The Best SQL Server Performance Monitor Counters to Analyze

Now that you’ve got the hang of adding counters, here’s the full list we need to add, including the ones mentioned above:

    These are listed OBJECT first, then COUNTER
    Memory – Available MBytes
    Paging File – % Usage
    Physical Disk – Avg. Disk sec/Read
    Physical Disk – Avg. Disk sec/Write
    Physical Disk – Disk Reads/sec
    Physical Disk – Disk Writes/sec
    Processor – % Processor Time
    SQLServer: Buffer Manager – Buffer cache hit ratio
    SQLServer: Buffer Manager – Page life expectancy
    SQLServer: General Statistics – User Connections
    SQLServer: Memory Manager – Memory Grants Pending
    SQLServer: SQL Statistics – Batch Requests/sec
    SQLServer: SQL Statistics – Compilations/sec
    SQLServer: SQL Statistics – Recompilations/sec
    System – Processor Queue Length