---
title: ".NET CLR Data counters are wrong - Official"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/6/26/net-clr-data-counters-are-wrong-official.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/6/26/net-clr-data-counters-are-wrong-official.html"
published: "2005-06-26T09:50:00"
updated: "2005-06-26T09:50:00"
tags: [".Net 2.0", ".Net Quotations"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "\"Original counters (in V1.0 and V1.1) reported wrong numbers in almost all scenarios.\" http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/changeinfo/Backwards1.1to2.0/default.aspx#00000123 \"We’ve created a new set of Performance Counters in…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# .NET CLR Data counters are wrong - Official

By Roy Osherove June 26, 2005 In [.Net 2.0](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-2-0), [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations)

**Historical article** · Originally published June 26, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

"Original counters (in V1.0 and V1.1) reported wrong numbers in almost all scenarios."

[http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/changeinfo/Backwards1.1to2.0/default.aspx#00000123](http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/changeinfo/Backwards1.1to2.0/default.aspx#00000123)

"We’ve created a new set of Performance Counters in V2.0 that are specific to each provider. We're obsoleting all the counters under the .NET CLR Data category..."

_\[via_ [_Phil_](http://weblogs.asp.net/plip/archive/2005/03/21/395410.aspx)_\]_

How **on earth** did this go unnoticed past the testers?

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