Re: disk.dev.avactive and disk.dev.aveq on RH Advanced Server

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On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Davis, Todd C wrote:

> 
> With no disk activity on the system I see disk.dev.avactive and
> disk.dev.aveq on the root drive. The last sample had some disk io but the
> disk.dev.avactive number did not change and disk.dev.aveq number did not
> change significantly. Are these metrics supposed to me accurate? They look
> bogus to me. 

The counters are correct.  The semantics of these metrics are brain-dead
from birth ... a genetic weakness passed down through the generations
from sadc in Unix edition 7 or thereabouts.

When we get the tutorial out there, you'll see a long diatribe from me
on how to measure disk performance, and aveq and avactive are highlighted
as not helpful.