topic Different Units for the same counter in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Different-Units-for-the-same-counter/m-p/2333#M422 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We have 2 filers and on each one of them the Units used for the same counter are different, see below.</P><P>If there a way to control (set) the units. Is there a way when asking for it to specify in what units the answer should return?</P><P></P><P><STRONG>Filer1&gt; stats explain counters volume</STRONG></P><P>Counters for object name: volume</P><P>Name: avg_latency</P><P>Description: Average latency in microseconds for all operations on the volume</P><P>Properties: average</P><P>Unit: <STRONG style="text-decoration: underline;">microsec</STRONG></P><P></P><P>Name: read_latency</P><P>Description: Average time for reads to the volume</P><P>Properties: average</P><P>Unit: <STRONG style="text-decoration: underline;">microsec</STRONG></P><P></P><P></P><P><STRONG>Filer2&gt; stats explain counters volume</STRONG></P><P>Counters for object name: volume</P><P>Name: avg_latency</P><P>Description: Average latency in milliseconds for all operations on the volume</P><P>Properties: average</P><P>Unit: <STRONG style="text-decoration: underline;">millisec</STRONG></P><P></P><P></P><P>Name: read_latency</P><P>Description: Average time for reads to the volume</P><P>Properties: average</P><P>Unit: <STRONG style="text-decoration: underline;">millisec</STRONG></P><P></P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Y.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:44:43 GMT YLEVIN_QUEST 2025-06-05T06:44:43Z Different Units for the same counter https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Different-Units-for-the-same-counter/m-p/2333#M422 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We have 2 filers and on each one of them the Units used for the same counter are different, see below.</P><P>If there a way to control (set) the units. Is there a way when asking for it to specify in what units the answer should return?</P><P></P><P><STRONG>Filer1&gt; stats explain counters volume</STRONG></P><P>Counters for object name: volume</P><P>Name: avg_latency</P><P>Description: Average latency in microseconds for all operations on the volume</P><P>Properties: average</P><P>Unit: <STRONG style="text-decoration: underline;">microsec</STRONG></P><P></P><P>Name: read_latency</P><P>Description: Average time for reads to the volume</P><P>Properties: average</P><P>Unit: <STRONG style="text-decoration: underline;">microsec</STRONG></P><P></P><P></P><P><STRONG>Filer2&gt; stats explain counters volume</STRONG></P><P>Counters for object name: volume</P><P>Name: avg_latency</P><P>Description: Average latency in milliseconds for all operations on the volume</P><P>Properties: average</P><P>Unit: <STRONG style="text-decoration: underline;">millisec</STRONG></P><P></P><P></P><P>Name: read_latency</P><P>Description: Average time for reads to the volume</P><P>Properties: average</P><P>Unit: <STRONG style="text-decoration: underline;">millisec</STRONG></P><P></P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Y.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:44:43 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Different-Units-for-the-same-counter/m-p/2333#M422 YLEVIN_QUEST 2025-06-05T06:44:43Z Different Units for the same counter https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Different-Units-for-the-same-counter/m-p/2338#M423 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Unfortunately the unit depends on the ontap version the filer is running and is not adjustable. Starting in ontap 7.3 they changed the unit from millisec to microsec..</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:23:38 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Different-Units-for-the-same-counter/m-p/2338#M423 pascalduk 2011-09-29T06:23:38Z Different Units for the same counter https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Different-Units-for-the-same-counter/m-p/2344#M424 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you very much.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:12:43 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Different-Units-for-the-same-counter/m-p/2344#M424 YLEVIN_QUEST 2011-09-29T16:12:43Z