Comments on: average file size http://rajeev.name/2006/09/18/average-file-size/ technologist defying the peter principle Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:19:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rajeev karamchedu http://rajeev.name/2006/09/18/average-file-size/comment-page-1/#comment-109 rajeev karamchedu Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:51:02 +0000 http://rajeev.name/2006/09/18/average-file-size/#comment-109 Thx for the note. We/I know about the filestats command. I even use it in a few occasions. However, that requires access to the console and not very helpful to users. At our location, non-admins do not have any console access. My <a href="http://rajeev.name/2006/09/18/netapp-filestat/">next post</a> attempts to provide a shell routine (about to become a php routine) I also experienced high load on the filers when running filestats. Netapp does have an exhaustive SNMP mib. I provide several php routines that are used to get the filer info as part of our workflow. AJAX and Netapp MIB is a killer combination! Thx for the note. We/I know about the filestats command. I even use it in a few occasions. However, that requires access to the console and not very helpful to users. At our location, non-admins do not have any console access. My next post attempts to provide a shell routine (about to become a php routine)

I also experienced high load on the filers when running filestats.

Netapp does have an exhaustive SNMP mib. I provide several php routines that are used to get the filer info as part of our workflow.

AJAX and Netapp MIB is a killer combination!

]]> By: Blake Golliher http://rajeev.name/2006/09/18/average-file-size/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Blake Golliher Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:09:45 +0000 http://rajeev.name/2006/09/18/average-file-size/#comment-108 You can use filestats on the filer to get filesize information from a filer. It's on a volume basis, so if you have a lot of volumes, I see a for loop in your future. The syntax looks like this. filestats sizes * snapshot hourly.0 volume vol03 That will give you counters for every unique filesize in volume vol03, in snapshot hourly.0. Filestats only runs against a snapshot. If you wanted more in buckets, you could do this. filestats ages 1k 2k 3k 4k 5k 6k 7k 8k 9k 10k snapshot hourly.0 volume vol03 I warn you if you run this you will loose your console until the command is done running. This can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours (not suprisingly) based off the number of files you have. I therefor recommend running doing this via rsh. :) You could graph this fairly easily I think, might be nice to have a running average or plot things over the lifespan of a filer. You can use filestats on the filer to get filesize information from a filer. It’s on a volume basis, so if you have a lot of volumes, I see a for loop in your future. The syntax looks like this.

filestats sizes * snapshot hourly.0 volume vol03

That will give you counters for every unique filesize in volume vol03, in snapshot hourly.0. Filestats only runs against a snapshot.

If you wanted more in buckets, you could do this.

filestats ages 1k 2k 3k 4k 5k 6k 7k 8k 9k 10k snapshot hourly.0 volume vol03

I warn you if you run this you will loose your console until the command is done running. This can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours (not suprisingly) based off the number of files you have. I therefor recommend running doing this via rsh. :)

You could graph this fairly easily I think, might be nice to have a running average or plot things over the lifespan of a filer.

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