User Guide and Manual for Project Canary

systems administrator is advised to check the Runaways graph under the Dashboard tab to locate, evaluate,
and terminate these processes.
A horizontal spread in the animated graph shows that additional users are logging into the server. If the graph
shows an extreme tilt toward the horizontal, it simply shows that users are selecting that particular server to log
into in order to do their work. In a Sun Ray environment, servers should be balanced so that no single server
receives the bulk of users. If this is the case, then the Sun Ray server software needs to be adjusted to balance
users more equitably among the pool of servers available. Switching users from one server to another manually
may be worth considering if one server is receiving the bulk of logins.
The CPU Load (animated) report is a predictive report. Systems Administrators can use this report to predict
at which point, given an average workload, a server will “max out,” or reach 100% utilization. This is useful for
proactive analysis and capacity planning. This report can help Systems Administrators and IT managers
determine approximately when additional servers will be required in order to spread load evenly among a pool
of servers or to set thresholds at which additional user logins become inadvisable.
4.6: Probe Age Report
The Probe Age report, shown below, is useful mostly for detecting dead Canaries on client systems being
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