eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by MsXDBTest

This test monitors the performance of Exchange Server 5.5 Database.

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Db_cache_hit_ratio Shows the percentage of database requests that were fulfilled by the information store cache without incurring disk input/output activity. Percent A significantly low value indicates that the Exchange Server 5.5 is not having enough free memory. Increasing the memory may solve this problem.
Db_tables_cache_hit_ratio Shows the percentage of database tables opened using the cached schema information. Percent A significantly low value indicates that the Exchange Server 5.5 is not having enough free memory. Increasing the memory may solve this problem.
Log_recrd_waiting_rate 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 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.