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dim_STAT User's Guide. by Dimitri
Preferences
Preferences page contains a set of key options used by different part of application. Most critical of them are grouped here, all other options (if supported) are "auto-keeping" last given value (if you already used dim_STAT before you'll see there is no more any graph settings here - all graph values are auto-saved every time when you use graph view)...

Note: your browser must accept Netscape cookies to make this features work!

Also, there is no global setting button here, and I did not want to create too much links. So, each option has its own validation button - don't forget to click on it to apply your modifications.

Database - Without any special setting, all collected data stored in the "Default" database (real name is "dim"). However, to avoid possible contention and simplify further administration, it's highly recommended to use different databases for different projects/users/centers/etc. So, within Database section you may choose the name of the database you want to use or create+choose a new one. As reminder, current (working) database name is always present in browser title and toolbar in every dim_STAT window as [db-name]. Free and Used disk space showed for the currently used database. (Note: MySQL has a quite small storage footprint, so disk space usage will be almost reasonable, but it's a good habit to check time to time if no one of your datafiles out-pass 2GB in size, as shipped database server is a 32bit program).

Host Name List - Here you may give a pre-defined hostname list of your servers you are usually monitor, in this case instead of repetitive (and possible wrong) typing of the same names you'll be able simple to choose right name from fall-down list in your browser.

Bookmark Term - if you never used dim_STAT before just leave it as it for the moment. For others - this option was specially created to satisfy everyone who prefer a different name for "Bookmark" functionality :)) (introduced in dim_STAT since version 4.0, after long discussions we still did not get any agreement on name :)) So, you're free now to name it as you like! :))

LOG Messages option - give you a way to:
     - enable/disable auto-generated time slice messages for easier time interval selection
     - message list size setting (in lines)
     - max message visible length (in characters)

Page Colors - you're free to play with page colors if you're not happy with default setting or simply prefer to change something time to time :))

Check Java support - simple way to check if dim_STAT applet is working for your browser...



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