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method response time. Given the nature of this statistic type, it is also used to
track non-time related counters, like average read and write size. You can always
call the getUnit
method on the data configuration information to learn the unit for
the counter.
In order to reduce the monitoring overhead, numeric and stat data are not
synchronized. Since these data track the total and average, the extra accuracy is
generally not worth the performance cost. Load data is very sensitive; therefore,
load counters are always synchronized. In addition, when the monitoring level of
a module is set to max, all numeric data are also synchronized to guarantee
accurate values.
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