Indexing Dispatcher Test

The Indexing Dispatchers handle flow control protocol by routing the processed items to Index servers. A dispatcher is required because a FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 installation may distribute the index over several servers. The index dispatcher needs to know which server to send which items to. If an indexing dispatcher server fails, the outstanding item batches associated with this indexing dispatcher will fail too. If you have redundant indexing dispatchers, the flow control protocol will ensure that the indexing connector resubmits the subset of item batches associated with the failing indexing dispatcher.

This test reports the number of batches processed by each indexing dispatcher.

Target of the test : A FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every index dispatcher configured on the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint farm.

Configurable parameters for the test

Parameter	Description
Test period	How often should the test be executed
Host	The host for which the test is to be configured.
Port	Refers to the port used by the specified host. By default, this is 13280.

Measurements made by the test

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Total number of batches processed	Indicates the total number of batches processed by this Indexing dispatcher.	Number