Measures reported by BSGHttpConnTest
The Blue Coat ProxySG appliance supports HTTP streaming. The HTTP connections are established through port 80 that allows you to send streaming data from the origin server to the clients. The HTTP connections so established should be closely monitored over time to identify trends that indicate the load on the appliance as well as spot unusual traffic spikes. This can be achieved using the BSGHttpConnTest test!
This test continuously tracks the HTTP connections, and reports the total number of HTTP connections that are made to the appliance from the servers and the clients. In addition, this test also reveals the count of HTTP connections that are currently active and are idle in the server side/client side.
Outputs of the test : One set of results for the target Blue Coat ProxySG that is being monitored.
The measures made by this test are as follows:
| Measurement |
Description |
Measurement Unit |
Interpretation |
| Total_http_client_conns |
Indicates the total number of HTTP connections that are established from the clients to the ProxySG appliance. |
Number |
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| Active_http_client_conns |
Indicates the number of HTTP connections that are currently active between the clients and the ProxySG appliance. |
Number |
The value of this measure should never exceed the value of Total_http_client_conns measure. If the value is reached, the appliance will begin terminating idle persistent connections to allow for requests on new connections to be processed. If the limit is reached with all connections containing active requests, processing of requests on new connections will be delayed until processing of existing requests is completed. If this occurs regularly, the appliance may be undersized. |
| Idle_http_client_conns |
Indicates the number of HTTP connections that are currently idle between the clients and the ProxySG appliance. |
Number |
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| Total_http_server_conns |
Indicates the total number of HTTP connections that are established from the servers to the ProxySG appliance. |
Number |
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| Active_http_server_conns |
Indicates the number of HTTP connections that are currently active between the servers and the ProxySG appliance. |
Number |
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| Idle_http_server_conns |
Indicates the number of HTTP connections that are currently idle between the servers and the ProxySG appliance. |
Number |
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