Disk Request Write Count

Microsoft.Office.Sharepoint.Server.2007.Disk_Request_Write_Count (Rule)

This rule uses the Disk Writes/sec counter to measure the rate of write operations on the disk.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule uses the Disk Writes/sec counter to measure the rate of write operations on the disk.

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.Office.Sharepoint.Server.2007.MOSS.Server
Category	PerformanceCollection
Enabled	True
Instance Name	PhysicalDisk
Counter Name	Disk Writes/sec
Frequency	3600
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	System.Performance.OptimizedDataProvider	Default
CollectData	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData	Default
DataWarehousePublishData	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.Office.Sharepoint.Server.2007.Disk_Request_Write_Count" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="Microsoft.Office.Sharepoint.Server.2007.MOSS.Server" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Performance!System.Performance.OptimizedDataProvider">

      <ComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="MSWL!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>

      <CounterName>Disk Writes/sec</CounterName>

      <ObjectName>PhysicalDisk</ObjectName>

      <InstanceName>_Total</InstanceName>

      <AllInstances>false</AllInstances>

      <Frequency>3600</Frequency>

      <Tolerance>10</Tolerance>

      <ToleranceType>Percentage</ToleranceType>

      <MaximumSampleSeparation>2</MaximumSampleSeparation>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="CollectData" TypeID="SystemCenter!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData"/>

    <WriteAction ID="DataWarehousePublishData" TypeID="SCDW!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData"/>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>