| **Run on-demand diagnostics** | Get on-demand, actionable insights into high resource usage and various system configurations. Receive a downloadable report that provides comprehensive diagnostics data to address performance issues. Store insights and reports in your preferred storage account. The storage account retains insights that are based on the account retention policies that you can configure to [manage the data lifecycle effectively](/azure/storage/blobs/lifecycle-management-policy-configure). You can initiate on-demand diagnostics at any time by using the specific analysis type that you need:<br/><ul><li>**Performance analysis**<br/>Includes all checks in the **Quick analysis** scenario, and monitors high resource consumption. Use this version to troubleshoot general performance issues, such as high CPU, memory, and disk usage. This analysis takes 30 seconds to 15 minutes to run, depending on the selected duration. Learn more [Windows](how-to-use-perfinsights.md) or [Linux](../linux/how-to-use-perfinsights-linux.md)</li><br/><li>**Quick analysis**<br/>Checks for known issues, analyzes best practices, and collects diagnostics data. This analysis takes several minutes to run. Learn more for [Windows](how-to-use-perfinsights.md) or [Linux](../linux/how-to-use-perfinsights-linux.md)</li><br/><li>**Advanced performance analysis** [*Windows only*]<br/>Includes all checks in the **Performance analysis** scenario, and collects one or more of the traces, as listed in the following sections. Use this scenario to troubleshoot complex issues that require more traces. Running this scenario for longer periods increases the overall size of diagnostics output, depending on the size of the VM and the trace options that are selected. This analysis takes 30 seconds to 15 minutes to run, depending on the selected duration. [Learn more](./how-to-use-perfinsights.md)</li><br/><li>**Azure file analysis** [*Windows only*]<br/>Includes all checks in the **Performance analysis** scenario, and captures a network trace and Server Message Block (SMB) counters. Use this scenario to troubleshoot the performance of Azure files. This analysis takes 30 seconds to 15 minutes to run, depending on the selected duration. [Learn more](./how-to-use-perfinsights.md)</li></ul> |
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