There are only a few things that can make a .NET process crash.  The most common one is an Unhandled Exception getting raised.  Another way that is can happen is by creating a GC Hole. What is a GC Hole So first a little background on what I Read More......( read more )

I wanted to talk about monitoring performance in ASP.NET for a bit.  I have already posted a few postings that talk around this issue, namely: ASP.NET Debugging - High Memory part 5 – Fragmentation ASP.NET Debugging - ASP.NET Tips- How to use DebugDiag Read More......( read more )

So now that I am done with all the individual posts, I thought I would wrap them all together.  So here are all of the posts that I created on gathering information when you are having a problem. Please keep in mind that these are geared towards Read More......( read more )

Here is another situation that you may come across and what to do in order to gather information about it. The following steps will configure DebugDiag to automatically capture a memory dump of the ASPNET_WP.exe process recycling when it exceeds the memoryLimit Read More......( read more )

Defining an IIS Crash A Crash in IIS occurs when an IIS process (INETINFO.EXE, DLLHOST.EXE, W3WP.EXE) terminates unexpectedly. A Crash typically happens when there is an Unhandled Exception caused by an Access Violation, Stack Overflow, etc. In these Read More......( read more )