Oracle HTTP Server Test

This test reports the performance statistics pertaining to an Oracle Web server.

Target of the test : An Oracle Web server

Agent deploying the test : An internal Agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every Oracle Web server monitored

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter Description

Test period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

The IP address of the target system that is being monitored.

Port

The port to which the specified Host listens.

HomeDir

The path to the directory in which the Oracle 9i application server has been installed
Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Response time:

Indicates the time taken by the web server to respond to requests. Only requests for which successful responses are received are considered while computing the response time.

Secs

A very high value for this measure indicates a bottleneck on the web server or one of the applications on the server.

Requests:

Indicates the rate of requests to the web server.

Reqs/Sec

This value is indicative of the server workload.

Active connections:

Indicates the number of connections currently open to the server.

Number

A high value can indicate a slow-down of the web server or applications hosted by it.

Connection rate:

Indicates the rate of connections to the web server during the last measurement period.

Conns/Sec

An increase or decrease in connection rate can represent a change in the user workload.

Data transmit rate:

Indicates the rate at which the data was transmitted by the server to clients during the last measurement period.

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.

Errors:

Indicates the rate at which errors occurred on the server during the last measurement period.

Errors/Sec

The details of the type of errors occurring are reported by the test OracleHttpResponse test.

POST requests:

Indicates the rate of post requests to the web server.

Reqs/Sec

 

GET requests:

Indicates the rate of get requests to the web server.

Reqs/Sec