AMH Logical Cluster Test

Alliance Messaging Hub (AMH) is a modular, financial messaging solution for corporate networks. It allows extensive throughput and sophisticated data management through the use of latest technology to manage messages and files. Given that AMH is a platform for high speed and highly critical international business transactions, it is imperative that it is set up in a cluster in a high performance environment. To setup the system better suited to business requirement, a logical cluster might be created on top of one or more physical cluster. Creating the logical cluster helps divide the workload better and provide better performance.

This test monitors the logical cluster and collects the key metrics like status of the cluster, and status and condition of nodes. These details will provide great insights to administrators.

Target of the test : A Swift AMH Cluster instance

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each logical cluster being monitored.

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	The port at which the specified host listens.

Measures made by the test

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Cluster State	Indicates the current status of this logical cluster.		The numeric values that correspond to these measure values are as follows: Measure Value Numeric Value Running 10 Stopped 0 Not running 20 Note: By default, this measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate the status. In the graph of this measure however, the same is indicated using the numeric equivalents only.
Total nodes	Indicates the total number of logical nodes configured in this logical cluster.	Number	The number of logical nodes should be optimal.
Running nodes	Indicates the total number of logical nodes configured in this logical cluster which are currently running.	Number	Ideally the number of running nodes should be high near the total number of nodes.
Degraded nodes	Indicates the total number of logical nodes configured in this logical cluster which are in degraded state.	Number	The degraded nodes should be looked at and investigated.
Stopped nodes	Indicates the total number of logical nodes configured in this logical cluster which are stopped.	Number	The stopped nodes should be looked at and investigated.