A lot of statistics we have are exposed over JMX. I think we should make an
effort to expose all the stats over JMX, making them consumable with
existing tooling rather than investing in jVSD.

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 2:32 PM Addison Huddy <ahu...@pivotal.io> wrote:

> Thanks for the clarification Jake. So yes, I'm in agreement that we
> should simplify the C++ API and remove the stats API from the C++ client.
>
> \ah
>
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Jacob Barrett <jbarr...@pivotal.io>
> wrote:
>
> > To clarify, the goal here is to remove access from the public API to
> inject
> > custom stats into our stats stream. We would still collect stats for the
> > internals of the client.
> >
> > The rational is multifaceted:
> >
> > 1) The C++ API is would need a non-trivial amount of time to modernize.
> The
> > current API uses pointers of pointers for maintaining collections. There
> is
> > a strange cross relationship between components in the stats classes
> which
> > create unique pointer ownership questions. Rather than solving those now
> > and further dragging out the modernization of the C++ API we would drop
> it
> > and evaluated adding it back in a modern way in the future. Though I
> > suspect adding it back in the future will never happen for the reasons
> > below.
> >
> > 2) The storage format for our stats in proprietary to Geode and lacks
> wide
> > market adoption.
> >
> > 3) There are no modern tools for analyzing the statistics generated.
> Geode
> > lacks a tool for viewing or analyzing the statistics. Unless work is
> > prioritized on completing the jVSD application then users are forced to
> > write custom applications to extract the contents of the stats files.
> >
> > I support the removal from the Java public API for reasons 2 and 3.
> Unless
> > we put a full effort into creating the ecosystem around the stats format
> to
> > make it usable we should remove it from the public API. I strongly
> > encourage that we remove it internally too but that is for another
> > discussion.
> >
> > -Jake
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 9:43 AM Michael Stolz <mst...@pivotal.io> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm not clear on why we are removing stats gathering capability.
> > > Do we know that customers aren't using this?
> > > Is it badly broken?
> > >
> > > What is actually driving this work?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mike Stolz
> > > Principal Engineer, GemFire Product Lead
> > > Mobile: +1-631-835-4771 <(631)%20835-4771> <(631)%20835-4771>
> > >
> > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Bruce Schuchardt <
> > bschucha...@pivotal.io
> > > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Should this be done for the Java caches as well?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 11/17/17 11:48 AM, David Kimura wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I agree, a statistics interface seems beyond the scope of Geode
> Native
> > > >> client responsibility.  Hiding or removing seems appropriate to me.
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks,
> > > >> David
> > > >>
> > > >> On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Ernest Burghardt
> > > >> <eburgha...@pivotal.io> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> +1 for removal
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Jacob Barrett <
> jbarr...@pivotal.io>
> > > >>> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I want to open a discussion regarding the removal of
> > StatisticsFactory
> > > >>>> and
> > > >>>> related APIs from the public API. I can't see that we would want
> the
> > > >>>> Geode
> > > >>>> Native client to be a first class statistics/metrics gathering
> API.
> > > >>>> There
> > > >>>> are plenty of other first class players in this space. If this
> > isn't a
> > > >>>> feature of the client then I suggest it be moved internally. It’s
> > > highly
> > > >>>> unlikely it’s being used but in the case that it is we can
> consider
> > > >>>> moving
> > > >>>> it back after some serious refactoring as it relies on an over
> > > >>>> abundance of
> > > >>>> raw pointers. Rather than spend time refactoring it now let’s just
> > > hide
> > > >>>> it
> > > >>>> away.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> -Jake
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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