fping_host_latency
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fping is a command line tool to send ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) echo requests to network hosts, similar to ping, but performing much better when pinging multiple hosts. The Netdata Agent utilizes fping to monitor latency, packet loss, uptime and reachability of any number of network endpoints.
For the fping_host_latency alert, the Netdata Agent monitors the average latency to the network host over the last 10 seconds. Receiving this alert indicates high latency to the network host. It is likely you are experiencing networking issues or the host is overloaded.
Troubleshooting section
Customize the ICMP requests for each endpoint
Different endpoints could be in different networks. For example, a server in your intra network would require less time to be accessed than your cloud infrastructures in terms of latency. You should always consider not to use a global approach for checking every endpoint of yours. You can find more information about how to configure every endpoint separately in the fping.plugin alarm guide.
Prioritize traffic on your endpoints
Quality of service (QoS) is the use of mechanisms or technologies to control traffic and ensure the performance of critical applications. QoS works best when low-priority traffic exists that can be dropped when congestion occurs. The higher-priority traffic must fit within the bandwidth limitations of the link or path. The following are two open source solutions to apply QoS policies to your network interfaces.
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FireQOS:FireQOS is a traffic shaping helper. It has a very simple shell scripting language to express
traffic shaping. -
tcconfig:Tcconfig is a command wrapper that makes it easy to set up traffic control of network bandwidth,
latency, packet-loss, packet-corruption, etc.