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A BIG-IP pool is a set of devices grouped together to receive traffic according to a load-balancing method. Monitoring of the pools configured for a Big IP load balancer can indicate the relative load on the load balancer from the different pools. The F5PoolsTest tracks the status and the traffic on each of the pools configured on the BIG-IP load balancer.

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Incoming_traffic	Indicates the rate at which requests are routed through this pool during the last measurement period	Mbps	An abnormally high rate of incoming traffic may require additional analysis. By comparing the values of this metric with the outgoing rate, you can easily identify which pools are experiencing high traffic.
Outgoing_traffic	Indicates the rate at which responses from the servers are transmitted by the pool during the last measurement period	Mbps	An abnormally high rate of outgoing traffic may require additional analysis.
In_packet_rate	Indicates the number of packets per second routed to the physical server(s) in the pool during the last measurement period	Packets/Sec	Both these measure serve as effective indicators of the data load on the load balancer.
Out_packet_rate	Indicates the number of packets per second sent out through the pool during the last measurement period	Packets/Sec
Current_conns	Indicates the number of connections currently established for this pool	Number	Comparison of this metric across pools indicates which of the pools is handling a higher load.
Connection_rate	Indicates the rate at which connections have been established via a pool during the last measurement period	Conns/Sec