Using the HIVE Live Monitor with HIVE for Workplace
The HIVE Live Monitor provides a variety of useful statistics for network managers & others responsible for the webcast.
You can also click there on the HIVE Insights link in the upper-right corner of the page to load the related HIVE Insights report.
The video data is expressed in a set of 9 graphs. Below you'll find a description for each graph.
Graph name | Description | Example image | Result format |
Viewers | The number of unique viewers watching the video event over time, divided in Hive agent viewers and viewers not running the Hive agent. |  | Results are shown in a graph with Time on the X-axis and Viewers on the Y-axis. Hover over the graphic to see the exact number of viewers at a specific time. |
Traffic | Shows how much traffic was handled by Hive distribution and that handled by the “Source”. Hover over a point on the graph for more information: Hive: The traffic handled by Hive distribution (All sites). Source: The traffic that was not handled by Hive distribution. |  | Results are shown in a graph with Time on the X-axis and Traffic (in Mb/s) on the Y-axis, for Hive traffic and Source traffic. Hover over the graphic to see the exact percentage of Hive and Source traffic. |
Buffering Severity | The number and lengths of viewer buffering per 30 seconds snapshots. Note that viewers have an initial expected buffering when starting a video. |  | Results are shown in a graph per buffering severity with Time on the X-axis and Viewers on the Y-axis. Hover over the graphic to see the exact number of buffering severity of a specific time. |
Request per bitrate | The percentage of unique viewers watching the video on a specific bitrate. |  | The results are shown in the pie chart with a percentage. Hover over the chart to see the bitrate summary per group. Possible groups: All the different bitrates used during a video event. |
Savings | How much data traffic was handled by Hive distribution Vs. what was streamed directly from the CDN by Hive enabled viewers, IE: How much network traffic data was saved by using Hive. Hover over a graph segment for more details. There are 2 different modes available (Use the toggle switch to change between them): Known sites - This mode displays data from sites which the customer has specified information for. All sites - This displays data from all sites. Both modes use only traffic generated using Hive distribution. |  | The results are shown in the pie chart with a percentage. Hover over the chart to see the savings per group in GB. Possible groups:
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Buffering Severity Summary | Summary of all buffering, calculated per 30 seconds snapshot. |  | The results are shown in a pie chart with a percentage. Hover over the chart to see the buffering severity per group. Possible groups:
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Requests per bitrate over time | The distribution of the bitrates requests over time. |  | Results are shown in a graph per bitrate with Time on the X-axis and Viewers on the Y-axis. Hover over the graphic to see the exact number of bitrate at a specific time. |
Source requests | The type of data downloaded from the CDN (Content Delivery Network) over time. |  | Results are shown in a graph per data type with Time on the X-axis and Number of data type calls on the Y-axis. Hover over the graphic to see the exact number of requests per type at a specific time. Possible groups:
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P2P traffic type | The distribution of P2P traffic in Mb/s over time. Keeping the Hive traffic local will reduce stress on the enterprise network. From better to worse, the traffic types are: Subnet, Site, Site-Site. |  | Results are shown in a graph per data type with Time on the X-axis and Traffic (in Mb/s) on the Y-axis. Hover over the graphic to see the exact number of traffic at a specific time. Possible groups:
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