Dashboard

Thunderstone Search Appliance Manual

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.