http://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2004/02/03/66690.aspxI have been reviewing the Microsoft Pattern and Practises group new PAG Guide - Improving .NET Application Performance and Scalability and struggling a bit. Firstly they talk about understanding the performance and scalability requirements and then testingen-GBCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2004/02/03/66690.aspx#66710Tue, 03 Feb 2004 20:20:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:66710DiogenesUmmm... that's why they have Microsoft Consulting Services... they first convince you of the need for something, but then don't give you the details of how to do it! ;-)http://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2004/02/03/66690.aspx#66715Tue, 03 Feb 2004 20:23:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:66715Michael PlattHey, I should be on commission! You are right but I got fed up with typing. I will have a go at doing the details.http://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2004/02/03/66690.aspx#66913Wed, 04 Feb 2004 02:14:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:66913ramkothMike - Your first law is interesting and intuitively sound!!! But, your path seem to contain things belonging to different categories. For example, thread/proc belong to different category than component/service. How did you arrive at the list btw?http://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2004/02/03/66690.aspx#67386Wed, 04 Feb 2004 18:02:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:67386Michael PlattSorry, they didnt line up.. It should go thread, proc, component, service in both cases. These are elements of granularity which is where I got the list fromhttp://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2004/02/03/66690.aspx#74677Tue, 17 Feb 2004 13:06:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:74677Michael Platt's WebLoghttp://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2004/02/03/66690.aspx#83705Thu, 04 Mar 2004 13:30:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:83705Michael Platt's WebLoghttp://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2004/02/03/66690.aspx#85852Mon, 08 Mar 2004 15:13:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:85852Michael Platt's WebLoghttp://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2004/02/03/66690.aspx#87515Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:32:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:87515Tilos Zona