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Measures reported by XChgDBTest

The XChgDBTest measures the performance of the Exchange 2000/2003/2007 Server database. The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Db_cache_hit_ratio This measure shows the percentage of database requests that were fulfilled by the database buffer pool without incurring disk input/output activity. Percent A significantly low value indicates that the Exchange 2000/2003/2007 Server is not having enough free memory. Increasing the memory may solve this problem.
Db_tables_cache_hit_ratio This measure shows the percentage of database tables opened using the cached schema information. Percent A significantly low value indicates that the Exchange 2000/2003/2007 Server is not having enough free memory. Increasing the memory may solve this problem.
Log_recrd_waiting_rate This measure shows the number of log records that cannot be added to the log buffers because the log buffers are full. Recrds/Sec This measure should be as close to zero as possible.

If it is not, it might indicate that the size of the log buffer might be a bottleneck. Increasing the memory may solve this problem.

Log_thread_waiting This measure shows the number of threads waiting for their data to be written to the log buffer so that the update of the database can be completed. Number This measure should be as low as possible.

A high value for this measure may indicate that the log buffer might be a bottleneck. Increasing the memory may solve this problem.