eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by NetworkTrafficTest

NetworkTrafficTest from an internal agent, measures the traffic received and transmitted by a host system via each of its network interfaces. The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Pkt_rate_in Represents the rate of incoming traffic. Pkts/Sec An increase in traffic to the server can indicate an increase in accesses to the server (from users or from other applications) or that the server is under an attack of some form.
Pkt_rate_out Represents the rate of outgoing traffic. Pkts/Sec An increase in traffic from the server can indicate an increase in accesses to the server (from users or from other applications).