NetBase for MPE Reference Guide

Welcome to NetBase
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NetBase Statistics
Using NetBase Statistics, application systems can be easily profiled, monitored and tuned. NetBase
provides a method of capturing statistics on file access as well as measuring process overhead.
NetBase also provides reports that clearly illustrate the captured information. The accumulation of
data is a by-product of running applications through NetBase. The collection of statistics can be
enabled or disabled at any time for any subset of data required.
Minimal overhead is incurred when statistics are enabled. Unlike other profiling products, NetBase
only logs the statistics to disk when the file is closed or the process terminates. Using these
techniques, NetBase is able to capture accurate information in such a way that the overhead does
not significantly distort the element that is being measured.
Any network strategy can be modeled using statistics gathered from the current environment,
standard NetBase reports, and the Scenario Generator. The statistical data provides information on
file and program activity, the reports display the information, and the Scenario Generator is used to
manipulate the statistics to reflect the desired configuration. See the following statistics example.