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# apache 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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@apache.total_accesses Number of accesses since Apache started
Number of accesses (requests) Apache handled since start of the server.

@apache.total_kbytes KBytes transferred since Apache started
Number of kilobytes Apache transferred since start of the server.

@apache.uptime Seconds since Apache started
Number of seconds elapsed since the server was started.

@apache.requests_per_sec Requests per second
Average requests-per-second rate. Apache computes this as total_accesses/uptime,
so you'd better use delta of total_accesses to get current rate.

@apache.bytes_per_sec Bytes per second
Average bytes-per-second rate. Apache computes this as total_kbytes/uptime, so
you'd better use delta of total_kbytes to get current rate.

@apache.bytes_per_requests Bytes per request
Average number of bytes per request. Apache computes this as
total_kbytes/total_accesses.

@apache.busy_servers Number of working processes
Number of Apache processes which are now working - reading requests, receiving
data, etc.  Together with idle_servers this number gives the total number of
running Apache processes.

@apache.idle_servers Number of idle processes
Number of Apache processes which are now idle - waiting for connection.
Together with busy_servers this number gives the total number of running Apache
processes.

@apache.sb_waiting Number of waiting processes
Number of Apache processes waiting for connection.

@apache.sb_starting Number of starting processes
Number of Apache processes just starting.

@apache.sb_reading Number of processes reading
Number of Apache processes reading a request.

@apache.sb_writing_reply Number of processes writing
Number of Apache processes writing a reply.

@apache.sb_keepalive Number of processes keeping-alive connection
Number of Apache processes waiting for next request on a keep-alive connection.

@apache.sb_dns_lookup Number of processes doing DNS lookup
Number of Apache processes currently doing DNS lookup.

@apache.sb_logging Number of processes writing to log
Number of Apache processes writing to a log.

@apache.sb_finishing Number of proceses finishing
Number of Apache processes gracefuly finishing (becase the RequestsPerChild
limit was reached).

@apache.sb_open_slot Number of open slots
Number of open "slots" which could be occupied by a process. Together with
busy_servers and idle_servers, this gives the MaxClients value.

