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+# Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) Tool
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+[licence badge]:https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg
+[stars badge]:https://img.shields.io/github/stars/clinthuffman/PAL.svg
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+[licence]:https://github.com/clinthuffman/PAL/blob/master/LICENSE.md
+[stars]:https://github.com/clinthuffman/PAL/stargazers
+[forks]:https://github.com/clinthuffman/PAL/network
+[issues]:https://github.com/clinthuffman/PAL/issues
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+
+If you wish to install the PAL tool, then download `PAL_Setup_2.7.7_x64.zip`. It contains the Microsoft installer files.
+If you just want to run it without installation, then download `PAL_FlatFiles_2.7.7_x64.zip`.
+
+To download the latest PAL tool, click the respective PAL*.zip file, and then click View Raw to begin the download.
+Go to Properties of the zip file, click Unblock, and then click OK.
+Extract the zip file.
+Run PALWizard.exe to use the PAL Wizard tool. Otherwise, use PAL.ps1 directly.
+
+All other folders contain source code.
+
+
+## Project Description
+Ever have a performance problem, but don't know what performance counters to collect or how to analyze them?
+The PAL (Performance Analysis of Logs) tool is a powerful tool that reads in a performance monitor counter log and analyzes it using known thresholds.
+
+
+## Features
+ - Thresholds files for most of the major Microsoft products such as IIS, MOSS, SQL Server, BizTalk, Exchange, and Active Directory.
+ - An easy to use GUI interface which makes creating batch files for the PAL.ps1 script.
+ - A GUI editor for creating or editing your own threshold files.
+ - Creates an HTML based report for ease of copy/pasting into other applications.
+ - Analyzes performance counter logs for thresholds using thresholds that change their criteria based on the computer's role or hardware specs.