Harlan,

From the help screen.........

Interval File Open Rate

Interval File Open Rate is the rate per second of the number of
files opened during the interval.  Opening MPE files is a CPU
intensive operation that may be, in certain circumstances, a sign
of a possible CPU bottleneck.  The File Open Rate can be used to
judge the workload characterization on the system with regards to
the opening and closing of files.  A high rate of file opens may
indicate poor application design.  A sustained File Open Rate of
greater than 35 per second may indicate a possible CPU bottleneck.


Are you sure you program only opens the file once?  I have seen times when a program would open
the file read a record and close the file.

One trick might be to turn on system file logging (Logging events 105 and 160), using SYSLOG from
the illustrious Allegro

http://www.allegro.com/software/hp3000/stuff/SYSLOG.std

Then use FILERPT from our friends at ALLEGRO,

http://www.allegro.com/software/hp3000/stuff/FILERPT.std

to see what files are being opened.  Filerpt allows sorting on the number of opens.

-Craig




--- Harlan Lassiter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In GLANCE/IX on the CPU screen there is a metric called -
>
> Interval File Open Rate         0.0/sec
>
> Can someone enlighten me as to what exactly this is referring to?  I can
> run one batch (only thing consuming CPU time) job and watch this item and
> it shows things like 58-68/sec.  I know my application well enough to know
> that it does not specifically open/close files during it's run.  Only
> IMAGE, Spool and a couple of flat files are accessed.  But once open, they
> remain open for the duration.
>
> Where is that number coming from?
>
> Harlan Lassiter
> Boyle Engineering Corp
> 1501 Quail St.
> Newport Beach, Ca.
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