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kjkoster
24-11-2008, 10:55
Dear All,

I have just released a new version of ... well, everything. The XSS vulnerability in vbulletin is patched and FreeBSD, Java and MySQL have been upgraded to their latest and gratest.

In Java-monitor, you will see a new look of the graphs, which I hope is a little more clear to read.

The graphs are now always two days wide, even if we collected only a few minutes of data. I'm not sure that you are all going to like that, so I'd like to get your feedback on that.

There is an updated probe and a new thread state graph. This new graph should give you a little more insight in what your threads are doing. Now you can not only see how many threads there are, but also in what state they are. You can now see if your threads that are blocked, or sleeping or runnable.

Here is what a thread state graph might look like:
http://java-monitor.com/postedimages/5955ded5-9555-4d3e-93d3-af17f3f2962a.png
Kees Jan

PS. Note that if you want to take advantage of the new thread state graph, you have to download and install your probe again.

PPS. Yes, I am working to make the probe more stable, so that you don't have to download a new probe every two weeks. You can still use the current one, it will work. It just won't send the thread state information.

robbio
24-11-2008, 17:02
Would it be possible to add a button to zoom in on the graph? Having two days as a fixed width is good, so I get the same picture every time, but being able to zoom can help to look at details.

Also add some text at each graph, maybe an info button, so you explain what you see in the graph and what to watch out for. When discussing the state graph with you it sounds really helpful, but for most developers it mightl not be so obvious what to read from that.

Greetings, Rob.

kjkoster
24-11-2008, 20:38
Dear robbio,

Thanks for the suggestions. I put them up on the feature wish list, so you can keep track of them.

http://java-monitor.com/forum/project.php?issueid=12
http://java-monitor.com/forum/project.php?issueid=13

Feel free to add more. :-)

Kees Jan