W2K3 vs WK2K Perf mon Curent anonymous users

Is there any diffrences bettwen win2k and win2k3 web services current
anonymous users performance counter. There is a web site which is hosted
from two servers with DNS round robin ( that means two server has the same
weight connection) one of the servers is windows 2000 IIS5.0 and the other
one is windows 2003 IIS6.0 OS but when we look the performance monitor the
win2k server's connections more than win2k3.

Have you met that kind of issue before or which perf counter should i use
for windows 2003?

Thanks

Re: W2K3 vs WK2K Perf mon Curent anonymous users

Hello,

Yes, there is a difference between them.

This is from:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/48de0 1e2-f45a-493b-984a-2f67ce54ec8c1033.mspx?mfr=true

"In IIS 5.0. Current Anonymous Users is the number of current anonymous
HTTP connections. This number decreases when the connection is closed (for
various reasons, such as when the connection explicitly closes or times
out).

In IIS 6.0. Current Anonymous Users is the number of current anonymous
requests being processed. This number decreases when the request is
completed. (HTTP.sys and IIS user mode both provide numbers for this
counter.)

In short, IIS 6.0 counts each request as a user, whereas IIS 5.0 counts
each connection as a user."

So the behavior you see is correct. The request is processed and completed
much earlier than the connection is closed, hence you will see more
"anonymous users" on IIS 5.0.


--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info


tolgay wrote:

>Is there any diffrences bettwen win2k and win2k3 web services current
>anonymous users performance counter. There is a web site which is hosted
>from two servers with DNS round robin ( that means two server has the same
>weight connection) one of the servers is windows 2000 IIS5.0 and the other
>one is windows 2003 IIS6.0 OS but when we look the performance monitor the
>win2k server's connections more than win2k3.
>
>Have you met that kind of issue before or which perf counter should i use
>for windows 2003?
>
>Thanks

Re: W2K3 vs WK2K Perf mon Curent anonymous users

Hello,

Yes, there is a difference between them.

This is from:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/48de0 1e2-f45a-493b-984a-2f67ce54ec8c1033.mspx?mfr=true

"In IIS 5.0. Current Anonymous Users is the number of current anonymous
HTTP connections. This number decreases when the connection is closed (for
various reasons, such as when the connection explicitly closes or times
out).

In IIS 6.0. Current Anonymous Users is the number of current anonymous
requests being processed. This number decreases when the request is
completed. (HTTP.sys and IIS user mode both provide numbers for this
counter.)

In short, IIS 6.0 counts each request as a user, whereas IIS 5.0 counts
each connection as a user."

So the behavior you see is correct. The request is processed and completed
much earlier than the connection is closed, hence you will see more
"anonymous users" on IIS 5.0.


--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info


tolgay wrote:

>Is there any diffrences bettwen win2k and win2k3 web services current
>anonymous users performance counter. There is a web site which is hosted
>from two servers with DNS round robin ( that means two server has the same
>weight connection) one of the servers is windows 2000 IIS5.0 and the other
>one is windows 2003 IIS6.0 OS but when we look the performance monitor the
>win2k server's connections more than win2k3.
>
>Have you met that kind of issue before or which perf counter should i use
>for windows 2003?
>
>Thanks