help

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# samba PMDA help file in the ASCII format
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# lines beginning with a # are ignored
# lines beginning @ introduce a new entry of the form
#  @ metric_name oneline-text
#  help test goes
#  here over multiple lines
#  ...
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# the metric_name is decoded against the default PMNS -- as a special case,
# a name of the form NNN.MM (for numeric NNN and MM) is interpreted as an
# instance domain identification, and the text describes the instance domain
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# blank lines before the @ line are ignored
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@ SAMBA.0 Count and Time Instance Domain
Contains count and time information for system calls and smb transactions.
Counts shows the number of times each transaction was called. Times 
indicates the time spent in each transaction.

@ SAMBA.1 Byte Instance Domain
This domain contains instances for the number of bytes transferred
using the read and write system call.

@ samba.counts Count of calls to this function

@ samba.times Time required to complete call

@ samba.bytes Number of bytes processed by this call

@ samba.smbd.smb_count Count of SMB packets processed

@ samba.smbd.uid_changes Count of times effective uid changed

@ samba.statcache.lookups Number of lookups in stat cache

@ samba.statcache.misses Number of times stat cache lookup missed

@ samba.statcache.hits Number of times stat cache lookup hit

@ samba.writecache.num_caches Number of write caches available

@ samba.writecache.allocated_caches Number of write caches allocated

@ samba.writecache.read_hits Number of times read request found in write cache

@ samba.writecache.total_writes Number of writes to write cache 

@ samba.writecache.init_writes Number of initial writes to write cache

@ samba.writecache.abutted_writes 

@ samba.writecache.perfect_writes

@ samba.writecache.direct_writes

@ samba.writecache.non_oplock_writes

@ samba.writecache.seek_flush

@ samba.writecache.read_flush

@ samba.writecache.write_flush

@ samba.writecache.readraw_flush

@ samba.writecache.oplock_rel_flush

@ samba.writecache.close_flush

@ samba.writecache.sync_flush

@ samba.writecache.size_change_flush

@ samba.bytes cumulative number of bytes read or written