Archive Subsystem performance counters
- Last UpdatedJul 15, 2025
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- PI System
- PI Server
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Attribute |
Description |
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Annotation Average Size |
Average size of annotations stored. |
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Annotation Largest Size |
Largest annotation stored. |
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Annotations Created/sec |
Rate at which annotations are created. |
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Annotations Deleted/sec |
Rate at which annotations are deleted. |
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Annotations Edited/sec |
Rate at which annotations are edited. |
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Annotations Read/sec |
Rate at which annotations are read. |
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Archive Header Flushes/sec |
Rate at which archive headers are written to disk. |
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Archive Record Allocations/sec |
Rate at which archive records are allocated. |
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ArcEvent Calls/sec |
Rate of single archive event calls. |
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Archive Backup Flag |
Bitmask value indicating backup state. Bit values are: 0x01 - Backup in progress; 0x02 - Legacy backup in progress; 0x10 - Archive shifts are prevented until backup completes. |
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Archive Count |
Number of registered archives. |
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Archive Cycles/Sec |
Number of subsystem cycles per second. |
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Archive Point Cache Loaded Flag |
Indicates if the point cache has been successfully loaded. |
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Archived Events/sec |
Rate of successful event addition to the archive. |
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Archiving Flag |
Indicates if data is being archived. |
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Cache Clean Operations/sec |
Rate at which archive cache records are removed from memory. |
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Cache Flush Operations/sec |
Rate at which points are flushed to disk. |
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Cache Record Count |
Archive cache records in memory. |
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Cache Record Disk Reads/sec |
Rate of archive cache disk reads. |
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Cache Record Memory Reads/sec |
Rate of archive cache memory hits. |
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Cache Records Created/sec |
Rate at which archive cache records are created. |
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Cache Records Deleted/sec |
Rate at which archive cache records are deleted. |
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CompEvents Calls/sec |
Rate of compressed events calls. |
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Config. Max Unflushed Events/pt |
Maximum number of unflushed events per point. |
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Configured Cache Record Pool |
Maximum number of cache records in the read-only pool. |
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Connector Event Read Exec Time |
No longer a valid counter. Will be removed in a future version. |
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Connector Events Read Exec Time |
No longer a valid counter. Will be removed in a future version. |
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Connector Events Read/sec |
No longer a valid counter. Will be removed in a future version. |
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Connector Read Operations/sec |
No longer a valid counter. Will be removed in a future version. |
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Connector Summaries Exec Time |
No longer a valid counter. Will be removed in a future version. |
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Connector Summaries/sec |
No longer a valid counter. Will be removed in a future version. |
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Corrupted Archives Count |
Total number of archives that are known to be corrupted. |
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Current Cache Record Pool |
Current maximum number of cache records, this may be lower that the configured value due to low memory resources. |
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Current Max Unflushed Events/pt |
Current maximum number of unflushed events per point, this may be lower that the configured value due to low memory resources. |
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Empty Archive Count |
Number of empty, shiftable archives. |
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Event Queue Chunk Size |
Number of events read per event queue read operation. |
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Event Queue Reader Delay |
Amount of time (in milliseconds) the event queue reader thread is being throttled. |
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Events Cascade/sec |
Rate of out-of-order events causing record shifts. |
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Events Read/sec |
Rate of archive events read. |
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Failed Archive Shift Flag |
Indicates if the most recent archive shift failed. |
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Failed Events/sec |
Number of events which failed to be added to memory or archive files. |
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File Management Operations/sec |
Rate at which archive file management operations are performed. |
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File Management Queue Size |
Number of pending archive file management operations in memory queue. |
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Flushed Events/sec |
Number of events successfully flushed to archive. |
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Flush Queue Size |
Number of pending flush operations in memory queue. |
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Full Write Cache Flushes/sec |
Number of full write caches that were flushed. |
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GetSnapshot Calls/sec |
