eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by TcpConnectionTest

The TcpConnectionTest, tracks various statistics pertaining to TCP connections to and from a host, from an external perspective. The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Availability Whether the TCP connection is available Percent An availability problem can be caused by different factors – e.g., the server process may not be up, a network problem may exist, or there could be a configuration problem with the DNS server.
Response_time Time taken (in seconds) by the server to respond to a request. Secs An increase in response time can be caused by several factors such as a server bottleneck, a configuration problem with the DNS server, a network problem, etc.