BigSam

I'm evaluating some monitoring software. One component is monitoring my W2k3
Active Directory servers - 2 of them. One server is constantly exceeding the
OS Processor Queue Length. The values range from 6 to 23 with an average of
13.2.

I'm kinda lost on this one - probably due to too little AD experience. The
only information I've seen on this is related to MOM, which I don't have, but
nothing is telling me what can cause this, how important this alert is, nor
what to do to resolve it.
Any assistance is appreciated.

Thanks

Austin Osuide

Hi BigSam,
Not sure what this has to do with AD.
A sustained processor queue length > 2 might indicate a bottle neck with
your processor. Get a faster one.

Regards,

Austin

"BigSam" <BigSam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6552F3C9-0166-40B7-97B4-DA36E429BBC6@microsoft.com...
> I'm evaluating some monitoring software. One component is monitoring my
> W2k3
> Active Directory servers - 2 of them. One server is constantly exceeding
> the
> OS Processor Queue Length. The values range from 6 to 23 with an average
> of
> 13.2.
>
> I'm kinda lost on this one - probably due to too little AD experience. The
> only information I've seen on this is related to MOM, which I don't have,
> but
> nothing is telling me what can cause this, how important this alert is,
> nor
> what to do to resolve it.
> Any assistance is appreciated.
>
> Thanks

BigSam

It has a dual core 3.0 GHz processor & 1 GB memory. I had thought of
increasing the memory, but don't know if that will be effective. The drives
are mirrored SATA with 7200 RPM.
What is the OS Processor Queue Length? The # of Operating System items in
the queue waiting to be processed?
How important is it to reduce this alert?
Are the only solutions hardware related?

Thanks

Big Sam

"Austin Osuide" wrote:

> Hi BigSam,
> Not sure what this has to do with AD.
> A sustained processor queue length > 2 might indicate a bottle neck with
> your processor. Get a faster one.
>
> Regards,
>
> Austin
>
> "BigSam" <BigSam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6552F3C9-0166-40B7-97B4-DA36E429BBC6@microsoft.com...
> > I'm evaluating some monitoring software. One component is monitoring my
> > W2k3
> > Active Directory servers - 2 of them. One server is constantly exceeding
> > the
> > OS Processor Queue Length. The values range from 6 to 23 with an average
> > of
> > 13.2.
> >
> > I'm kinda lost on this one - probably due to too little AD experience. The
> > only information I've seen on this is related to MOM, which I don't have,
> > but
> > nothing is telling me what can cause this, how important this alert is,
> > nor
> > what to do to resolve it.
> > Any assistance is appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
>