Rate of internal calls to PI Snapshot Subsystem. |
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High Priority Flush Queue Entries/sec |
Rate at which flush requests are added to the high priority flush queue. |
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High Priority Flush Queue Size |
Number of flush requests in the high priority flush queue. |
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InterpEvents Calls/sec |
Rate of interpolated events calls. |
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Out of Order Events/sec |
Out of order events posted in the archive. |
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Overflow Data Record/sec |
Rate at which data archive records are created. |
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Overflow Index Record/sec |
Rate at which index archive records are created. |
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PIBatches Created/sec |
Rate of PI Batch creation. |
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PIBatches Deleted /sec |
Rate of PI Batch deletion. |
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PIBatches Edited/sec |
Rate of PI Batch edits. |
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PIBatches Read /sec |
Rate of PI Batch access. |
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PICampaigns Created/sec |
Rate of PI Campaign creation. |
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PICampaigns Deleted /sec |
Rate of PI Campaign deletion. |
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PICampaigns Edited/sec |
Rate of PI Campaign edits. |
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PICampaigns Read /sec |
Rate of PI Campaign access. |
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PITransferRecords Created/sec |
Rate of PI Transfer Record creation. |
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PITransferRecords Deleted /sec |
Rate of PI Transfer Record deletion. |
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PITransferRecords Edited/sec |
Rate of PI Transfer Record edits. |
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PITransferRecords Read/sec |
Rate of PI Transfer Record access. |
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PIUnitBatches Created/sec |
Rate of PI Unit Batch creation. |
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PIUnitBatches Deleted /sec |
Rate of PI Unit Batch deletion. |
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PIUnitBatches Edited/sec |
Rate of PI Unit Batch edits. |
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PIUnitBatches Read /sec |
Rate of PI Unit Batch access. |
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PlotEvents Calls/sec |
Rate of plotted (trended) event calls. |
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Point Flushes Last Cycle |
Number of points flushed to disk during last cycle. Busy points might get flushed several times per cycle. |
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Preemptive Flushes/sec |
Rate of preemptive flushes performed. |
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Primary Archive % Used |
Percent of used records in primary archive file. |
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Primary Archive Average Events/record |
Average number of events per record in the primary archive. |
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Primary Archive Flushed Events/sec |
Rate of events being flushed to the primary archive. |
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Primary Archive Index Records |
Number of index records in the primary archive. |
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Primary Archive Record Allocations/sec |
Rate at which archive records are allocated in the primary archive |
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Primary Archive Records Fill/sec |
Fill rate of records in primary archive. |
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Primary Archive Total Events |
Number of events in the primary archive. |
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Primary Archive Number |
Internal index number of archive current assigned to primary position. |
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Read Operations/sec |
Rate of archive read calls. Each call can return multiple events. The rate of event retrieval is Events Read/sec. |
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Record Disk Reads/sec |
Rate of archive disk reads (includes Cache Record Disk Reads/sec). |
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Record Disk Writes/sec |
Rate of archive disk writes. |
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Record Load Time Average BASE |
Denominator for Record Load Time Average. |
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Record Load Time Average |
Average time (in microseconds) required to load a record from an archive. |
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Record Write Time Average BASE |
Denominator for Record Write Time Average. |
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Record Write Time Average |
Average time (in microseconds) required to write a record to an archive. |
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Shift or System Backup Flag |
Indicates if an archive shift or system backup is in process. |
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Skipped Flushes/sec |
Rate of flushes skipped due to point being previously flushed. |
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Summary Calls/sec |
Rate of summary/filter expression calls. |
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Time to Archive Shift |
Number of seconds until the archive is projected to shift. This time is not calculated if the archive is less than 20% full. |
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Total Unflushed Events |
Total number of unflushed events. |
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Unflushed Points |
Number of points that have at least one unflushed event. |
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Write Cache Flush Size Average BASE |
Denominator for Write Cache Flush Size Average. |
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Write Cache Flush Size Average |
Average size of write caches when flushed. |
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Write Contention Points |
Number of points in write contention last cycle. |
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Write Contentions/sec |
Rate of write lock contentions. |