most
“Performance Counters are Google of your local machine/server/application”
And trust me, So, true it is! — Go and ask any one who spent their whole day and night troubleshooting about performance issues, and they will surely say. Performance counters are their first/best friend to consult first! [You may like Sitecore Troubleshooting Guide]
Sitecore already got lot of performance counters in their earlier version, to understand more about behavior of any functionality. Which has been already shared here : All about Sitecore performance counters — A real hero
Sitecore champs, added new Performance counters [New weapons in your armory!] in Sitecore 8.0 and here’s the list of it!
Solution:
Sitecore.Kernel.Counters : Sitecore caching related counters
| Performance object | Counter | Counter Description |
| Sitecore.Caching | Cache Clearings / sec | Total number of times that an instance of a cache has been cleared. |
| Sitecore.Caching | Cache Hits / sec | Total number of cache hits for all caches. |
| Sitecore.Caching | Cache Misses / sec | Total number of cache hits for all caches. |
| Sitecore.Caching | Data Cache Clearings / sec | Total number of times that an instance of a data cache has been cleared. |
| Sitecore.Caching | Data Cache Hits / sec | Total number of cache hits for all data caches. |
| Sitecore.Caching | Data Cache Misses / sec | Total number of cache hits for all data caches. |
| Sitecore.Caching | Html Cache Clearings / sec | Total number of times that an instance of a html cache has been cleared. |
| Sitecore.Caching | Html Cache Hits / sec | Total number of cache hits for all html caches. |
| Sitecore.Caching | Html Cache Misses / sec | Total number of cache hits for all html caches. |
| Sitecore.Caching | Path Cache Clearings / sec | Total number of times that an instance of a path cache has been cleared. |
| Sitecore.Caching | Path Cache Hits / sec | Total number of cache hits for all path caches. |
| Sitecore.Caching | Path Cache Misses / sec | Total number of cache hits for all path caches. |
| Sitecore.Caching | Registry Cache Clearings / sec | Total number of times that an instance of a registry cache has been cleared. |
| Sitecore.Caching | Registry Cache Hits / sec | Total number of cache hits for all registry caches. |
| Sitecore.Caching | Registry Cache Misses / sec | Total number of cache hits for all registry caches. |
| Sitecore.Caching | View State Cache Clearings / sec | Total number of times that an instance of a view state cache has been cleared. |
| Sitecore.Caching | View State Cache Hits / sec | Total number of cache hits for all view state caches. |
| Sitecore.Caching | View State Cache Misses / sec | Total number of cache hits for all view state caches. |
| Sitecore.Caching | XslCache Clearings / sec | Total number of times that an instance of a xsl cache has been cleared. |
| Sitecore.Caching | XslCache Hits / sec | Total number of cache hits for all xsl caches. |
| Sitecore.Caching | XslCache Misses / sec | Total number of cache hits for all xsl caches. |
| Sitecore.Data | Data | Client Data Reads / sec | The total number of client data values that have been read. |
| Sitecore.Data | Data | Client Data Writes / sec | The total number of client data values that have been written. |
| Sitecore.Data | Data | Items Accessed / sec | The total number of items that have been accessed. |
| Sitecore.Data | Data | Physical Reads / sec | The total number of read operations that have been performed against the physical storage medium (typically a RDBMS). |
| Sitecore.Data | Data | Physical Writes / sec | The total number of write operations that have been performed against the physical storage medium (typically a RDBMS). |
| Sitecore.Data | Globalization | Texts Translated / sec | The total number of texts that have been translated. |
| Sitecore.Data | Globalization | Translate Failed / sec | The total number of times a translate operation has failed (ie. the text was not in the dictionary). |
| Sitecore.Data | Links | Fields Examined / sec | The total number of fields that have been scanned for links. |
| Sitecore.Data | Links | Data Read / sec | The total number of read operations that have been performed against the link database. |
| Sitecore.Data | Links | Data Updated / sec | The total number of update operations that have been performed against the link database. |
| Sitecore.Data | Packager | Packages Built / sec | The total number of packages that have been built. |
| Sitecore.Data | Packager | Packages Installed / sec | The total number of packages tahe have been installed. |
| Sitecore.Data | Shadows | Data Read / sec | The total number of read operations that have been performed against the shadows database. |
| Sitecore.Data | Shadows | Data Updated / sec | The total number of update operations that have been performed against the shadows database. |
| Sitecore.Data | SqlServerStream | Open Streams / sec | The current number of open SQL Server streams. |
| Sitecore.Data | StreamSharer | Open Streams / sec | The current number of open streams being handled by stream sharers. |
| Sitecore.Data | Workflow | Actions Executed / sec | The total number of workflow actions that have been executed. |
| Sitecore.Data | Workflow | Security Resolved / sec | The total number of times the workflow engine has resolved an access request. |
| Sitecore.Data | Workflow | State Changes / sec | The total number of times that a workflow has changed state. |
| Sitecore.Jobs | Jobs | Jobs Executed / sec | The total number of jobs that have been executed. |
| Sitecore.Jobs | Pipelines | Pipelines Aborted / sec | The total number of times a pipeline was aborted. |
| Sitecore.Jobs | Pipelines | Pipelines Executed / sec | The total number of times a pipeline was executed. |
| Sitecore.Jobs | Pipelines | Processors Executed / sec | The total number of processors that have been executed. |
| Sitecore.Jobs | Publishing | Items Queued / sec | The total number of items that have been queued for publishing. |
| Sitecore.Jobs | Publishing | Replacements / sec | The total number of publishing replacement operations that have been performed. |
| Sitecore.Jobs | Tasks | File Cleanups / sec | The total number of times the CleanupAgent task has been run. |
| Sitecore.Jobs | Tasks | Html Cache Clearings / sec | The total number of times the HtmlCacheClearAgent task has been run. |
| Sitecore.Jobs | Tasks | Publishings / sec | The total number of times the PublishAgent task has been run. |
| Sitecore.Jobs | Tasks | Reminders Sent / sec | The total number of reminders that have been sent. |
| Sitecore.Jobs | Tasks | Tasks Executed / sec | The total number of tasks that has been run. |
| Sitecore.Presentation | Context | Site Changed / sec | The total number of times the active site has been changed by the API. |
| Sitecore.Presentation | Rendering | Controls Rendered / sec | The total number of Sitecore controls rendered. |
| Sitecore.Presentation | Rendering | Controls Rendered From Cache / sec | The total number of Sitecore controls rendered from a cache. |
| Sitecore.Presentation | Rendering | Pages Generated / sec | The total number of web pages generated by Sitecore. |
| Sitecore.Presentation | Rendering | Renderings Rendered / sec | The total number of Renderings rendered. |
| Sitecore.Presentation | Rendering | Sublayouts Rendered / sec | The total number of Sublayouts rendered. |
| Sitecore.Presentation | Rendering | XmlControls Compiled / sec | The total number of XmlControls compiled. |
| Sitecore.Presentation | Rendering | Xsl Transforms Rendered / sec | The total number of XslTransforms rendered. |
| Sitecore.Presentation | Rendering | Xaml Controls Compiled / sec | The total number of XamlControls compiled. |
| Sitecore.Security | Access Denied / sec | The total number of access requests that have been denied. |
| Sitecore.Security | Access Granted / sec | The total number of access requests that have been granted. |
| Sitecore.Security | Access Resolved / sec | The total number of access requests that have been resolved. |
| Sitecore.Security | Modify Requests / sec | The total number of access requests where the desired access would allow the caller to modify data (ie. update or delete an item). |
| Sitecore.Security | Programmatic Disabling / sec | The total number of times that security has been programmatically disabled (using SecurityDisabler). |
| Sitecore.Security | Programmatic Enabling / sec | The total number of times that security has been programmatically enabled (using SecurityEnabler). |
| Sitecore.Security | Programmatic User Switch / sec | The total number of times that the current user has been switched programmatically (using SecuritySwitcher). |
| Sitecore.Security | Read Requests / sec | The total number of access requests where the desired access would allow the caller to read data (ie. reading an item). |
| Sitecore.Security | Virtual Users Built / sec | The total number of virutal users that have been built. |
| Sitecore.System | Events | Events Raised / sec | The total number of events that have been raised by the API. |
| Sitecore.System | Exceptions | Exceptions Thrown / sec | The total number of exceptions thrown by the API. |
| Sitecore.System | IO | File Watcher Events / sec | The total number of file watcher events that have been handled by the API. |
| Sitecore.System | Logging | Errors Logged / sec | The number of error messages that have been sent to the log. |
| Sitecore.System | Logging | Fatals Logged / sec | The number of fatal messages that have been sent to the log. |
| Sitecore.System | Logging | Informations Logged / sec | The number of information messages that have been sent to the log. |
| Sitecore.System | Logging | Warnings Logged / sec | The number of warning messages that have been sent to the log. |
| Sitecore.System | Logging | Audits Logged / sec | The number of audit messages that have been sent to the log. |
| Sitecore.System | Reflection | Methods Invoked / sec | The total number of methods that have been invoked through reflection. |
| Sitecore.System | Reflection | Objects Created / sec | The total number of objects that have been created using reflection. |
| Sitecore.System | Reflection | Objects Not Created / sec | The total number of objects where the creation through reflection failed (due to unknown types or constructors). |
| Sitecore.System | Reflection | Types Resolved / sec | The total number of types that have been resolved using reflection. |
| Sitecore.System | Reflection | Types Not Resolved / sec | The total number of types where the resolving through reflection failed (due to unknown types or other causes). |
| Sitecore.System | Threading | Background Threads Started / sec | The total number of background threads that have been started by the API. |
| Sitecore.System | Threading | Thread Data Modified / sec | The total number of times data in a thread local storage (TLS) slot have been modified. |
| Sitecore.System | Threading | Thread Data Read / sec | The total number of times data in a thread local storage (TLS) slot have been read. |
