Displaying CIFS statistics

How and why to display CIFS statistics

You use the cifs stat command to display statistics about CIFS operations that take place on your filer. You use the cifs stat display for diagnostic purposes.

Statistics displays with the cifs stat command

You can use the cifs stat command in two forms:

Example of cifs stat output

The following command displays statistics every second:

cifs stat 1
    GetAttr   Read   Write   Lock   Open/Cl   Direct   Other
      175    142      54     70       254      643      50
      232     76     123     44       321      154      17
      152    120      34    111        12      435      76

The following table describes the fields.

Field Description
GetAttr Attribute operations.
Read Read data operations.
Write Write data operations.
Lock Lock operations.
Open/Cl Open and close operations.
Direct Directory operations.
Other Other operations, such as deletes and logoffs.

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