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Collection Rule for Average Disk Seconds Per Transfer Windows Server 2016 and above

Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.LogicalDisk.AvgDiskSecPerTransfer.Collection (Rule)

Collects the performance counter LogicalDisk\Avg Disk Sec Per Transfer

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule collects performance data for the Logical Disk\Avg. Disk sec/Transfer performance counter.

The Avg. Disk sec/Transfer counter indicates how fast data is being read and written on average for a specific logical disk.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.10.0.LogicalDisk
CategoryPerformanceCollection
EnabledTrue
Instance NameLogicalDisk
Counter NameAvg. Disk sec/Transfer
Frequency300
Alert GenerateFalse
RemotableTrue

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
PerformanceDS DataSource System.Performance.OptimizedDataProvider Default
WriteToDB WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData Default
WriteToDW WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.LogicalDisk.AvgDiskSecPerTransfer.Collection" Enabled="true" Target="ServervNext!Microsoft.Windows.Server.10.0.LogicalDisk">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

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

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

      <CounterName>Avg. Disk sec/Transfer</CounterName>

      <ObjectName>LogicalDisk</ObjectName>

      <InstanceName>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.LogicalDevice"]/DeviceID$</InstanceName>

      <AllInstances>false</AllInstances>

      <Frequency>300</Frequency>

      <Tolerance>0.026</Tolerance>

      <ToleranceType>Absolute</ToleranceType>

      <MaximumSampleSeparation>12</MaximumSampleSeparation>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

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

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

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>