nworks Metric Types May 16, 2007

(See also Dictionary)

nworks Metric Types
Type Description
text A text string corresponding to Microsoft's PERF_COUNTER_TEXT. An example would be VMHostStats.hostName.
number A static numeric value. An example might be the number of VMHostStats.major or VMHostStats.numCPUCores.
gauge A numeric item that shows the value at time of observation. An example would be VMHostStats.memoryAvail.
counter An ever increasing numeric value. An example would be VMHostNetStats.packetsTxRaw.
percent A simple percentage number. An example might be VMHostVDFStats.diskPercUsed.
time Time: A date/time value represented in Ticks, (10,000 Ticks/millisecond). This numeric value can be easily used to generate a DateTime object. A sample value would be: "632959860000000000".
timeFormatted Time: A date/time value formatted into a string in local date/time format. A sample value would be: "10/16/2006 10:20:00 AM".
timeElapsed Duration in seconds between 2 events (like PERF_ELAPSED_TIME). An example would be VMHostStats.cpuTotalIdle.
timeDelta Time in seconds over the last interval An example would be VMHostCPUStats.idleTot.
delta A counter value from the last interval (like PERF_COUNTER_DELTA). An example would be VMHostNetStats.packetsTx.
deltaKB A counter of kilo-bytes over the last interval like PERF_COUNTER_DELTA). An example would be VMHostNetStats.kbTx.
boolean A metric with either a "True" or "False" value.

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