eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by SilverStreamTest

Using the SilverStream client API, the SilverStreamTest tracks various statistics relating to the SilverStream server. The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Server_usage_metric The current utilization of the server. It is a value between 1 and 4. A value of 1 indicates light utilization while a value of 4 indicates high utilization of the server. Number If the server is under high utilization for a prolonged period of time, it is indicative of the server reaching its maximum capacity.
Used_thread_pct The percentage of threads associated with the client connections. This includes threads, which may or may not be currently handling user requests. Percent If this measure reaches 100%, then the client connections are queued before execution. In this situation, the total number threads spawn by the server can be increased depending on the capacity.
Idle_thread_pct The percentage of threads associated with client connections, which are not currently handling user requests. Percent This measure is indicative of the percent of threads waiting for further user requests.
Request_rate This measure indicates the number of requests per second to the SilverStream server. Reqs/Sec A sudden increase in this value indicates an unusual burst of requests for your application server.  This usually means that there is sudden high activity on your application or abnormal/malicious attacks.
Mean_response_time The average time taken to process the requests coming to the Server. Secs A sudden increase in the mean response time is indicative of a bottleneck on the application server.
Max_response_time The maximum time taken to process any request since the start of the server. Secs A sudden increase in the maximum response time is indicative of a bottleneck on the application server.
Data_xmit_rate The rate of data transmitted by the server while serving client requests. KB/Sec A large increase in the data transmission rate can be indicative of an increase in the popularity of one or more web sites hosted on the server. This measure is directly related to Request_rate.
Memory_util The percentage of memory used by the SilverStream server inside the Java virtual machine in which it is running. Percent A sudden increase in memory utilization may be indicative of memory leaks in the applications running on the server.  When this measure reaches 100%, it indicates that the SilverSstream server has reached its maximum capacity.
Total_sess_count The total number of sessions associated with the server. Number This is indicative of the number of user sessions maintained in the server.
Idle_sess_count The number of sessions associated with the server, which is in idle state. Number This measure is indicative of the number of user sessions waiting for further user requests.