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<refentryinfo>
- <date>March 1, 2012</date>
+ <date>June 20, 2012</date>
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<refmeta>
<refsect1>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
- The <command>b10-stats</command> is a daemon forked by
- <command>bind10</command>. Stats module collects statistics data
- from each module and reports statistics information
- via <command>bindctl</command>. It communicates by using the
+ The <command>b10-stats</command> daemon collects statistics data
+ from each BIND 10 module. Its statistics information may be
+ reported via <command>bindctl</command> or
+ <command>b10-stats-httpd</command>. It is started by
+ <command>bind10</command> and communicates by using the
Command Channel by <command>b10-msgq</command> with other
- modules
- like <command>bind10</command>, <command>b10-auth</command> and
- so on. It waits for coming data from other modules, then other
- modules send data to stats module periodically. Other modules
- send stats data to stats module independently from
- implementation of stats module, so the frequency of sending data
- may not be constant. Stats module collects data and aggregates
- it. <command>b10-stats</command> invokes an internal command
- for <command>bind10</command> after its initial starting because it's
- sure to collect statistics data from <command>bind10</command>.
-<!-- TODO: reword that last sentence? -->
+ modules like <command>bind10</command>, <command>b10-auth</command>
+ and so on. It waits for coming data from other modules, then
+ other modules send data to stats module periodically. Other
+ modules send stats data to stats module independently from
+ implementation of stats module, so the frequency of sending
+ data may not be constant. The stats module collects data and
+ aggregates it. <command>b10-stats</command> invokes an internal
+ command for <command>bind10</command> after its initial
+ starting to make sure it collects statistics data from
+ <command>bind10</command>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<term><option>-v</option>, <option>--verbose</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- This <command>b10-stats</command> switches to verbose
- mode. It sends verbose messages to STDOUT.
+ This enables maximum debug logging.
</para>
</listitem>
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