Have a slow performing server and need to investigate?

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Check out this handy tool for performance analysis on Windows 2003 servers. It will gather data from performance monitor and suggest potential bottle necks on the system. 

Server Performance Advisor Overview 

Microsoft ® Windows Server ™ 2003 Performance Advisor is the latest version of Server Performance Advisor , which is a simple but robust tool that helps you diagnose the root causes of performance problems in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 deployment. Server Performance Advisor collects performance data and generates comprehensive diagnostic reports that give you the data to easily analyze problems and develop corrective actions
Microsoft ® Windows Server ™ 2003 Performance Advisor provides several specialized reports, including a System Overview (focusing on CPU usage, Memory usage, busy files, busy TCP clients, top CPU consumers) and reports for server roles such as Active Directory, Internet Information System (IIS), DNS, Terminal Services, SQL, print spooler, and others.

It also comes with a Management Pack for MOM 2005 to centralize data from multiple servers.