SQL Server Notification Services Performance Tuning

When Notification Services is installed, it also installs some of its own Performance Monitor objects and counters. The included objects (each has one or more counters) include:

·         NS$instance_name: Delivery Channels Object -- Includes counters for individual delivery channels.

·         NS$instance_name: Distributors Object -- Includes counters for individual distributors.

·         NS$instance_name: Event Providers Object -- Includes counters for individual event providers.

·         NS$instance_name: Generator Object -- Includes counters for the generator event provider.

·         NS$instance_name: Events Object -- Includes counters for events from an application.

·         NS$instance_name: Notifications Object -- Includes counters for notifications created by an appliction.

·         NS$instance_name: Subscriptions Object -- Includes counters for the subscriptions of an application.

·         NS$instance_name: Vacuumer Object -- Includes counters for the application vacuuming process.

·         NS$instance_name:Subscribers Object -- Includes counters for the subscribers for a specific instance of Notification Services.

[2000, 2005] Updated 5-16-2005