server performance metrics report and practicality

Posted by Anjesh on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Anjesh
Published on 2010-06-18T11:00:19Z Indexed on 2010/06/18 11:03 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 239

Filed under:

webserver

|

reporting

|

metrics

I have a need of preparing web server (apache-php) performance report containing important metrics like CPU usage, disk io, memory usage on user basis. Couple of domains are hosted in the same server and they run from separate users using fcgi. The reason being sometimes some hosted applications take lots of cpu usage, making the server slow for other applications (running as separate users).

i am planning to develop scripts for this, as i can't seem to find any simple utilities for this purpose. This script will take snapshots of the user wise metrics at defined periods say 15 minutes and record it. Any abnormalities will be reported via emails. How practical is that? also would be interesting to know what else need to be recorded.

© Server Fault or respective owner

Related posts about webserver

Headers to set for AJAX calls in a custom webserver

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I'm writing a custom web server. When I enter the URL of my server in the browser, I get the sample text I write out to the socket in my browser correctly. This is the HTTP response that I write: HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n Server: My Server\r\n Date: Blah\r\n \r\n This is some sample text. This appears… >>> More
Erlang: 2 database on 2 webserver ??

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I have created a blogging system with php+postgresql. Now I want to add a web chat ( in REAL TIME for Million of users simultaneously ) where every message is saved in database. I am thinking to use Erlang+Mnesia on a different webserver for this issue. Message's table will be like this: message_id… >>> More
Why is this mod_rewrite RewriteRule directive not working in the .htaccess file?

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I've got a site that was hosted on a linux el cheapo hosting service that I'm migrating to my Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Server server running Apache 2.2.8 & PHP 5.2.5 w/rewrite_module enabled and AllowOverride All, but I'm running into an issue with the following lines in the .htaccess file: RewriteEngine… >>> More
Why is this mod_rewrite RewriteRule directive not working in the .htaccess file?

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I've got a site that was hosted on a linux el cheapo hosting service that I'm migrating to my Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Server server running Apache 2.2.8 & PHP 5.2.5 w/rewrite_module enabled and AllowOverride All, but I'm running into an issue with the following lines in the .htaccess file: RewriteEngine… >>> More
How ISP or dns server find the nameserevr [on hold]

as seen on Pro Webmasters - Search for 'Pro Webmasters'
I saw some articles about how DNS propagation happens.I know that ISP or DNS server(such as google public dns) cache the ip address of website which it uses to convert domain name to ip address. But my doubt is from where these ISP or dns serevr know which nameserver to go for particular domain name… >>> More

Related posts about reporting

SQL Azure Reporting Limited CTP Arrived

as seen on Geeks with Blogs - Search for 'Geeks with Blogs'
It’s about 3 months later when I registered the SQL Azure Reporting CTP on the Microsoft Connect after TechED 2010 China. Today when I checked my mailbox I found that the SQL Azure team had just accepted my request and sent the activation code over to me. So let’s have a look on the new SQL Azure… >>> More
Telerik Reporting introduces WPF Report Viewer, the first reporting tool supporting all .NET desktop

as seen on Dot net Slackers - Search for 'Dot net Slackers'
With the release of Telerik Reporting Q1 2010 Service Pack 1 we are proud to announce a very important addition to Telerik Reporting. Finally, our suite of report viewers is now complete, making Telerik Reporting the first reporting tool to support all .NET desktop and web platforms: ASP.NET,… >>> More
JD Edwards World Reporting Made Easy with Real Time Reporting Tools from The GL Company

as seen on Oracle Blogs - Search for 'Oracle Blogs'
Fred talks to Paul Yarwood, US Operations General Manager and Richard Crotty, North America Business Development Manager for The GL Company, an Oracle Certified Partner, and Denise Grills, Senior Director of Marketing and Product Strategy for Oracle's JD Edwards World products. They discuss how the… >>> More
Complex reporting on subversion (possibly Export Subversion log into database for reporting)

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
What is the best way to do complex reporting on subversion logs like the following for each file? file, directory, last revision date, previous revision date(where revision date is at least 30 older than last), days diff(between revision dates) Since Subversion allows on revision to change multiple… >>> More
An Introduction to XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language)

as seen on Internet.com - Search for 'Internet.com'
XBRL (short for eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is an XML-based standard for handling corporate financial information. This article explains what XBRL is, provides an introduction to some of it's uses, and provides links to a number of XBRL related resources for you to continue learning about… >>> More