| Sitecore.System | Xml | Item Navigators Created / sec | The total number of ItemNavigator instances that have been created. |
| Sitecore.System | Xml | Packets Created / sec | The total number of Packet instances that have been created. |
Sitecore.Analytics.Counters : Sitecore Analytics related counters
| Performance object | Counter | Counter Description |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Collection | Total Requests / sec | The total number of page requests per second that are handled by the system. This includes both tracked and ignored requests. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Collection | Requests Tracked / sec | The number of page requests per second that are tracked by the system. This is part of Collection | Total Requests. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Collection | Requests Ignored / sec | The number of page requests per second that are ignored by the system. This is part of Collection | Total Requests. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Collection | Malicious Robot Requests / sec | The number of requests per second that are made by a known malicious robot. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Collection | Robot Requests / sec | The number of requests per second that are made by a robot. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Collection | Human Requests / sec | The number of requests per second that are made by a human. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Collection | Total Visits / sec | The total number of visits per second that are registered by the system. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Collection | Unique Visitors / sec | The number of unique visitors per second. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Rows Saved – Total / sec | The total number of rows saved per second. This includes rows saved by bulk copy, batch update, and row-by-row operations. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Rows Saved – Bulk Copy / sec | The number of rows per second that are updated by bulk operations. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Rows Saved – Batch / sec | The number rows per second that are updated by batch insert operations. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Rows Saved – Row By Row / sec | The number rows per second that are updated by row-by-row operations. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Rows Failed to Save / sec | The number of rows that failed to save to the database per second. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Commit Queue Length | The number of rows in the commit queue. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Commit Queue Flush Length | The number of rows in the commit queue just before it is flushed. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Tracker Flushes – Total / sec | The total number of background writes to the database (TrackerChanges.Flush()) per second. This includes writes that are triggered explicitly, by a timeout or by commit queue overflow. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Tracker Flushes – Explicit / sec | The number of background writes per second that are triggered explicitly by an API call. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Tracker Flushes – Inline / sec | The number of background writes per second that are implicitly triggered at the end of a web request. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Tracker Flushes – Timeout / sec | The number of background writes per second that are triggered by a timeout. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Tracker Flushes – Capacity Overflow | The number of background writes per second that are triggered by the commit queue reaching the configured size. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Average Tracker Flush Time | The average time in milliseconds that it takes to execute a request to write data to the database. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Last Tracker Flush Time | The time in milliseconds that it took to execute the last request to write data to the database. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Dictionaries – Locations Reads / sec | The number of Location dictionary read operations. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Dictionaries – Locations Cache Hits / sec | The number of Location dictionary cache hits. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Dictionaries – Locations Database Reads / sec | The number of Location dictionary database read operations. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Dictionaries – Locations Writes / sec | The number of Location dictionary write operations. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Dictionaries – ReferringSites Reads / sec | The number of ReferringSites dictionary read operations. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Dictionaries – ReferringSites Cache Hits / sec | The number of ReferringSites dictionary cache hits. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Dictionaries – ReferringSites Database Reads / sec | The number of ReferringSites dictionary database read operations. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Dictionaries – ReferringSites Writes / sec | The number of ReferringSites dictionary write operations. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Dictionaries – UserAgents Reads / sec | The number of UserAgent dictionary read operations. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Dictionaries – UserAgents Cache Hits / sec | The number of UserAgent dictionary cache hits. