Performance counters for SQL database

I have this need to carry out a performance test on our SQL database. What are the counters that I need to check and are there any tools that would assist me on this?
mayooran99

Hello,
Please refer to the following series of articles.
n Beginners
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/john_daskalakis/archive/2013/10/07/how-to-troubleshoot-sql-server-performance-issues-with-simple-tools-part-1-how-to-collect-a-detailed-perfmon-trace.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/john_daskalakis/archive/2013/10/14/how-to-troubleshoot-sql-server-performance-issues-with-simple-tools-part-2-how-to-analyze-the-perfmon-trace-and-detect-io-bottlenecks.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/john_daskalakis/archive/2013/10/21/how-to-troubleshoot-sql-server-performance-issues-with-simple-tools-part-2-how-to-analyze-the-perfmon-trace-and-detect-sql-server-performance-issues.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/john_daskalakis/archive/2013/10/30/how-to-troubleshoot-sql-server-performance-issues-with-simple-tools-part-3-the-profiler.aspx
n
n Advanced
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/john_daskalakis/archive/2013/11/04/specialized-performance-troubleshooting-part-1-how-to-troubleshoot-forwarded-records.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/john_daskalakis/archive/2013/11/11/specialized-performance-troubleshooting-part-2-how-to-troubleshoot-memory-problems-in-sql-server.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/john_daskalakis/archive/2013/11/18/specialized-performance-troubleshooting-part-3-how-to-identify-storage-issues-at-a-sql-server-box.aspx
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Alberto Morillo
SQLCoffee.com

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