[HECnet] MONITOR DISK - Meaning of values

[Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-]

Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> writes:

>I'm running a batch job that is creating a large (82 GB) file and =
>monitoring the system with MONITOR DISK.
>
>The value I'm getting is 39 - what does this actually mean, what is the =
>unit that is being monitored?


I'm assuming you did not specify /ITEM.  From the MONITOR HELP:

    When the /ITEM qualifier is omitted, the default is /ITEM=OPERATION_RATE.
	:
	:
       OPERATION_    Specifies that I/O operation rate statistics are
       RATE          displayed for each disk.

What's you concern, if any?
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