eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by CtxNsIsWebMTypeTest

Citrix NetScaler VPX/MPX receives and serves requests for different type of media - eg., FLV F4V Audio, MP4 M4V Video, etc. At any given point in time, administrators should be able to identify those media types that are most popular and the ones that are bandwidth-intensive, so that they can decide whether or not to continue providing support for that media. The CtxNsIsWebMTypeTest test helps administrators take informed decisions w.r.to supporting a media type. This test auto-discovers the media types served by the NetScaler appliances, and for every media type, it reports the number of requests for that media type and the bandwidth used by that media type.

For instance, if the test reports that media type is bandwidth-intensive, but is very popular amongst users, then administrators may decide to continue serving requests for that media via NetScaler. On the other hand, if a media type is bandwidth-intensive, but rarely requested by users, then administrators may decide to discontinue support for that media type via NetScaler.

Output of the test : One set of results for every media type

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Hits Indicates the number of requests received for this media type. Number Compare the value of this measure across media types to know which is the most popular media type.
Bandwidth Indicates the amount of bandwidth consumed when processing requests for this media type. KB Compare the value of this measure across media types to know which media type is the most bandwidth-intensive.