SunRay Client Test

This test monitors the connectivity between each SunRay client and the SunRay server, so that the quality of each network link is checked and connection bottlenecks revealed.

Target of the test : A SunRay server

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each client connected to the SunRay server.

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 at which SunRay server listens for requests. By default, this is 7010.

Timeout

Specify the duration for which this test will wait for a response from the server. The default is 120 seconds.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Packets

Indicates the number of data packets received by the server from this client during the last measurement period.

Packets

 

Dropped packets

Indicates the number of packets sent by this client that were dropped in transit during the last measurement period.

Packets

Ideally, this value should be low. A high value for this measure is indicative of poor network performance.

Packet traffic

Indicates the rate at which the server received data packets from this client.

Packets/Sec

 

Bandwidth used

Indicates the bandwidth used by the SunRay server while receiving data packets from this client.

Kbytes/Sec

 

Data transferred

Indicates the data sent by this client to the server during the last measurement period.

MBytes

 

Latency

Indicates the average delay between transmission of a packet to the server from this client.

Msecs

Ideally, this value should be very low. A high value, or a consistent increase in the value, indicates the existence of a bottleneck in the network connection leading to the server from this client.

Delta  latency

Indicates the difference in latency since the previous measurement period.

Msecs

Ideally, this value should be 0, or should at least be a very low value. A high value, or a steady increase in the value, indicates that the quality of the network connection between this client and the server is deteriorating.

Connect time

Indicates the duration for which this user session remained idle on the server during the last measurement period.

Secs

A low value is desired for this measure. A high value could indicate a network problem.

Idle time

Indicates the duration for which this user session remained idle on the server during the last measurement period.

Secs

Idle sessions are unnecessary resource drainers. You might want to set a low timeout value on the server to ensure that user sessions do not remain idle for too long a time.

Percent idle time

Indicates the percentage of time for which this user session was idle.

Percent