[OpenAFS] Any xstat tools?

[Mark Vitale]

Chaskiel,

> On Mar 29, 2021, at 9:11 AM, Chaskiel Grundman <cgrundman@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
>=20
> Does anyone have tools for capturing, aggregating, analyzing or displayin=
g info from xstats? Not so much operation timing, though that may also be h=
elpful.

I forgot to mention that if you are interested in RPC operation counts and =
times,
the xstat_fs_test RPC metrics (-collID 2) are adequate and work out of the =
box,
but they are only available for fileservers.  Similarly, xstat_cm_test
also reports RPC operation counts and times, but only for cache managers.
These metrics have some other limitations as well.

The lesser-known Rx RPC statistics (aka RPCSTATS, RXSTATS) have to be enabl=
ed, but they
are easy to enable (via the --enable_processs_stats option or rxstat_enable=
_process command).
I consider them superior to what's available via xstat_fs_test:=20
- they are universal (work _almost_ the same for all OpenAFS components, wi=
th some cache manager quirks)
- they are more accurate (they include some rx and dispatch overhead that x=
stat_* can't capture)
- they record RPC metrics from both the server (RPCs received) and client (=
RPCs issued) perspective
- they are remotely resettable (via rxstat_clear_process).=20
- they support both process (server) and peer (client) granularity =20

Regards,
--
Mark Vitale
mvitale@sinenomine.net