UNIX Resources Default Measurements

The following default measurements are available for UNIX machines:

Measurement

Description

Average load

Average number of processes simultaneously in `Ready' state during the last minute.

Collision rate

Collisions per second detected on the Ethernet.

Context switches rate

Number of switches between processes or threads, per second.

CPU utilization

Percent of time that the CPU is utilized.

Disk rate

Rate of disk transfers.

Incoming packets error rate

Errors per second while receiving Ethernet packets.

Incoming packets rate

Incoming Ethernet packets per second.

Interrupt rate

Number of device interrupts per second.

Outgoing packets errors rate

Errors per second while sending Ethernet packets.

Outgoing packets rate

Outgoing Ethernet packets per second.

Page-in rate

Number of pages read to physical memory, per second.

Page-out rate

Number of pages written to pagefile(s) and removed from physical memory, per second.

Paging rate

Number of pages read to physical memory or written to
pagefile(s), per second.

Swap-in rate

The rate by which disk content is swapped into the machine's memory in kBps.

Swap-out rate

The rate by which the machine's memory is being swapped out to disk in kBps.

System mode CPU utilization

Percent of time that the CPU is utilized in system mode.

User mode CPU utilization

Percent of time that the CPU is utilized in user mode.

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