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POC#: Accessing PerformanceCounters for the ".NET CLR Memory category"
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copied!<p>I'm trying to access the performance counters located in <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x2tyfybc(v=VS.100).aspx" rel="noreferrer">".NET CLR Memory category"</a> through C# using the PerformanceCounter class. However a cannot instantiate the categories with what I would expect was the correct category/counter name</p> <pre><code>new PerformanceCounter(".NET CLR Memory", "# bytes in all heaps", Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName); </code></pre> <p>I tried looping through categories and counters using the following code</p> <pre><code>string[] categories = PerformanceCounterCategory.GetCategories().Select(c => c.CategoryName).OrderBy(s => s).ToArray(); string toInspect = string.Join(",\r\n", categories); System.Text.StringBuilder interestingToInspect = new System.Text.StringBuilder(); string[] interestingCategories = categories.Where(s => s.StartsWith(".NET") || s.Contains("Memory")).ToArray(); foreach (string interestingCategory in interestingCategories) { PerformanceCounterCategory cat = new PerformanceCounterCategory(interestingCategory); foreach (PerformanceCounter counter in cat.GetCounters()) { interestingToInspect.AppendLine(interestingCategory + ":" + counter.CounterName); } } toInspect = interestingToInspect.ToString(); </code></pre> <p>But could not find anything that seems to match. Is it not possible to observe these values from within the CLR or am I doing something wrong.</p> <p>The environment, should it matter, is .NET 4.0 running on a 64-bit windows 7 box.</p>

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