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avg_latency Measure

julioweber
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Do anyone knows what this numbers means?

 

<instances>

                <instance-data>

                        <name>vol0</name>

                        <counters>

                                <counter-data>

                                        <name>parent_aggr</name>

                                        <value>aggr0_Server1</value>

                                </counter-data>

                                <counter-data>

                                        <name>avg_latency</name>

                                        <value>44592640</value>

                                </counter-data>

                                <counter-data>

                                        <name>total_ops</name>

                                        <value>2561552</value>

                                </counter-data>

 

How can I read the avg_latency counter? Which measure and unit is used in it?

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ryanc
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For a general overview of how the performance counter system works, read through the description found in the SDK here:

<sdk dir>/doc/ontapi/ontapi_1.11/perf/index.html

Of specific interest is the explanation of how to interpret the various counter types:

  • raw: single counter value is used
  • delta: change in counter value between two samples is used
  • rate: delta divided by the time in seconds between samples is used
  • average: delta divided by the delta of a base counter is used
  • percent: 100*average is used

To understand more about a specific counter you can get details from the perf-object-counter-list-info API call:

      <counter-info>
        <name>avg_latency</name>
        <desc>Average latency in microseconds for all operations on the volume</desc>
        <privilege-level>basic</privilege-level>
        <properties>average</properties>
        <unit>microsec</unit>
        <base-counter>total_ops</base-counter>
      </counter-info>

Armed with this info, you should be able to interpret and present the latency values you are interested in. Make two calls to perf-object-get-instances, with a delay between them. Include both avg_latency and total_ops ( the base counter ).

From above we know 'average: delta divided by the delta of a base counter is used'. So perform the following calculation:

(avg_latency2-avg_latency1) / (total_ops2-total_ops1)   => average latency in microseconds

To sanity test your application, compare your output with the output from ONTAP via the CLI:

Actual numbers: (598624907-596952932) / (149998706-149866390) => 12.636

filer1> stats show volume:vol0:avg_latency

volume:vol0:avg_latency:12.57us

Additionally, I'm not sure what language you are working with, but within the samples directory of the SDK there are a couple of perf related applications.

-ryan

Michael_Nye
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Hi Ryan,

Your post has helped me immensely. A thousand thankyous.

-Mike

rle
NetApp Alumni
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You might want to check out this post for some Perl examples using the perf APIs.

Regards,

   - Rick -

Michael_Nye
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Once again - very helpful. Thankyou.

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