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Measures reported by VmgBlastTest
The BLAST Session protocol allows files on a remote computer to be manipulated - i.e., to be deleted, renamed, or printed on the remote. Owing to the improved remote file management capabilities that Blast offers, VMware now supports the Blast protocol too for user communication with virtual desktops. Because of this, there is a need to know which users have connected to virtual desktops via Blast and how the experience of each user is. This is why, the VmgBlastTest test auto-discovers the users who are connected to virtual desktops via the Blast protocol, and measures the bandwidth usage, frames processing ability, throughput, and time taken to establish each user's session. In the process, bandwidth-hungry, latent sessions can be accurately isolated.
The measures made by this test are as follows:
| Measurement |
Description |
Measurement Unit |
Interpretation |
| Bandhwidth |
Indicates the bandwidth usage of all sessions of this user. |
Kbps |
Compare the value of this measure across users to know which user is consuming the maximum bandwidth. |
| Frames |
Indicates the rate at which frames are processed during this user's sessions. |
Frames/Sec |
FPS is how fast your graphics card can output individual frames each second. It is the most time-tested and ideal measure of performance of a GPU. Higher the value of this measure, healthier is the GPU. |
| Round_trip |
Indicates the round trip latency between the virtual desktop and this user terminal. |
Seconds |
Comparing the value of this measure across users will enable administrators to quickly and accurately identify users who are experiencing higher latency when connecting to a virtual desktop. via Blast. |
| Throughput |
Indicates the network throughput of this user's sessions. |
Kbps |
A poor network throughput could cause latencies in network communication. |
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