Reload Analyzer Manual

Tandem Reload Analyzer Manual Page 34 of 42
Data Chain Information:
Number of chains 100
Longest chain 2
Chain length histogram
1 0
2 - 10 100
11 - 25 0
26 - 50 0
51 - 100 0
> 100 0
Avg blocks/chain 2
% of total blks in avg chain 1%
File A has one hundred chains, each 2 blocks long. The average number of data
blocks per chain is 2, which is 200 total blocks divided by the number of chains, 100.
The percentage of total blocks in the average chain, the last value in the Data Chain
Information section, is 1 percent. That percentage comes from dividing the average
blocks per chain by the total data blocks (2/200=1%).
Now look at the example for File B.
Data Chain Information:
Number of chains 2
Longest chain 100
Chain length histogram
1 0
2 - 10 0
11 - 25 0
26 - 50 0
51 - 100 2
> 100 0
Avg blocks/chain 100
% of total blks in avg chain 50%
File B has two chains, each 100 blocks long. In File B, the average blocks per chain is
100, which is the total data blocks divided by the number of chains (200/2). The
percentage of total blocks in the average chain is 50 percent, which is the average
blocks per chain divided by the total data blocks (100/200=50%).
An organized file has more long chains than short ones. If a file has just one long
chain, the percentage of total blocks in the average chain will be 100 percent. If a file
has one long chain or more long chains than short ones, reloading the file is probably
not necessary. Apply this principle to files A and B.
File A has many short chains, and the percentage of total blocks in the average chain
is 1 percent. In File B, the percentage of total blocks in an average chain is 50 percent.
When the percentage of total blocks in the average chain is low (it was 1 percent in
File A), the file is disorganized. The closer the percentage of total blocks in the
average chain is to 100 percent, the more organized the file. That is true for File B.
When you analyze a file, you should take a copy of the output and go through it like we
just did with files A and B. Pay close attention to two parts of the output: