eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by MySqlConnTest

This test gives information about client connections to an MySQL server.

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Conns_create_rate The rate at which applications attempted to connect to the MySQL server during the last measurement period Conns/sec  
Active_conns The number of currently open connections to the MySQL server Number A high value may be indicative of connections not being closed properly by applications, or a bottleneck in the server
Conns_aborted The number of connections that were aborted because the client terminated without closing the connection properly during the last measurement period Number  
Conns_failed The number of connection attempts to the MySQL server that failed during the last measurement period Number A high value can indicate:
  • a configuration problem with the server/clients;
  • some malicious attack on the server;

 

Max_conns The maximum number of connections that were in use simultaneously in use during the last measurement period Number