Waits             (Semaphores)

DESCRIPTION
"Waits" specifies the cumulative number of times Server processes have waited
on a particular semaphore.


VALUES
"Waits" is a number that gets initialized to zero upon Sun MTP system initiation.
Sun MTP increments the number of "Waits" for a particular semaphore every time
a Server process has to wait to lock the semaphore.


INTERPRETATION
The number of "Waits" gives a measure of how much a particular semaphore is
being utilized. Two semaphores may have large numbers of "Locks", but one may
have more "Waits" than the other. This means that the semaphore with more 
"Waits" is too often desired simultaneously by multiple processes.


CONCLUSIONS
When the number of "Waits" steadily increases as system performance degrades,
chances are that Sun MTP system Transaction Servers are in a bind. This situation
is not necessarily related to Sun MTP's implementation. In fact, many semaphore
wait problems may be alleviated by the application or the configuration of the
Sun MTP system.
