Performance metrics

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Last Updated: 2024-11-23

Apdex

Apdex measures ratio of satifactory to tolerable to frustrating requests out of total requests.

Frustrating if takes a long time (e.g. -- numbers may vary - over 4.8s) Tolerable if 1.2 - 4.8s Satisfactory if under 1.2 s

Advantage is a single number.

Captures fact that a few people having v slow requests is v bad

Throughput

Requets per second

Latency

How long to server a request in ms.

Usually we merge 50%, 95% and 99% th percentile.