eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by IISWebCacheTest

This test monitors the IIS web server's web cache and reports critical performance metrics pertaining to it. Note that this test will not work on Windows 2000 hosts.

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
File_cache_memory The data used for the user-mode file cache KB An unusually high value may indicate a sudden increase of memory usage in file cache.
Files_cached The number of files, the content of which is in the user-mode cache Number  
Metadata_cached The metadata information blocks currently in the user-mode cache Number  
URIs_cached The number of URI information blocks in the user-mode cache Number  
File_cache_hits The number of successful lookups in the user-mode file cache during the last measurement period Number A consistent decrease in the value of this measure is indicative of an increase in direct disk accesses. This is a cause for concern.
File_cache_misses The number of unsuccessful lookups in the user-mode file cache during the last measurement period Number A consistent increase in the value of this measure is indicative of an increase in direct disk accesses. This is a cause for concern.
File_cache_hit_ratio The ratio between the file cache hits and file cache misses Percent A very low percentage indicates that files requested are being directly accessed from the disk and not from the file cache.