eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by BufferCacheTest

This test monitors the usage of the system's buffer cache. The measures made by the test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Cache_lookups Number of lookups to the buffer cache during the last measurement period Number

 

Cache_hits Number of hits from the buffer cache during the last measurement period Number  
Cache_hit_ratio The ratio of cache hits to total lookups during the last measurement period. Percent A value close to 90% is good.
Buffers_locked Number of buffers locked during the last measurement period Number  
New_buffer_requests Number of new buffer requests issued during the last measurement period Number  
Waits_for_buffer_allocs Number of buffer allocation requests during the last measurement period that had to wait Number This value should be close to 0 for optimal operation.

Note:

This test will work only on Solaris 8.0 (or above) platforms.