computer performance monitoring tool

Computer Performance Monitoring Tool (written in C#)

After a long long time.. I finally got the time to post a blog (this

is due to my very busy schedule). Today I will talked about measuring

computer performance remotely using WMI classes

Problem at hand: We have this Pentium III server that chokes from time

to time, due to heavy load processes . The server runs several

distributed and web applications. To monitor it and prevent possible

slowdown I decided to create a tool that will track the server CPU%

utilization, Memory Used and Disk Usage levels. The tool will alert

user/administrator when one or all of these variables reached

pre-defined criteria (ie. CPU% >= 90%).

The Solution: Using the WMI classes, the tool will connect to the

remote server and get these informations:CPU, Memory and Disk

using System.Management; //Namespace for to access WMI classes

ConnectionOptions options = new ConnectionOptions();

options.Username = strUserName; options.Password = strPassword;

mgmtScope = new ManagementScope("\\\\" + strHostName +

"\\root\\cimv2",options);

//Get the CPU %

ManagementPath mPath_CPU = new ManagementPath();

mPath_CPU.RelativePath =

"Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Processor.Name='0'";

mObject_CPU = new ManagementObject(mgmtScope,mPath_CPU,null);

//Memory Available (in MBytes)

ManagementPath mPath_Mem = new ManagementPath();

mPath_Mem.RelativePath = "Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Memory";

mc = new ManagementClass(mgmtScope,mPath_Mem,null);

// Disk %

mPath_Disk = new ManagementPath();

mPath_Disk.RelativePath =

"Win32_PerfRawData_PerfDisk_PhysicalDisk.Name='_total'";

mObject_Disk = new ManagementObject(mgmtScope,mPath_Disk,null);

Here's a screenshot of the final product.

Value-added features are processes list, disk collection and user

sessions. This tool was written in C# (Visual Studio .NET). Take note