Topic Last Modified: 2006-09-06

The Microsoft® Exchange Server Analyzer Tool includes a performance data collection engine that is used to query performance counter objects on computers that are running Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003. The performance data collection engine collects data from the Avg Disk sec/Read and Avg Disk sec/Write counters for the PAGEDISK instance of the LogicalDisk performance object to analyze performance data.

If the Exchange Server Analyzer determines that the Avg Disk sec/Read and Avg Disk sec/Write counters exceeded 10 milliseconds during the sample time slice, the Exchange Server Analyzer displays an error.

The LogicalDisk performance object consists of counters such as Avg Disk sec/Read and Avg Disk sec/Write that monitor logical partitions of hard disks. The Avg Disk sec/Read performance counter shows the average time, in seconds, of a read of data from the disk. The Avg Disk sec/Write performance counter shows the average time, in seconds, of a write of data to the disk The average value of the Avg Disk sec/Read and Avg Disk sec/Write performance counters should be under 10 milliseconds.

The PAGEDISK instance of the LogicalDisk performance object on a server represents the page file (Pagefile.sys). Pagefile.sys is a hidden system file on the hard disk that is used by Microsoft Windows® to store temporary data when your system is running low on RAM. The page file is also known as paging file or swap file.

This error indicates that there is a latency problem with the disk hosting the page file.

To resolve this error, take the following steps:

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