Why doesn Sysformance simply use a «Ping» measurement?
«Ping» packets (ICMP ECHO) are subject to special treatment by the switching centers (routers) of the Internet and the target (e.g. your web site), in the event that the packet is not blocked by your security system. A further factor is that the normal «ping» packets are extremely small. Overall, for a range of reply times, measurements with a «Ping» provide no results which are in any way comparable with the performance of your web site as experienced by a normal visitor. On the other hand the assessment made by Sysformance reflects the actual total performance (network, server) of your web site as experienced by an Internet user.
