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Customize Web Interface

PerformanceGuard administrators are able to customize the PerformanceGuard web interface: Select ADMINISTRATION > Setup > Parameters, and then select the Display tab.

Customization options include (but are not limited to):

The page that shows up when you open the PerformanceGuard web interface is determined by the parameter Start URL.

In Computer Search results, the activity levels of computers are represented by these indicators:

 (active)
 (recently active)
 (inactive)

With the parameters Client inactivity minutes yellow and Client inactivity minutes red you can change the number of minutes for which computers must have been inactive before indicators change from green to yellow and from yellow to red.

In I Want to Know if There’s Network Latency output, latency between network nodes is represented by these colors:

 (low latency)
 (medium latency)
 (high latency)

With the parameters Trace Route Limit Yellow and Trace Route Limit Red you can specify how many milliseconds of latency should make the lines between network nodes change color from green to yellow and from yellow to red.

With the parameter Image Format you can determine whether graphs should be shown as JPEG or PNG images.

Image FormatAdvantagesDisadvantages
JPEG1. Quick generation (typically 1-2 seconds faster than PNG)1. Large file size (typically three times larger than PNG)
2. Image quality not as good as PNG
PNG1. Small file size (typically three times smaller than JPEG)
2. High image quality
1. Slower generation (typically 1-2 seconds longer than JPEG)