Monitor Distributed Cache

NCache provides you GUI-based tools as well as PowerShell cmdlets to monitor your distributed caches. This section will give you an overview of how to use these tools to monitor your data in a distributed cache cluster.

Using NCache Web Monitor

  • Launch NCache Web Manager by browsing to http://localhost:8251 or <server-ip>:8251on Windows and Linux.

  • From the left navigation bar, click on the Clustered Caches or Local Caches based on your requirement.

Monitor using NCache Web Manager

  • Click on the ... button on the right corner against the cache name and click on Monitor Cluster. Make sure that the cache is already running.
Note

You can also access the monitoring dashboard page by pressing the Monitor button against the selected cache cluster.

Monitor Cluster Web

  • A new tab will open the NCache Monitor. By default, NCache Monitor displays selected counters in Server Dashboard and Report-View Dashboard form. Granted that the Test-Stress tool is running, you will be able to monitor statistics for each server:

NCache Monitor Cluster

Using NCache Statistics

  • Launch NCache Web Manager by browsing http://localhost:8251 or <server-ip>:8251 on Windows and Linux.

  • From the left navigation bar, click on Clustered Caches.

NCache Web Manager Clustered Caches

  • Select the cache cluster against which you want to monitor caches and click on the ... button.

  • From the dropdown menu, click on the Show Statistics option.

  • This will open up a statistics window showing cache statistics.

Show NCache Statistics

  • From the top-most option bar, you can add counters, control the layout of the stats, and much more.

See Also

Create Cache
Simulate Cache Usage
NCache Programmer's Guide
Use NCache for Data Caching