Search Appliance
The Dashboard gives an overall view of the Search Appliance's status, and will update every 10 seconds.
Total Document Usage - Shows the total number of docs used across
all profiles.Searches / minute - Shows how many searches have occurred in the
last minute.RAM Used - Shows how much of the machine's RAM is currently in use,
not including caches.Disk Used - Shows how much of the data partition is in use, where
profiles are stored. This is separate from the log partition.Maintenance - Shows the maintenance status of this the Search Appliance.
Lapsed maintenance can be renewed by contacting Thunderstone.Running tasks - Shows any currently running background tasks,
including walks.
Graphs (updated every 10 minutes):
Search Rate - Graphs the recent average Search Rate.Fetch Rate - Graphs the recent average Fetch Rate, which includes
crawls as well as meta search and system related fetches.Running Profiles - Graphs the number of profiles running crawls.
Many profiles running at the same time may slow the system.Load Average - Graphs the recent Load Average, which is represents
overall how "busy" the Search Appliance is. Higher numbers can lead to slower
response times to searches.RAM Usage - Graphs the recent ram usage, not including caches.Network Activity - Graphs the recent bytes sent and
received per minute by the Search Appliance.Disk Activity - Graphs the recent bytes read and written per second
by the Search Appliance.Disk Usage - Graphs the recent percent disk usage
by the Search Appliance, which can be used to spot when disks are nearing capacity.Document Usage - Graphs the recent document usage
by the Search Appliance across all profiles. This can be used to spot when
the Search Appliance is nearing capacity.Document Growth - Graphs the recent increases in document usage.
It will not show decreases in document usage. This can provide a more precise
view into document usage growth particularly when document usage is already high.