Expert Advice

NT_Context_Switches_Sec  
Situation Description
Possible Causes
Suggested Actions
Situation Description

An indication of multitasking level. Context switches are too high.

 

Possible Causes
  1. Too many applications are running on this system.

 

Suggested Actions

The system switches from application to application through context switches. Poor performance could be caused by having too many applications running on the system. Context switches can degrade server performance by taking up time switching between applications. Consider reducing the number of applications on the server.

 

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