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dim_STAT User's Guide. by Dimitri
Add-On Statistics

One of the most powerful features of dim_STAT is ability to integrate your OWN statistic programs into the tool. Once added, they will be considered by tool as all other from standard set of STAT(s) and give you the same kind of service: Online Monitoring, Up-Loading, Analyzing, Reporting, etc.

However, choice of external stat programs is too wide and it's quite impossible to design a wrapper adapting to any format. So, I've decided to limit input recognizer to just 2 formats (but covering maybe 95% needs) and leave you to write your own wrapped if necessary to bring the output to one of supported formats.

Formats supported by dim_STAT:

     - SINGLE-Line: with one output line per measurement (ex: vmstat)

     - MULTI-Line: with several output lines per measurement (ex: iostat)

To be correctly interpreted, your stat program should produce a stable output (same format for data lines, at least one line in MILTI case, keep time-out interval correctly, etc.). Lines different of data have to be declared as ignored by dim_STAT.

NOTE: lines shorter than 4 characters considered as spam! and ignored!

Let's take some examples to get it more clear...



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