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Dictionaries – UserAgents Database Reads / sec | The number of UserAgent dictionary database read operations. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Dictionaries – UserAgents Writes / sec | The number of UserAgent dictionary write operations. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Dictionaries – GeoIps Reads / sec | The number of GeoIp dictionary read operations. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Dictionaries – GeoIps Cache Hits / sec | The number of GeoIp dictionary cache hits. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Dictionaries – GeoIps Database Reads / sec | The number of GeoIp dictionary database read operations. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Dictionaries – GeoIps Writes / sec | The number of GeoIp dictionary write operations. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Data | Aggregation – Visits saved to reporting database / sec | The number of visits saved to the reporting database per second. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | GeoIP | Requests – Total / sec | The total number of GeoIP requests per second. This includes requests originating from pages and requests from a background job. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | GeoIP | Requests – Pages / sec | The number of GeoIP requests per second that originate from pages. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | GeoIP | Requests – Background / sec | The number of GeoIP requests per second that originate from a background job. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | GeoIP | Memory Lookups / sec | The number of GeoIP requests per second that are resolved from local memory. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | GeoIP | Database Lookups / sec | The number of GeoIP requests per second that are resolved from the Analytics database. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | GeoIP | Provider Lookups / sec | The number of GeoIP requests per second that are resolved using the external GeoIP provider. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | GeoIP | Failed Lookups / sec | The number of GeoIP per second requests that are not resolved. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | GeoIP | Unknown IPs / sec | The number of GeoIP requests per second that are resolved as “Unknown IP”. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | GeoIP | Average Resolve Time | The average time in milliseconds it takes to resolve a GeoIP request. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | GeoIP | Cache Size | The number of entries in the GeoIP cache. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | GeoIP | Visits Updated / sec | The number of visits per second where the GeoIP information is updated by the background job. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | GeoIP | Average Calls Before IP Resolved | The average number of requests the GeoIP subsystem receives while the IP information is being resolved. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Aggregation | Live Interactions Processed / sec | The number of interactions processed when updating the primary reporting database. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Aggregation | History Interactions Processed / sec | The number of aggregations processed when rebuilding the secondary reporting database. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Aggregation | Total Interactions Processed / sec | The total number of interactions processed by the aggregation subsystem. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Aggregation | Live Aggregation Errors / sec | The number of interactions which could not be aggregated due to an exception, when updating the primary reporting database. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Aggregation | History Aggregation Errors / sec | The number of interactions which could not be aggregated due to an exception, when updating the secondary reporting database. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Aggregation | Total Aggregation Errors / sec | The total number of interactions which could not be aggregated due to an exception. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Aggregation | Average Aggregation Pipeline Time (ms) | Average time it takes to aggregate a single interaction (including loading all required infromation, but not including time to write to reporting databases.) |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Aggregation | Average Write Time (ms) | Average time it takes to save aggregated data to the reporting database. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Aggregation | Average Write Time – Primary (ms) | Average time in milliseconds it takes to submit an aggregated interaction to the primary reporting database |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Aggregation | Average Write Time – Secondary, Live (ms) | Average time in milliseconds it takes to submit an aggregated interaction to the secondary reporting database, when updating the reporting databases with incoming interactions. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Aggregation | Average Write Time – Secondary, History (ms) | Average time in milliseconds it takes to submit an aggregated interaction to the secondary reporting database, when writing historical interactions during database rebuild process. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Aggregation | Active Interaction Aggregators | The number concurrent threads running the aggregation pipeline. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Aggregation | Average Check Out Time – Live (ms) | Average time it takes to obtain a work item from a processing pool while processing live visits. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Aggregation | Average Check In Time – Live (ms) | Average time it takes to mark a work item as completed in a processing pool while processing live visits. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Aggregation | Average Check Out Time – History (ms) | Average time it takes to obtain a work item from a range scheduler while rebuilding the reporting database. |
