Darren, Thank you for the descriptive text.
I have one additional question: what is a bucket? Thanks, Jim Lose Time Warner Cable -----Original Message----- From: Darren Reed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 4/8/2008 5:51 AM To: Lose, James Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: ipfstat question Lose, James wrote: > I'm developing a Big Brother monitoring script that will collect and display > the output from the 'ipfstat -s' command, and I'd like to include descriptive > text for each of the statistics. Can anyone provide me with brief > descriptions of the following statistics? > > IP state statistics: > TCP > Running total number of TCP states added > UDP > Running total number of UDP states added > ICMP > Running total number of ICMP states added > hits > Running total of the number of times a packet matched state in the table > misses > Running total of the number of times a packet did not match state in the table > maximum > Running total of the number of times adding packet state has failed because the state table is too full > no memory > Running total of the number of times adding packet state has failed because no memory has been available to put new state information in > max bucket > Running total of the number of times adding packet state has failed because the has chain is at its maximum size > active > Current number of live state sessions > expired > Running total of state sessions removed from the active table because they "timed out" from their current state (all non-TCP plus TCP that doesn't "close") > closed > Running total of TCP state sessions that close gracefully, as per the RFC. > State table bucket statistics: > in use > Number of top level buckets in the hash table being used > bucket usage > The above number as a percentage of the available slots > minimal length > Shortest hash bucket chain > maximal length > Longest hash bucket chain > average length > Average length of the chains in the hash table This E-mail and any of its attachments may contain Time Warner Cable proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to Time Warner Cable. This E-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this E-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this E-mail and any printout.
