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NICE DCV is a powerful remote visualisation protocol that enables users to securely connect to graphically intensive 3D or 2D applications hosted locally or on a remote 3D visualisation server or cluster of servers on-premises or in the cloud. It can run in your own data center or in the public cloud and delivers secure remote virtual desktops and application streaming from any location to any device, without the need for high bandwidth between the client and the remote desktop.

One of the key factors that influence user experience while appplications are remotely streamed are the latencies experienced by the user while connecting to the desktop via Nice DCV protocol and the bandwidth used when a user interacts with a virtual desktop. High latency and excessive bandwidth consumption can often slowdown access to desktops, thereby significantly delaying subsequent user operations. Hence, monitoring the latency and bandwidth usage of each user connected to virtual desktops via Nice DCV protocol is of utmost importance! This is why, the VmgNicStreamTest auto-discovers the users who are connected to virtual desktops via the Nice DCV protocol, and measures the bandwidth usage, frames processing ability, and time taken to establish each user's session. In the process, bandwidth-hungry, latent sessions can be accurately isolated.

Outputs of the test: One set of results for every user who is connected to a Windows virtual desktop via the Nice DCV protocol

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
frameRate	Indicates the rate at which frames are processed during this user's sessions.	Frames/Sec	FPS is how fast your graphics card can output individual frames each second. It is the most time-tested and ideal measure of performance of a GPU. Higher the value of this measure, healthier is the GPU.
rtt	Indicates the round trip latency between the virtual desktop and this user terminal.	Milliseconds	Comparing the value of this measure across users will enable administrators to quickly and accurately identify users who are experiencing higher latency when connecting to a virtual desktop. via Nice DCV protocol.
inputbandwidth	Indicates the overall bandwidth used by incoming Nice DCV packets.	Frames/Sec	Comparing the values of these measures across users will reveal which user is performing bandwidth-intensive operations over the Nice DCV protocol.
outputbandwidth	Indicates the overall bandwidth used by outgoing Nice DCV packets.	Kbps	Comparing the values of these measures across users will reveal which user is performing bandwidth-intensive operations over the Nice DCV protocol.
totalbandwidth	Indicates the bandwidth usage of all sessions initiated by this user.	Kbps	Compare the value of this measure across users to know which user is consuming the maximum bandwidth.