eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by WsThreadPoolTest

The WsThreadPoolTest measures the statistics pertaining to the thread pools that exist in the WebSphere application server. The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Thread_creation_rate This measure indicates the rate at which the threads are being created in the pool. Threads/sec A sudden increase in the value of this measure directly relates to an increase in the activity happening in this application.
Thread_destroy_rate This measure indicates the rate at which the threads are being destroyed in the pool. Threads/sec A decrease in the value of this measure indicates that the threads are being active for a long period of time, which might indicate anomalies within the application.
Active_threads Indicates the average number of active threads in the pool. Number A high value for this measure is indicative of a high load on this application and combined with the creation and destroy rates might give insights of the application pattern.
Pool_size Indicates the average number of threads in the pool. Number If the pool size is high and the number of active threads is low, it signifies that the threads are not being destroyed immediately after use.
Pct_maxed This indicates the average percent of time the number of threads in the pool reached or exceeded the desired maximum number. Percent A high value for this measure indicates that the number of threads in the pool needs to be increased for effective operation of this application.