| Sitecore.Analytics | Aggregation | Average Check In Time – History (ms) | Average time it takes to mark a work item as completed in a range scheduler while rebuilding the reporting database. |
Sitecore.Analytics.MongoDb : Sitecore Analytics MongoDB related counters
| Performance object | Counter | Counter Description |
| Sitecore.Analytics.MongoDb | Reads / sec | The number of read operations from MongoDB. |
| Sitecore.Analytics.MongoDb | Writes / sec | The number of write operations from MongoDB. |
| Sitecore.Analytics.MongoDb | Documents fetched / sec | The number of documents fetched from MongoDB. |
| Sitecore.Analytics.MongoDb | Data | Aggregation – Add (Visits scheduled for aggregation) / sec | The number of visits scheduled for aggregation per second. |
| Sitecore.Analytics.MongoDb | Data | Aggregation – Check out calls / sec | The number of scheduled checked out calls for aggregation processing per second. |
| Sitecore.Analytics.MongoDb | Data | Aggregation – Check out (Visits checked out) / sec | The number of scheduled visits checked out for aggregation processing per second. |
| Sitecore.Analytics.MongoDb | Data | Aggregation – Check in (Visits checked in) / sec | The number of scheduled visits checked in after the aggregator has processed it per second. |
| Sitecore.Analytics.MongoDb | Data | Aggregation – Pool cleanup calls / sec | The number of aggregation pool cleanup calls per second. |
| Sitecore.Analytics.MongoDb | Data | Aggregation – Visits cleaned up / sec | The number of visits cleaned up from the aggregation precessiong pool per second. |
| Sitecore.Analytics.MongoDb | Data | Aggregation – Pool Recovery calls / sec | The number of aggregation pool recovery calls per second. |
| Sitecore.Analytics.MongoDb | Data | Aggregation – Visits recovered / sec | The number of visits recovered from the aggregation pool per second. |
Sitecore.Automation : Sitecore Engagement Automation Suite counters
| Performance object | Counter | Counter Description |
| Sitecore.Automation | State Transitions / sec | The number of transitions of automation state records between automation states per second. Every transition designates a successful evaluation of the conditions assigned to the automation state. |
| Sitecore.Automation | State Evaluations – Total / sec | The total number of automation condition that are evaluated per second. |
| Sitecore.Automation | State Evaluations – Page Events / sec | The number of automation condition evaluations per second that are triggered by page events. |
| Sitecore.Automation | State Evaluations – Timeouts / sec | The number of automation condition evaluations per second that are triggered by a timeout. |
| Sitecore.Automation | Emails Sent / sec | The number of emails per second that are sent as a result of evaluating an engagement plan. |
| Sitecore.Automation | Average Evaluation Time | The average time in milliseconds that it takes to evaluate conditions and execute actions for a single automation state. |
| Sitecore.Automation | Average State Load Time – Contact | The average time in milliseconds that it takes to load a Contact’s automation states from the database. |
| Sitecore.Automation | Monitor – Average Time to Load Data – ms | The average time in milliseconds that it takes to count the number of contacts in a plan. |
| Sitecore.Automation | Aggregation | Automation Transitions Aggregated / sec | The number or automation state transitions aggregated. |
| Sitecore.Automation | Aggregation | Contact States Aggregated / sec | The number of contacts processed while rebuilding the reporting database. |
| Sitecore.Automation | Aggregation | Transition Aggregation Errors / sec | The number of errors (exceptions) occured during aggregation of state transitions. |
| Sitecore.Automation | Aggregation | Contact State Aggregation Errors / sec | The number of errors (exceptions) occured during aggregation of contact states while rebuilding the reporting database |
| Sitecore.Automation | Aggregation | Average Automation Aggregation Pipeline Time / sec | The average time in milliseconds that it takes to run the automation aggregation pipeline |
| Sitecore.Automation | Aggregation | Average Transition Store In Reporting / sec | The average time in milliseconds that it takes to store live transitions in the reporting storages |
| Sitecore.Automation | Aggregation | Average Contact States Store In Reporting / sec | The average time in milliseconds that it takes to store history contact states in the reporting storages |
| Sitecore.Automation | Data | Average Delete Aggregated Transitions Time / sec | A cleanup agent periodically removes transitions that have been previously aggregated |
| Sitecore.Automation | Data | Average Merge Transition Time/ sec | The average time in milliseconds that it takes to merge a transition |
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