monSysLoad

Description

Provides trended statistics on a per-engine basis.

Columns

Name

Datatype

Description

InstanceID

tinyint1

ID of the instance within the cluster.

EngineNumber

smallint2

Engine to which this row belongs.

SteadyState

real4

Average value for this statistic since start-up.

Avg_1min

real4

One-minute moving average for this statistic.

Avg_5min

real4

Five-minute moving average for this statistic.

Avg_15min

real4

Fifteen-minute moving average for this statistic.

Max_1min

real4

Maximum one-minute average since start-up.

Max_5min

real4

Maximum five-minute average since start-up.

Max_15min

real4

Maximum fifteen-minute average since start-up.

Max_1min_Time

datetime(8)

datetime at which Max_1min occurred.

Max_5min_Time

datetime(8)

datetime at which Max_5min occurred.

Max_15min_Time

datetime(8)

datetime at which Max_15min occurred.

Statistic

varchar(30)

Name of the statistic this row represents.

Sample

real4

Value of the metric at the last sample interval (that is, the “current” value of the metric).

Peak

real4

The highest Sample value since the instance started (that is, the peak Sample value).

Peak_time

datetime(8)

The date and time the Peak value was achieved

StatisticID

smallint2

A fixed identifier for this statistic. You may wish to write applications to the fixed StatisticID instead of the localized Statistic name.

There is one row per engine per statistic, with the exception of kernel run queue length, which is reported only for engine number 0.

Averages are computed using the “exponential moving average” technique, not geometric averaging. This makes averages values more resistant to momentary peaks and valleys.

You need not enable any monitoring configuration parameters to use monSysLoad. These statics are always available and do not conflict with other monitoring tools, such as sp_sysmon.

Required parameters

None