The FTP Test monitors the performance and availability of files on an FTP server. It can retrieve information about files on the server, or test uploading and downloading files from the server.
Note: Linux Enterprise Nodes currently do not support FTP test type.
FTP Test Properties | |
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| Name | A name used to identify this test. |
| Description | Optional additional information about the test |
| Test Location | The full path to the file the test will download from the FTP server: - ftp(s)://hostname/path/filename.ext or, for upload test: - ftp(s)://hostname/prefix$<random>.ext |
| Request Type |
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| Authentication | By default, the test will run Anonymously (no authentication.) By clicking "Add User Name and Password" you can select credentials from the credentials library, or add new credentials. |
| Location | The Product/Folder location of this test (read only) |
| Status | Determines whether this test is current Active or Inactive |
Supported Metrics | |
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| # Purged Runs | The number of test runs manually excluded from calculation for purposes of SLA accuracy. |
| # Runs | Total number of test runs for the defined time period. |
| # Test Errors | The total number of test runs that failed. This is the sum of all of the following types of test failures:
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| # Test Failures | The total number of elements that Catchpoint was unable to connect to, receive a response from, or load on the page. |
| % Adjusted Availability | Ignoring any purged runs, the percentage of test runs where the primary URL server was reached and the test was completed (i.e. there was not a Test Error.) |
| % Availability | The percentage of test runs where the primary URL server was reached and the test was completed (i.e. there was not a Test Error.) Availability is calculated as: (# Test Runs - # Test Errors) / # Test Runs |
| % Downtime | The percentage of test runs where the primary URL server was unavailable, unreachable, or otherwise failed (i.e. there was a Test Error.) Downtime is calculated as: # Test Errors / # Test Runs |
| % Frustrated | The percentage of test runs that exceeded the Apdex “frustrated” threshold. |
| % Not Frustrated | The percentage of test runs that completed in less time than the Apdex “frustrated” threshold. This is equivalent to: % Satisfied + % Tolerating |
| % Satisfied | The percentage of test runs that completed in less time than the Apdex “Satisfied” threshold. |
| % Tolerating | The percentage of test runs that exceeded the Apdex “Satisfied” threshold but completed in less time than the “Frustrated” threshold. |
| Apdex | A scoring mechanism that translates performance metrics of diverse applications into generic “User Satisfaction” levels using predefined response time thresholds. You can use default Apdex thresholds or configure your own on a per basis. For more details about Apdex, visit http://www.apdex.org/ |
| Delete (ms) | The time it took to delete the specified file from the ftp server. |
| DNS (ms) | The time it took to resolve the domain name to an IP address. |
| Download (ms) | The time it took to download the entire file from the ftp server. |
| Download File Size | The size of the downloaded file. |
| Download Throughput | Measures how efficiently the system was able to retrieve the file from the server. This is calculated as: Download File Size / Download (ms) |
| Experience Score | A composite metric that captures the overall experience of a user on a scale of 0-100. |
| Get (ms) | The time it took to connect to the ftp server and query it for the file size. |
| Response (ms) | The total time from the initial request until receiving the last packet of response data. It is the sum of DNS + Connect + ssl + Send + Wait + Load for all elements. |
| Signal Quality | Measures the quality of the WLAN connection in terms of data transfer speed. It indicates what percent of the available network are you using to move data (upload / download). 99% is as good as it gets in terms of signal quality. |
| Signal Strength (dBm) | This number represents the power the clients device is receiving from the Access Point / Wi-Fi router. A number of -30 dBm indicates excellent while a number of -70dBm indicates very poor signal strength. |
| Test Time (ms) | One cohesive metric that applies to all test types and indicates the total duration of the test run. Test Time is equivalent to Response, Test Response (Transaction and web tests) and ping RTT (Trace Route tests), and is used when calculating Apdex. Test Time is not available for Request, Host, or Zone charting. |
| Upload (ms) | The time it took to upload the specified file to the ftp server. |