ISPPlanet Cache Review Series - Compaq TaskSmart

NICS Monitoring
Like other NICS products, the TaskSmart supports visual inspection of on-going cache stats and stored client / server / filter log files.

The Monitoring page summarizes product specs (version, RAM, disk, start time), instantaneous performance (CPU and disk utilization, cache hit rate, bytes and requests per second), and cumulative counters (number of connections and objects cached since reboot). The Services (below, left) and Cluster (below, right) panels provide additional detail about the TaskSmart's operational status.
Services panel	Cluster panel

 

Cache and ICP panels display counters that can help determine whether your cache and WCCP, ICP, CERN, or SOCKS relays are working as intended. Our favorite NICS Monitor, the Performance panel (below, left), plots requests vs. fills per minute, hourly or daily. Need further detail? Drill down with Client Acceleration, Server Acceleration, and Filtering logs. Maximum number, size, and lifetime can be specified for each file category. Use the Logging panel (below, right) to view, download, or delete stored files. Log file formats are compatible with Harvest, Squid, and CERN Proxy standards, but may exclude useful information. For example, physical server IPs are not present in Server Acceleration logs, and client IPs are not present in Filter logs.
Performance panel	Logging panel