Useful .NET Performance Tools And Resources

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List of Useful Tools and Resources for .NET Performance, which I found useful.

tip

The Performance Resources Curated List by Adam Sitnik will provide you most tools you will ever need.

• Performance Resources
• PerfView PerfView script to run in non-dev environments.

  cd "path-to-perfview"
  Write-Output "Start"
  
  $currentDateTime=Get-Date -Format "MM-dd-yyyy HH-mm-ss"
  .\perfview64 collect -LogFile="perfviewlog$currentDateTime.log" -DataFile="perfviewetl$currentDateTime.etl" -AcceptEula -MaxCollectSec:500   -FocusProcess="w3wp.exe"
  
  Write-Output "Done but perfview is still running it will stop collecting after value of seconds provided in -MaxCollectSec"
  

• Pro Net Memory Management By Konrad Kokosa
• ETW Documentation
• Command-line environment a-la WinDbg for executing SOS commands without having SOS available.
• Test Query without running full-blown Load Test Tool
• Common Pitfalls writing scalable services
• Logman built-in windows tool to query ETW providers
• DotMemory by JetBrains
• Sentry Free SQL Plan Explorer
• Prefix - Free Version only under local IIS
• SQL First Responder Kit