Monitoring Server Activity408 Netscape Directory Server Administrator’s Guide • August 2002Global Database Cache InformationThe Global Database Cache Information table in the Directory Server Consolecontains the following information:Started Indicates the number of operations initiated by this connection.Completed Indicates the number of operations completed by the server for thisconnection.Bound as Indicates the distinguished name used by the client to bind to the server. Ifthe client has not authenticated to the server, the server displays notbound in this field.Read/Write Indicates whether the server is currently blocked for read or write access tothe client. Possible values include:• Not blocked. Indicates that the server is idle, actively sending data to theclient, or actively reading data from the client.• Blocked. Indicates that the server is trying to send data to the client orread data from the client, but cannot. The probable cause is a slownetwork or client.Table 12-4 Server Performance Monitoring - Global Database CacheTable Header DescriptionHits Indicates the number of times the server could process a request byobtaining data from the cache rather than by going to the disk.Tries The total number of requests performed on your directory since serverstartup.Hit Ratio The ratio of cache tries to successful cache hits. The closer this number is to100% the better.Pages read in Indicates the number of pages read from disk into the cache.Pages written out Indicates the number of pages written from the cache back to disk.Read-only page evicts Indicates the number of read-only pages discarded from the cache to makeroom for new pages. Pages discarded from the cache have to be written todisk, possibly affecting server performance. The lower the number of pageevicts the better.Table 12-3 Server Performance Monitoring - Connection Status (Continued)Table Header Description
