A number of tools are available to the administrator to analyze an operational system:
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User Tests - Detailing the timings on what the user sees as the problem.
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Server Tracing - Detailing the timings of the actions on the server.
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Client Tracing - Detailing the timings of the actions on the client.
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Running database scripts - Run on the database server.
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Running the Performance Benchmark Tests - Run in the Desktop Client
For more information on running the performance benchmark tests, see Performance benchmark tests.