Jaa


Buffers

Describes either the number of buffers to be allocated when starting a session or the percentage of total memory to be allocated for the session, depending on the value of the PercentageOfTotalMemory attribute.

Element Hierarchy

Syntax

<Buffers Operation               = "Set" | "Add" | “Remove”
         Value                   = unsignedLong
         PercentageOfTotalMemory = Boolean
         MaximumBufferSpace      = unsignedLong >
</Buffers>

Attributes and Elements

Attributes

Attribute Description Data type Required Default
MaximumBufferSpace Indicates the maximum size of the buffer, in megabytes, that will be used for collection. This value only applies when PercentageOfTotalMemory is true. unsignedLong No
Operation Indicates whether buffers should be set or added. This attribute can have one of the following values:
  • Set
  • Add
  • Remove
No Set
PercentageOfTotalMemory When set to true, limits the amount of memory that can be consumed to the value of Value. Boolean No false
Value Indicates the number of buffers, or if PercentageOfTotalMemory is set to true, the percentage of memory for the buffers. unsignedLong Yes

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element Description
EventCollector Represents an event collector.
EventCollectorId Represents an event collector identifier.
HeapEventCollector Represents a heap event collector.
HeapEventCollectorId Represents a heap event collector identifier.
SystemCollector Represents a system collector.
SystemCollectorId Represents a system collector identifier.

Remarks

This element is used only for in-memory capture.

Example

The following examples show how this element is used in system collector and event collector definitions.

The first example sets the buffer size to 512 KB and limits the total amount of memory consumed to 3 percent. The second example sets 64 buffers of 128 KB each.

<SystemCollector
  Id="WPRSystemCollector"
  Name="NT Kernel Logger"
  FileName="WPRKernel.etl">
  <BufferSize
    Value="512"/> 
  <Buffers
    Value="3"
    PercentageOfTotalMemory="true"/>
</SystemCollector>

<EventCollector
  Id="WPREventCollector"
  Name="WPR Event Collector"
  FileName="somefilename.etl">
  <BufferSize
    Value="128"/>
  <Buffers
    Value="64"/>
</EventCollector>

Elements

BufferSize

SystemCollector

EventCollector

HeapEventCollector