What performance counters are available for WebMarshal?

This article applies to:

• WebMarshal

Question:

• What performance counters are available for WebMarshal?

Information:

The following Performance Monitor counters are available in WebMarshal.

Note: An item followed by a version number in brackets indicates that the counter is first available in the listed version.

WebMarshal 6.X and 7.X

Cache Counters (Version 6.5 and above)

• Cache files created/sec - Number of new cache files created per second.
• Cache files removed/sec - Number of files removed from the cache per second.
• Queue items dropped/sec - Number of items dropped from the addition queue per second.
• Queue length - Number of items queued for addition to the cache.

Proxy Counters

• Average external time - Average time (ms) spent accessing the internet for a user request. (6.1)
• Average internal time - Average time (ms) spent filtering and handling a user request. (6.1)
• Average server request time - Average time (ms) to complete a request.
• Average server response time - Average time (ms) to complete a response.
• Average user request time - Average time (ms) to complete a user request. (6.1)
• Cache bytes read/sec - Number of bytes read from the cache per second. (6.5)
• Cache hits/sec - Number of requests per second that were served from the cache. (6.5)
• Cache misses/sec - Number of requests per second that were not served from the cache. (6.5)
• Cache revalidations/sec - Number of requests per second that requred cache revalidation. (6.5)
• Client bytes received/sec - Number of bytes received from client per second. 
• Client bytes sent/sec - Number of bytes sent to clients per second.
• Client connections - Number of active client connections.
• Client connections/sec - Number of new client connections per second. 
• Non-cacheable requests/sec - Number of requests per second for items incompatible with the cache. (6.5)
• Number of requests processed/sec - Number of requests processed per second. (6.1)
• Server bytes received/sec - Number of bytes received from servers per second. 
• Server bytes sent/sec - Number of bytes sent to servers per second.
• Server connections - Number of active server connections.
• Server connections/sec - Number of new server connections per second. 

Filter Counters

• Active connections - Number of active connections.
• Active requests - Number of active requests.
• Active users - Number of active users.
• Active Tasks - Number of active rule processing tasks. (6.1)
• Active Tasks - Non-Web Files - Number of active non-web (e.g. exe, zip) rule processing tasks. (6.1)
• Active Tasks - Web Images - Number of active web image (e.g. gif, jpeg, png) rule processing tasks. (6.1)
• Active Tasks - Web Text - Number of active web text (e.g. html,css) rule processing tasks. (6.1)
• Average Queued Time - Average time (MS) requests spend in a queue waiting for processing. (6.1)
• Average request time - Average time (ms) to complete a request.
• Average request time - Web Text - Average time (ms) to complete a request. (6.1)
• Client bytes sent/sec - Number of bytes sent per second (to internal computers).
• FTP bytes transferred/sec - Number of bytes transferred by ftp per second. (6.1)
• HTTP bytes transferred/sec - Number of bytes transferred by http per second (Not including defined protocols over HTTP). (6.1)
• HTTPS bytes transferred/sec - Number of bytes transferred by https per second. (6.1)
• IM bytes transferred/sec - Number of bytes transferred by instant messaging per second. (6.1)
• Queued tasks - Number of rule processing tasks queued.
• Requests/sec - Number of requests per second. 
• Responses received per sec - Non-Web Files - Number of non-web file type (e.g. exe, zip) responses received per second. (6.1)
• Responses received per sec - Web image - Number of web image (gif, jpeg, png) responses received per second. (6.1)
• Responses received per sec - Web text - Number of web text (html, css, https) responses received per second. (6.1)
• Server bytes received/sec - Number of bytes received per second (from the Internet).
• Streaming bytes transferred/sec - Number of bytes transferred by streaming media per second. (6.1)
• Queued Tasks - Non-Web Files - Number of queued non-web (e.g. exe, zip) rule processing tasks. (6.1)
• Queued Tasks - Web Images - Number of queued web image (e.g. gif, jpeg, png) rule processing tasks. (6.1)
• Queued Tasks - Web Text - Number of queued web text (e.g. html,css) rule processing tasks. (6.1)

Controller Counters

• Average URL lookup time - Average time (ms) to categorise a URL.
• Average user lookup time - Average time (ms) to look up a user.
• Bytes received Array Manager - Bytes received from the Array Manager per second. (6.5)
• Bytes sent Array Manager - Bytes sent to the Array Manager per second. (6.5)
• Num Calls Array Manager - Number of remote calls from the Array Manager
• Num Calls PolicyCache - Number of calls to the policy cache interface from the Engine and Proxy services

Engine Counters

• % time engine cache hit - Percentage of the time engine cache hit.
• Average cross-process call time - Average time (ms) spent contacting other services. 
• Average identification time - Average time (ms) to identify the file type of a request.
• Average malware scanning time - Average time (ms) to perform malware scanning request.
• Average request time - Average time (ms) to complete processing of a request.
• Average unpacking time - Average time (ms) to perform unpacking per request.
• Number of active sessions - Number of active sessions.
• Number of blocked requests - Number of requests that have been blocked since the last time the Engine was restarted.
• Number of blocked requests/sec - Number of requests blocked per second. (6.1)
• Number of engine cache hits/sec - Number of times the engine has found URL categorization results in cache.
• Number of malware found - Number of malware (viruses, spyware) found.
• Number of page requests/sec - Number of pages requested per second. (6.1)
• Number of pages blocked/sec - Number of pages blocked per second. (6.1)
• For both of the above, "pages" excludes common web image types, Javascript, CSS, and raw plain text. This counting method is intended to more closely count actual user page requests.
• Number of requests - Number of requests processed (both permitted and blocked) since the Engine has been running.  (6.1)
• Number of requests/sec - Number of requests processed per second.
• Number of times triggered/sec - Number of times the rule actions have been executed by the policy engine.

WebMarshal 3.X

• Active Connections
• Active Users
• Average Request Time
• Bytes Downloaded/Sec
• Bytes Uploaded/Sec
• Queued Tasks
• Requests Processed/Sec