Default Parameters for CtxCdLoadIdxTest

Administrators can use this test to periodically evaluate the load on the servers managed by a delivery group. This is imperative to ensure that load is uniformly balanced across the servers. In addition, in times of an overload, this test can help administrators accurately identify which server is overloaded and which resource is the constraint.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the CtxCdLoadIdxTest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

• By default, the REPORT BY DELIVERY GROUP flag is set to Yes indicating that this test reports metrics for each delivery group that contains machines running a particular server OS. The delivery group-level insight into the load evaluator index enables administrators to gauge the overall load on every delivery group. If required, you can change the status of this flag to No; in this case, this test will report metrics for every server OS machine in a delivery group. The machine-level insight into load enables administrators to understand whether/not load is uniformly balanced across the different server OS machines, and accurately identify the machine that is overloaded.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz*” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.