HTTP messaging statistics

When an HTTP workload is run in Server.Load, an HTTP messaging statistics window displays (in addition to the metrics window).

Table 1. Messaging statistics that display in Server.Load

Messaging Statistic

Description

ConnectTime

Minimum, maximum, and average number of milliseconds required to establish an HTTP connection to the server.

SendTime

Minimum, maximum, and average number of milliseconds to send HTTP data to the server.

RecvTime

Minimum, maximum, and average number of milliseconds to receive HTTP data from the server.

TotalTime

Total minimum, maximum, and average number of milliseconds to connect to the server and to send and receive HTTP messages.

ActionsTime

Minimum, maximum, average number of milliseconds to perform an HTTP action. An HTTP action is an HTTP request that involves special work on the server to process. For example, in the case of the iNotes® workloads, an action is a POST request that involves sending or deleting mail.

Kbytes/Page

Minimum, maximum, and average number of kilobytes of data received per request.

Object/Page

Minimum, maximum, and average number of objects (htm, jpg) of data received per request.

Totals

  • Kbytes = Total number of kilobytes of data received
  • Pages = Total number of Web pages received
  • Obj = Total number of Objects received
  • Timeout = Total number of server timeouts, number of times the server was not responding
  • Drops = Total number of times the server dropped the connection, the number of times unable to send or receive after successfully establishing an endpoint
  • ActF = Total number of actions that fails, number of times unable to connect, send, or receive after successfully establishing an endpoint for an Action request.

Act

Total number of actions

Serr

Total number of server errors

Cerr

Total number of client errors

Hit/Min

Average number of objects received per minute

Min Running

Number of minutes that the test has been running