Administrator’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Getting started
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker Server
- Chapter 3 Configuring FileMaker Server
- Using the configuration assistants (Windows)
- Configuring client connections
- Setting database properties
- Opening runtime solutions automatically
- Specifying additional database and default backup folders
- Setting administrative properties
- Recording usage statistics and setting log file size limits
- Configuring directory services
- Setting FileMaker Server security
- Restoring FileMaker Server default settings
- How FileMaker Server behaves during system sleep or abnormal shutdown
- Chapter 4 Administering FileMaker Server
- Default folders for files
- Starting FileMaker Server (Windows)
- Stopping FileMaker Server (Windows)
- Starting FileMaker Server (Mac OS)
- Stopping FileMaker Server (Mac OS)
- Overview of starting and stopping FileMaker Server using FileMaker Server Admin
- Connecting to FileMaker Server using FileMaker Server Admin
- Administering hosted databases
- Enabling database plug-ins
- Viewing usage statistics for FileMaker Server
- Monitoring server performance (Windows)
- Using reported events to track activities
- Using FileMaker Server in Mac OS
- Using the command line to automate tasks
- Chapter 5 Scheduling administrative tasks
- Scheduling database backups
- Running script files
- Sending messages to clients of hosted databases
- Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules view (Windows)
- Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules view (Mac OS)
- Running scheduled tasks manually
- Editing scheduled tasks
- Duplicating scheduled tasks
- Deleting scheduled tasks
- Enabling and disabling scheduled tasks
- Index
38 FileMaker Server Administrator’s Guide
When enabled, FileMaker Server updates the Statistics list every 15
seconds or less but no more than once a second. Although this
reduces the overhead required to calculate the statistics, it means the
statistics are approximations of how FileMaker
Server is using
resources.
For information about where usage statistics are stored, see
“Recording usage statistics and setting log file size limits” on
page 25.
Monitoring server performance (Windows)
To monitor usage statistics on the FileMaker Server computer,
expand the Windows Administrative Tools node in the Console Root
and select
System Monitor.
Using the Windows System Monitor, you can chart real-time
statistics for various aspects of FileMaker
Server performance and
display the statistics in graph, histogram, or report format. Click the
+ toolbar button to configure the statistics you want to chart.
You can customize the display by selecting the FileMaker Server
computer, choosing FileMaker Server as the Performance Object,
and selecting the Counters. The counters are the statistics described
in
“Viewing usage statistics for FileMaker Server” on page 37.
Note Network KB/sec, Disk KB/sec, Cache Hit %, and Cache Unsaved %
give you the most information about how your system is performing.
Cache Unsaved % Percentage of cache that is currently unsaved. This should be a
relatively low number, such as 0 or 5, so you won’t lose data if
you experience a system crash. If the number is consistently
high, consider decreasing the cache flush interval.
Cache Hit % Percentage of times that FileMaker Server retrieved data from
the cache (RAM) rather than from the hard disk. Reading data
from RAM is much more efficient than reading it from the hard
disk, so this value should be a high number, like 90 or 95. If it
isn’t, you might need to allocate more memory to the
FileMaker Server database cache.
Statistic Description
Choose FileMaker Server
Name of the server you are
monitoring
Click to add a selected counter
to your chart
Select FileMaker Server usage
statistics counters to
add to your chart
FileMaker Server
usage statistics
counters
Statistics are
charted in
real-time here