Does a process intensive Windows Service that handles heavy requests use more CPU, more RAM or both or neither?
In a nutshell, this Windows Service uses a 3rd party component in processing requests that take a long time to complete.
Anyone? Thanks
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A:
The term "process intensive" refers to something that eats a lot of CPU cycles.
It may or may not also happen to use use a lot of RAM, but there is no direct relation between these two. A process can take a long time to complete without being process intensive in the above sense, for example if the computer is waiting on some kind of I/O like a disk or internet connection, or some kind of shared resource.
Thorarin
2010-01-29 16:09:45
I guess I have to rephrase the question. How do I find out if my windows service is using more CPU or more RAM or both?
2010-01-29 16:28:13
Use 'Task Manager' to see what resources it is using.
s_hewitt
2010-02-01 16:27:37