A company that provides access to the Internet. In addition to serving individuals, ISPs also serve large companies, providing a direct connection from the company's networks to the Internet. The time delay of data traffic through a network or switch. Load balancing Distributing processing and communications activity evenly across a computer network so that no single device is overwhelmed. Busy web sites typically employ two or more web servers in a load balancing scheme.
Load balancing can also refer to the communications channels themselves.
Metric A measurement of a specific aspect of a web component, such as how much disk space a server has used. Most metrics provided with Holistix are grouped into profiles , although the Network dedicated monitor also uses metrics to gather information. See Data source and Profile . MIB Management Information Base. Monitor A monitor checks the behavior of a specific web component using a defined set of performance standards.