eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by WASConnPoolTest

The WASConnPoolTest monitors the usage of the connection pools on the WebSphere server.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Allocate_count The number of connections allocated to the pool during the last measurement period Number
 
Close_count The number of connections released from the pool during the last measurement period Number Ideally, this value should be low.
Create_count The number of connections created during the last measurement period Number  
Fault_count The number of connection timeouts in the pool in the last measurement period Number Ideally, this value should be low. An unusually high value could indicate an application leak.
Freed_count The number of connections that were returned to the pool in the last measurement period Number A very low value of this measure could result in a shortage of connections in the pool.
Free_pool_size The current number of free connections in the pool Number  
Pool_size The current size of the connection pool Number  
Jdbc_time The time taken by the JDBC queries to execute Secs A low value is ideal.