Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!prlb2!kulcs!kulesat!esat!elsen
From: elsen@kulesat.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: transaction count on disk devices
Message-ID: <101@ravel@kulesat.uucp>
Date: 7 May 88 10:59:47 GMT
References: <437@kulesat.UUCP>
Organization: Katholic Univ. of Leuven,ESAT - dep. Elect. Engineering, Belgium
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In article <437@kulesat.UUCP>, elsen@kulesat.uucp (marc elsen) writes:
> 
>  Does anyone know in what units the parameter 'transaction count'
>  of a disk device is measured (ref. output of $ SHOW DEVICE D)?

 Thanks to all of those who responded to my question.It seems indeed that
the transaction count of a disk device equals the number of open files on
that disk (minus the index and the quotafile).
This can easily be verified using '$ show device disk_device/files'.



  Marc Elsen (System Manager/Software Engineer)
  Kathol. Univ. of Louvain
  Dep. E.S.A.T.
  Kard. Mercierlaan 94
  3030 HEVERLEE
  Belgium
              tel. 32(0)16220931(ext. 1080)

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