</iothreads>
</driver>
- - The optional ``statistics`` sub-element allows configuring statistics
- collection in configurable intervals for the given disk. Intervals are
- configured by ``<statistic>`` sub-elements with ``interval`` attribute
- configuring the collection window duration in seconds. The statistics
- are available via the bulk statistics API.
+ - The optional ``statistics`` sub-element allows configuring various optional
+ statistics collection.
+
+ Statistic values returned under
+ `VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_BLOCK_SUFFIX_TIMED_GROUP_PREFIX <html/libvirt-libvirt-domain.html#VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_BLOCK_SUFFIX_TIMED_GROUP_PREFIX>`__
+ typed parameter prefix returned by the
+ `virConnectGetAllDomainStats <html/libvirt-libvirt-domain.html#virConnectGetAllDomainStats>`__
+ API are collected based on one or more configurable intervals. An interval
+ of collection is configured by ``<statistic>`` sub-elements with
+ ``interval`` attribute configuring the collection window duration in
+ seconds.
Example::