Web Based Monitoring and Management: RE: WBMM> Strawman for

RE: WBMM> Strawman for Usage Counters

From: McDonald, Ira (imcdonald@sharplabs.com)
Date: Tue Dec 16 2003 - 11:07:24 EST

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    Hi Pete,

    This is a good list of counters.

    (Context - These counters use names like 'TotalImpressions',
    'ColorImpressions', 'HighlightColorImpressions', to separate
    different costs of processing and printing.
      
    These counters also use names like 'PrintedImpressions',
    'FaxedImpressions', 'ColorFaxedImpressions', etc., to identify
    the Service/Device type that generated the impressions.)

    Three comments on your counter names:

    (1) Job MIB (RFC 2707) defines 'fullColorImpressionsCompleted'
        and 'highlightColorImpressionsCompleted'.
        I _guess_ you mean 'full color' by 'ColorImpressions'.

        I suggest using the unambiguous 'fullColor', as in
        'FullColorImpressions', consistent with the Job MIB.

    (2) I don't like the usage of 'Printed' rather than 'Printer'
        (past tense rather than noun) or the fact that it's an
        _infix_, as in 'ColorFaxedImpressions'.

        I suggest instead using a prefix of 'Printer', 'Scanner',
        etc., as in 'ScannerColorImpressions'.

        (note - do scanners generate 'impressions'???)

    (3) At the beginning of your list are some apparently
        _system-wide_ counters?

        Keeping 'TotalImpressions', I suggest renaming the following
        _system-wide_ counters to be 'TotalBlackImpressions',
        'TotalFullColorImpressions', 'TotalHighlightColorImpressions'.
        
        (note - what object contains these system-wide counters?
        Helper object 'Server' in PWG Semantic Model?)

        I suggest that WBMM (which must name client, server, and
        peer systems) use the term 'Node' as being service/device
        neutral and consistent with network architectures. And
        define 'Node' as a synonym for 'Network Node'.

    Cheers,
    - Ira

    Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
    Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
    PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839
    phone: +1-906-494-2434
    email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Zehler, Peter [mailto:PZehler@crt.xerox.com]
    Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 7:29 AM
    To: 'wbmm@pwg.org'
    Subject: WBMM> Strawman for Usage Counters

    All,
    Here is a boiled down list of the usage counters that would be useful for
    fleet management. I have not gone through and added the references to the
    counters that already exist someplace. I thought I'd wait until we had a
    chance to discuss and adjust this proposed list. The table is available at
    ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wbmm/white/PWG-Usage-Counters-Table-0.1.pdf
    Pete
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